Category Archives: web design / development
Cross-Browser w/ Utilu IE Collection
So as of late I have been having to cross-browser test IE 6, 7 and 8. STILL ! So I turn to Utilu’s IE Collection. Independent Browser builds, able to run side by side. I run these on VMWare’s Fusion to simulate PC viewers. The other day I ran into an issue where Flash wasn’t …
Charles in charge of our days, and our HTTP data
So today I learned that if you have firebug installed on your Firefox, you can basically kiss web-surfing goodbye. But while you are taking a peek beneath the surface, you can run into some pretty cool apps, and this is no exception. According to http://www.charlesproxy.com : Charles is an HTTP proxy / monitor / Reverse …
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WordPress 3.0 is OUT NOW !
My most favorite blogging platform, soon to be used as a CMS, WordPress today released their 3.0 Thelonius edition.
is_subcategory()
Ok, I just spent the better part of ALL DAY trying to figure this out. I want my wordpress category.php template to be able to detect whether the category it is serving is a parent category or subcategory. THATS IT. And without having to hard code any category ID’s. After perusing the forums and codex …
WordCamp NYC 2009. Be there, or be square.
I’m very excited to say that I will be attending WordCamp NYC 2009. I have been working with WordPress for the past two years and it has completely revoltuionized the way I design web sites. If it weren’t for WordPress, I wouldn’t lead the life I live today. But that aside, its exciting to participate …
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Go back to Google’s original size search bar
So as some of you may have noticed, Google made their search bar more accessible to the geriatric community by enlarging the search bar and font size. Now as a human being (aka ‘creature of habit’), this bothers the hell out of me. I’m totally not used to it, I don’t want to get used …
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Testing Blackberry WordPress App
Hey guys ! So today I’m writing to you from my Blackberry! I’m just testing out the new WordPress Blackberry Application. I must say so far so good, and just in time for my summer vacation to Europe… So for all you Bloggers with Blackberries, check out the new WordPress App @ http://blackberry.wordpress.org/2009/07/07/wordpress-for-blackberry-beta/
WordPress: Displaying List of Authors with Avatar
I found this awesome article by C. Bavota on how to display a list of blog authors with avatars. Check it out: How to Display an Author List with Avatars in WordPress.
Firefox Copy & Paste problem
So the company I work for have been having issues with wordpress’s visual editor and copy and pasting linked images. Basically it is a Firefox issue, clashing with WordPress.com’s implementation of the TinyMCE rich text editor. Javascript is causing the copied image and link in the clipboard to be changed to relative urls instead of …