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WordPress Plugin: Author Spotlight
Reading time: 2 minutesI’ve been doing a lot of looking into using WordPress as a multi-author website/blog lately. A few of my clients have requested the need to handle (elegantly) multiple authors, so (being fresh on my mind) I feel inclined to share. One of the coolest plugin combinations I’ve come across recently is using Author Spotlight and…
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Foursquare vs. Gowalla… annnnnd fight!
Reading time: 5 minutes<script type=”text/javascript”>function initMenus() { $(‘ul#accordion li ul’).hide(); $.each($(‘ul#accordion’), function(){ $(‘#’ + this.id + ‘.expandfirst ul:first’).show(); }); $(‘ul#accordion li h2.widgettitle’).click( function() { var checkElement = $(this).next(); var parent = this.parentNode.parentNode.id; if($(‘#’ + parent).hasClass(‘noaccordion’)) { $(this).next().slideToggle(‘normal’); return false; } if((checkElement.is(‘ul’)) && (checkElement.is(‘:visible’))) { if($(‘#’ + parent).hasClass(‘collapsible’)) { $(‘#’ + parent + ‘ ul:visible’).slideUp(‘normal’); } return false; …
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How to Make a Royally Awesome Author Template in WordPress
Reading time: 7 minutesI’ve been trying some new stuff with my client’s websites as of late. I wanted something where a multi-blog site could get the most out of as few plugins as possible, and still have a really awesome way to display their author’s main information. But, the information they ask for doesn’t have everything. What about…
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FLIR, Cufon, Typekit, or SFIR: Breaking Away From Web-Safe Fonts
Reading time: 3 minutesIf I had to subtitle this post, I would probably make some sort of a silly joke like “Georgia on my mind” or “Helvetica? I barely even know you” or something like that, but instead I want to jump right into the fun stuff. Back when the web was young and you were “likely to…
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Getting Ready for PodCampNashville (#pcn10)
Reading time: 1 minuteView more presentations from Mitch Canter.
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How to Create a Dynamic Sidebar Controlled with Custom Fields in WordPress
Reading time: 5 minutesOK, so it’s not the most original title in the world, but it gets the point across 🙂 I’ve been working with the fantastic Jeff Brown and the Way-FM crew to create a site for their Nashville presence that will allow them super-quick, easy content management and a place they can post local stories and…
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The Beginning of the End for IE6? (finally!)
Reading time: 2 minutesSnickers commercial with Betty White Let’s be honest – Betty White makes nearly anything funny, and throw in Abe and some funny commentary from both and you’ve got yourself a killer commercial. Doritos: Snack Attack Samurai It’s my personal opinion that Doritos is the clear cut commercial winner this year. All of their commercials were…
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Things I Learned from #wcatl (and a Few I Learned on My Own)
Reading time: 1 minuteView more documents from Jane Wells. 2. The PHP and WordPress communities can learn a lot from each other. @technosailor gave a fantastic presentation (re: lecture in a discussion-y way) on how the core communities of both the PHP world and the WordPress world could stand to play nicer to each other. Personally, I think…
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Gearing up for BlogWorldExpo (#bwe09)
Reading time: 1 minuteView more presentations from Mitch Canter. These are the same slides I did for BlogWorldExpo, so they have a few blogworld specific items in there… but for the most part, everything is the same content wise. And please, if you have any questions about WordPress, blogging, or anything in general (even if you weren’t at…
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Happy New Year!
Reading time: 1 minuteLet’s be honest – I’m ready to kick 2009 to the curb. This decade has been deemed by the news agencies as one of the darkest in American history. But let’s not focus on the negatives – let’s focus on what’s to come. We stand on the precipice of a new chance, a new start…
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