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Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 6: jQuery / JavaScript
Reading time: 3 minutesToday, we’re covering jQuery and JavaScript – a power language that can manipulate elements and – in some cases – even bring content in, even after the site has loaded.
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Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 5: PHP/MySQL
Reading time: 4 minutesToday, we’re covering PHP – the “PHP Hypertext Preprocessor” that runs, computes, analyzes, and stores your WordPress data.
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Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 4: Using CSS
Reading time: 7 minutesThis is Part 4 of a 6-part series on diving “under the hood” with WordPress. Today, we’re covering the last part of CSS (Cascading Stylesheets). We’ll go over some specific examples that you’ll see often as you look through a WordPress theme.
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Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 3: CSS
Reading time: 4 minutesThis is Part 3 of a 6-part series on diving “under the hood” with WordPress. Today, we’re covering CSS, known as “Cascading Stylesheets”. Using CSS, you can modify any property of an HTML tag and have the web look exactly like you see fit!
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Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 2: HTML
Reading time: 5 minutesToday, we cover HTML – the markup language that allows web browsers to interpret and display content.
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Under the Hood with WordPress, Part 1: Knowledge is Power
Reading time: 2 minutesThis article explores the languages WordPress is built on – HTML, CSS, PHP, and jQuery – to help users better understand what’s going on “under the hood”
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WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: What’s the Difference?
Reading time: 3 minutesWe explore the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. We compare costs, extensibility, freedoms and restrictions, and maintenance issues.
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What is WordPress?
Reading time: 2 minutesIn this article we define WordPress and why it’s the best content management system on the web. We also look at WordPress’ history and core philosophies.
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Artful Club’s “100 Design Blogs to Follow”
Reading time: 1 minuteThere’s quite a few amazing blogs on this list… if you’re looking for a few new blogs to follow, this is the place to check out some new subscriptions! An infographic by the team at Artfulclub .
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Google Authorship on your Blog: The Why and How
Reading time: 2 minutesBack in Dublin, I did a session on Google Authorship for the Travel Blogger’s Expo (TBEX), explaining the process and meaning behind linking your website to Google+. The process, while it seems intimidating, is actually very easy, and is (essentially) linking your profile and site together. I wanted to amend my session notes with some other…
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