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Web Design tips and tricks. A combination of WordPress, CSS, and javascript tricks I use. I mostly use this as a public repository of the things I use so that I don’t have to Google them every time I want to do something again.

Posted November 26, 20133 Comments Tips

Note to Self: Using SVN Diff

At WordCamp London last week I made my first contribution to WordPress – a bug fix for the Twenty Fourteen theme that’s being released with WordPress 3.8. Part of doing … Continue Reading Note to Self: Using SVN Diff

Posted October 31, 201313 Comments Tips

WordPress – Estimated Reading Time

I have a theme coming out soon that displays the ‘estimated reading time’ for each blog post on the homepage. The theme is inspired by the new blogging service Medium … Continue Reading WordPress – Estimated Reading Time

Posted October 27, 20131 Comment Tips

WordPress Numeric Pagination

I’ve made quite a few WordPress themes in my time, and so I thought I would write a few blog posts sharing some of the code snippets that I find … Continue Reading WordPress Numeric Pagination

Posted August 15, 20137 Comments Tips

How to Make SlideShare Responsive With FitVid.js

Open Source software is awesome. If it weren’t for WordPress then I’m not sure what I would be doing – but that doesn’t mean open source software is perfect, or … Continue Reading How to Make SlideShare Responsive With FitVid.js

Posted August 11, 20133 Comments Tips

Using WP_DEBUG to Improve CSS and Style Enqueues in WordPress

Recently I saw a tweet conversation between @Norcross and @JPeterson about decaching css files when developing with WordPress. The solution is simple and something that WordPress even has built-in – … Continue Reading Using WP_DEBUG to Improve CSS and Style Enqueues in WordPress

Posted April 11, 20132 Comments Tips

WordPress Query: Exclude Posts With No Featured Image

So – I make WordPress themes – lots of them 🙂 Something that’s bugged me for a while is that I can’t easily use the WP_Query to select posts with … Continue Reading WordPress Query: Exclude Posts With No Featured Image

Posted March 26, 20132 Comments Tips

Automatic WordPress Updates on Nearlyfreespeech.net With ManageWP

My main websites (Binary Moon, and Pro Theme Design) are hosted with Liquidweb on a VPS, but I have many smaller sites and I like to run them on NearlyFreeSpeech.net. … Continue Reading Automatic WordPress Updates on Nearlyfreespeech.net With ManageWP

Posted February 10, 20134 Comments Tips

Better Than Grep

I’m not that knowledgable about the command line and controlling a server with it. Over the years I have picked up a few bits – I use nano a lot … Continue Reading Better Than Grep

Posted December 4, 20121 Comment Tips

Disable PHP Short tags

A quick tip for any WordPress devs out there (or any other devs for that matter). Don’t use PHP short tags! I’ve been bitten by this more than once in … Continue Reading Disable PHP Short tags

Posted November 29, 20122 Comments Tips

CSS Highlight Colour

When I design a website I really like to add small touches that most people won’t notice. In fact there’s a blog I follow that is dedicated to these small … Continue Reading CSS Highlight Colour