Beginning jQuery: Your First Clean Tabbed Plugin
I’ve been spending a lot of time learning jQuery the past couple of weeks and I’ve never realized just how fun it is to work with (at least when it is working right) and I’ve already been able to write several of my own functions and plugins. The other day I wrote a basic tab...
Read more…Working With WordPress 3.0′s Custom Post Types
Just last week I finally got the chance to try the new custom post types that came with WordPress 3. For some reason, I never thought about using them because I was so used to using custom fields for everything. After setting up some pre-made templates for a few clients that used custom post types,...
Read more…How To Create a Compelling Print Portfolio: 5 Tips
There is absolutely no doubt that a strong portfolio can make all the difference between a popular household name and an artist who only creates work as a hobby. It is very important for an artist or designer who wishes to make a living from his or work to use a combination of tasteful arrangement,...
Read more…Beginning WordPress Development: A Look At Common Functions
WordPress is both my favorite blog and CMS platform ever created. It’s easy to use and customize, and there’s basically nothing that can’t be done in it. If you don’t have a copy of WordPress, you can download the latest version here in order to follow along with this tutorial. One of my favorite things...
Read more…Easy WordPress DropDown Menus
I’ve always been a huge fan of WordPress because they make everything so easy for developers. The dropdown menu is no exception. By using WordPress’s standard wp_list_pages or WordPress 3′s wp_nav_menu menu functions, we can easily create different kinds of dropdowns for our clients. Today I’d like for us to take a look at two...
Read more…Sprites, What Are They And Why Are They Magic?
I find that whenever I start a website project I can plan for days about the structure, content, design and user experience, but one thing that always seems to be an afterthought is server load times! Now that we’re slowly moving forward in terms of our Internet speeds, us website developers often forget that we...
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