Why I Became A Web Developer
People are often surprised when I tell them what I do. Of course, most of the people I tell don’t understand anyways, but several make the comment that it’s weird I do this and I’m a good looking girl. While thats partially offensive, the consensus seems to be that being a web developer is a...
Read more…Adding BuddyPress to Your WordPress Theme
I’ve recently had the pleasure of working with BuddyPress on a client’s site. BuddyPress, which technically a plugin, is more of complete extra “section” to WordPress. It basically takes your WordPress blog and injects it with social media steriods. No I’m not kidding. It’s great to use if you want your site to have a...
Read more…Kayleeweinberg.com
Something not custom enough to put in my portfolio, but I thought it was cool enough to post. Here’s a personal project I’ve been working on for my little sister’s graduation gift: her own little portfolio! Using the “London Creative” template from Themeforest with some customizations. What do you think? http://kayleeweinberg.com/
Read more…Facebook Like WordPress Plugin
Mitch Canter of studionashvegas came out with a cool WordPress plugin that places a facebook “like” button on the bottom of your posts. When someone likes your post, their facebook avatar shows underneath the button and it sends your link to their activity stream. I installed this plugin today and it was super cool. The...
Read more…Useful (and free!) Code Snippets
I reviewed Coda a few months ago and have been using it ever since. It’s an awesome all-in-one IDE with Transmit for FTP and great plugin support. My favorite feature of Coda is Coda Clips, a similar feature was also introduced in Dreamweaver CS4. Coda Clips allows you to store snippets of code you use...
Read more…Contribute Friday: Web Development Recommendations
I get a lot of requests for web development book recommendations, but up until a few months ago, I’ve never read one! I always thought they were a bit bland and preferred to learn by doing. Most of the ones I’m reading now are for advanced developers so it’s tough for me to recommend any...
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