Author: CMDR Mitchcraft

  • Displaying Future Posts in WordPress

    If you do like I do and schedule posts ahead of time (especially on the podcast), there’s a way inside of WordPress to show your readers what posts are coming up next: <?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘post_status=future&order=DESC&showposts=5’); if ($my_query->have_posts()) {     while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>         <?php the_date(); ?> – <?php the_title(); ?>    …

  • Two Lesser Known Services To Suppliment Your Blog

    OK, I swear this time I’m going to write more.  If my wife can find time to blog and still has time to be with the baby and do a full time job, then so can I. Bloggers are a funny lot.  They (and I say they because I am [obviously] not a good blogger,…

  • Change Has Come To The White House… Website

    If you have’t seen the new White House government site, I have to say that Obama’s web guys know what they’re doing.  Nice feature rotator, inviting color scheme, and easy-to-use links to all the important parts – kudos to the people behind this website. The coolest part, as mentioned by @allenfuller, is that the inside…

  • Tools Tuesday – The Web Developer Toolbar

    Designers and Developers have lots of things they use on a regular basis in order to get work done.  Software, Hardware, Apps; there are multitudes that I end up opening on a daily basis in order to efficiently plan out, execute, and update the sites that I create.  So, every Tuesday, I’ll be diving into…

  • WordPress Tip: iTunes Integration via last.fm

    So, you’ve got a personal blog and want to integrate your iTunes playlist into WordPress, but don’t just want to say that you’re listening to a CD – you want to display the album art too? WordPress has a few solutions that work great.  The easiest way to do that is by utilizing the “scrobbler”…

  • A New Year, With New Possibilities

    I’m back, and with the new year came some rethinking and restructuring of how I do things / what my overall focus is going to be.  I’m all about transparency, and plus I’d like to share some of my goals for the year, because I want to get feedback from my friends and readers!  And…

  • Thanks Again for Helping the Children!

    Just wanted to let you guys know that we raised a total of $253 for Child’s Play.  I took care of the fees that PayPal charged so I could send over the full $253, and it’s heading over the interwebs right now. Thanks again to all who donated!

  • This Year, Make Mitch’s Birthday Child’s Play!

    Happy Birthday … me!  But, i don’t want you guys to send me presents, or iTunes credits, or XBOX points, or anything… what I want is for you to help out some people who need it more than me – the children in hospitals across the country.  I mean, they’re there, trying to get better…

  • Merry Christmas from Studionashvegas!

      ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children  were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;…

  • 5 Books To Satisfy Your Social Media Resolution in 2009

    So, you’ve seen all the buzz about Twitter, WordPress, and all of these other new and exciting things happening on the Internet, but you don’t have a a clue where to start?  Never fear: we’ve all been there, and it took the knowledge of some great minds to get us there.  Here are some great…