CSS3 has introduced many really neat features to the playing field, many of which were once (and still are) handled by image editors or JavaScript. And after toying with much of what CSS is now capable of, I have to say, the lines are getting fairly blurred. It’s almost like “coding” an image editor, if […]
Website Development & Coding Tips, Tutorials & Techniques
The development section includes posts and articles that cover tips, tutorials and best practices for various areas of coding and web development. Discussion includes fundamental and moderately advanced topics in the worlds of PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, WordPress and more. Additional topics include development tools as well as coverage of online communities that assist with the development profession.
WordPress SEO: How To Supercharge Your Website Traffic
SEO – An area of WordPress that’s truly fun. It’s definitive, widespread and the rules have been established. There’s probably no larger community of folks on the planet that can guide you and tell you, “Yep, been there and done that.” All the mistakes have already been made, so all we have to do now […]
PHP Code Used in WordPress
Most of the PHP code you’ll need for your WordPress install can be found in the codex. The codex is simply a huge repository of instructions, code and support. It’s a wonderful place for WordPress developers to hang out because, not only does it contain much of what you’ll need to answers questions and solve […]
Layout Methods Using CSS
If something is all the rage these days, it’s got to be website layout. I suppose layout has always been popular, but with Google’s recent “Mobile Friendly Update,” the topic of layout has increased in importance exponentially. I wish I had ridden that wave, because there was, and still is, tons of work to be […]
Working With PHP in WordPress
It’s the strangest thing – since I’ve begun delving into the world of coding, I’ve heard very little in terms of PHP. It seems that the majority of folks who are attempting to get into this field are more concerned with JavaScript, Python and the plethora of tools that emerge daily. That strikes me as […]
Understanding the CSS Box Model
In CSS, the box model is where we start to have fun. It’s the basis of page layout, so it sort of constitutes the building blocks of what our pages will look like. The box model isn’t difficult to understand either, once we grasp a few key concepts. In the most basic sense, the box […]
Creating Blog Templates in WordPress
In this post, we’re going to set up the template files necessary to make a fully functional blog section on a WordPress site. We’ll also configure the admin area to allow for what we’d like to happen. This isn’t complicated, but there are a few areas that need to be covered. Our goal here is […]
CSS Values & Units
If there’s one area of CSS that confuses me, it’s got to do with values and units. Especially since the onset of responsive web design (mobile), varying screen resolution, the plethora of screen sizes, etc… What once was a pixel displaying on a desktop has taken on new life. There are considerations today that we […]
Creating WordPress Custom Post Type Templates
There seems to be a bit of debate out there about whether or not to use a group of plugins to assist in creating custom post type template for your WordPress site. Zac Gordon, from Treehouse, advocates the use of the plugins. He says that by utilizing these plugins, a website owner is protected from […]
Learning CSS Selector Basics
In order to get into CSS a bit more deeply, I think we need to define what it is that we see behind the scenes. What those chunks of code are that we peek at when spying on someone else’s stylesheet. In order to do that, we need to get into what’s called, “CSS syntax.” […]
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