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AI vs Human WordPress Writing

Considerations when leaning on AI for content marketing.

Guide to Disavowing Links

Google’s disavow tool allows you to identify bad/low quality links to your site, potentially improving quality scores.

AI Image Generation: One Prompt, Six Tools

Variations of AI generated images from various LLM prompt tools.

AI Prompt Hacks

18 highly productive patterns for generating effective code with AI.

Working with OpenAI’s Codex CLI

Straight forward instructions on how to start working with the OpenAI Codex CLI.

Protecting WordPress Contact Forms with AI

Smarter ways to stop WordPress form spam using OpenAI API's and Gravity Forms.

Anatomy of a Professional WordPress Website

Behind the scenes look at the plugins, patterns and approaches used to build very high quality WordPress websites.

Rewrite Rules for a Custom Post Type & Taxonomy Pattern

Achieving the most commonly sought after URL rewrite structure for a custom WordPress resources section built using a post type, taxonomy, and associated archives and single templates.

Patterns for Clean Google Tag Manager Containers

How to keep your Google Tag Manager containers clean and well organized with established patterns and conventions.

Sample Content for the Gutenberg Editor

Sample content for the Gutenberg editor.

Safely Adding AI Generated Code to WordPress

AI-generated code can be useful, but dropping it into WordPress without a plan is a bad idea.

Google Analytics Attribution & Traffic Source

GA4 assigns traffic sources based on a priority system—UTMs, referrers, auto-tagging, and more—so here’s how to decode it in BigQuery and get the cleanest attribution data possible.

Maximizing Lead Conversion: 7 Commonly Overlooked Strategies

Digital lead conversion requires a sophisticated, multi-dimensional approach that goes beyond traditional marketing techniques.

Validating Real Phone Numbers with JavaScript

How to validate a phone number against the North American Numbering Plan with only JavaScript, no APIs required.

What is Google Analytics?

Simple overview of Google Analytics: what it is, why you might need it, and how to set it up.

Asset Loading in WordPress

Simple and effective ways to load CSS and JS modules in a custom WordPress theme from scratch (no frameworks).

WordPress Alternatives to Power Your Website

Growing list of CMS alternatives to WordPress.

Secure Custom Fields: Automattic’s Concerning Takeover of ACF

Automattic has hijacked the Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin, and will be releasing it as "Secure Custom Fields" in the coming week(s).

Simplest Guide to Custom WordPress Themes

How to create a custom WordPress theme that's very basic for easy learning.

Importing Large CSVs into BigQuery

Tips on cleaning and importing large CSVs into BigQuery.

CloudFlare Caching for WordPress

Properly configuring CloudFlare caching rules for your WordPress website is the best way to make your website extremely fast.

Custom APIs in WordPress: REST API or a Simple PHP Class?

Pros and cons of extending the built-in WordPress REST API with custom endpoints.

Optimizing Queries to Reduce Costs in BigQuery

Ways to reduce query and storage job costs in BigQuery.

Sync Google Search Console in BigQuery

Guide to syncing Google Search Console data into BigQuery daily using Google's native data exports.

Daily HubSpot → BigQuery Syncs

Automated daily syncs from Hubspot into BigQuery without expensive ETL costs, using an alternative to Google Integration Connector.

Low Cost Customer Data Platforms

Host your own open-source CDP platform to replace expensive software like Segment or FiveTran.

WordPress Plugin Abuse

Should you really use a WordPress plugin for that? See how 11 lines of code can replace 87,907, and why that's a major advantage.

How Custom WordPress Themes Are Built

How custom WordPress themes are built, with real world examples.

Transactional Emails Sent by WordPress

Complete list of all built-in email notifications sent by a WordPress, and how to disable them .

Using the Official OpenAI ChatGPT CLI

Use the official ChatGPT CLI to ask a question and receive an AI answer on the command line.

Bulk Delete Thousands of WordPress Posts

The best way to delete thousands of WordPress posts, pages or post types.

JavaScript Modules in WordPress

Loading JS modules in WordPress with the new wp_enqueue_script_module function.

Best Content Management Systems for Enterprises

Content management systems used by large enterprise businesses, with live examples.

Quick Fix for a Slow WordPress Admin

Drastically speed up the WordPress admin with 3 lines of code.

Secure Remote Database Connections on WPEngine

Simple, secure way to remotely connect to a WordPress database at WPEngine.

Hide PHP Notices & Warnings from WP CLI

When PHP notices and warnings appear during a WP CLI command issues can happen that can cause scripts from completing properly.

Using Hubspot’s API to Submit Forms

How to submit HubSpot forms using the HubSpot Forms API.

Fixing Slow Queries in a WordPress Database

Advanced details on finding slow WordPress queries, and fixing them.

Restrict WordPress Login by IP Address

Block access to the wp-login page based on the connecting user's IP address.

Restrict Access to Specific Datasets in BigQuery

Limit access to show only specific data to certain users or groups in Google BigQuery.

SOC Compliance for WordPress Websites

Prepare your WordPress website for a SOC compliance audit.

Securing a WordPress Website

Advanced tactical tasks for securing a WordPress website.

WordPress Slow Loading Times

The most probable causes of a slow WordPress website.

Building a Server-Side Event Tracking Application

DIY approach to server-side event tracking with Laravel + Redis.

WordPress Explained for Business Owners

WordPress is the #1 tool used to build websites, powering over 40% of the websites online today.

Force WordPress to Use HTTPS

Serve all WordPress website visits from https:// and not https://.

Remove srcset in WordPress

How to remove all [srcset] attributes from images in WordPress.

Google Analytics Queries for BigQuery

Useful BigQuery examples for querying Google Analytics 4 data.

Domain Redirects in CloudFlare

Redirect an entire domain in CloudFlare, forwarding all non-WWW traffic to WWW, or WWW to the root domain, at the page level with a single rule.

Kinsta Git Push Deployment

Deploy updates to Kinsta with git push, utilizing the same approach as WPEngine under the hood.

Disable WordPress RSS Feeds

How to disable all built-in RSS feeds in WordPress.

Trusted SSL Certificates for Localhost

Creating valid SSL certificates for localhost web development, supporting one or many local domains.

SalesForce Custom Campaign Types & Member Statuses

Adding and updating custom campaign types and member status values for your SalesForce campaigns.

WPMU: Add User to All Sites in a Multisite Network

Programmatically add a user to all sites in a WordPress multisite network (WPMU).

Correcting Typographic Widows with PHP

Automatically fix typographic widows to avoid a single hanging word on its own line.

TikTok Conversion & Attribution Tracking

Track conversions for TikTok ads with high match rate attribution using both the Pixel and Events API.

WPEngine Sage/Blade Templates Broken 1/18/2023

On 1/18/2023 numerous WordPress sites using the Roots Sage theme began experiencing issues on WPEngine.

JavaScript Precise Age from a Birthdate

Calculating an age in years, months and days from a user provided birthdate (MM/DD/YYYY).

Hubspot Form Tracking in Google Tag Manager

How to track your Hubspot form submissions in Google Tag Manager, step by step.

Advanced Spam Rules for Gravity Forms in WordPress

Stop WordPress form spam in Gravity Forms with custom spam filtering rules.

Uninstall Elasticsearch

Steps to fully uninstall Elasticsearch from your server.

Marketo Form Conversions in Google Tag Manager

The best way to track Marketo form submissions as conversions in Google Tag Manager.

Drift Event Tracking in Google Tag Manager

Work with Drift's built-in Google Tag Manager events to simplify event tracking.

Remove Box Shadows From One Side with CSS

Simple CSS rules to remove box-shadow from one side of an element.

Restart MongoDB Commands

How to start, stop and restart MongoDB from the command line.

Custom Corporate Zoom Branding

Custom corporate branding for Zoom landing pages, emails, and more.

Apple News Publisher Fonts List

Previews and names of all available Apple News supported fonts.

Custom Spam Rules for Gravity Forms

Create your own rules to stop form spam submissions on your WordPress website.

Transactional Email Delivery in WordPress

Configure transactional email for WordPress that's reliable using an SMTP Relay or an HTTP API.

Unique Pageviews in Google Analytics 4

How to track unique pageviews in GA4.

Most Common Cause of a Slow WordPress Admin

Why is your WordPress admin so slow? It's probably HTTP API requests made by premium plugins.

Offline Conversion Tracking

Automatically targeting prospects that are most likely to become paying customers is one of the best ways to lower customer acquisition costs.

Custom Events in Google Tag Manager

How to define custom conversion events in Google Tag Manager, and why it's a good approach to follow.

Repairing Crashed Database Tables in WordPress

Fixes for a common WordPress database error: "Table is marked as crashed and should be repaired".

Social Security Number Regex

Validate a US Social Security Number (SSN) with JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby and more.

SVG Support & Broken Images

A recent update to the popular SVG Support WordPress plugin may cause broken SVG's on your WordPress site.

A Better Email Address Regular Expression

A simple pattern I use to validate emails.

Google Fonts in Gutenberg Editor Styles

WordPress editor stylesheets won't load external assets with @import rules, but there's an alternative approach you can use to load fonts into the Gutenberg editor.

JS Fix for “SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module”

"SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module" is a common Node.

Tracking Changes in WordPress

Track, log and notify team members when changes are made to a WordPress website's file system, database and DNS.

Select Placeholder Color CSS

How to style a <select> dropdown placeholder value in a way that is similar to the CSS ::placeholder pseudo element.

Update an ACF Repeater Field Programmatically

How to update an Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) repeater field programmatically.

Get WordPress Post Content by Post ID

The simplest way to get WordPress post content by post ID.

Create WordPress Admin User with PHP

Create a WordPress admin user with PHP to login to a site with only FTP access.

List Every Action & Filter Hook in WordPress

Automatically generate an ordered reference to all action hooks and filters for a WordPress install.

Fixing WordPress cURL Errors

How to fix `cURL error 60: SSL certificate: unable to get local issuer certificate` errors in localhost WordPress environments.

jQuery Select Dropdowns: Common Patterns

Selecting an option by its text label, getting the label for a currently selected option, selecting an option programmatically and more.

The Evolution of JavaScript Module Patterns

Practical examples of JavaScript module patterns and how to include them as a dependency.

Export & Import All Databases on a MySQL Server

Simple commands to export and import all MySQL databases that exist on a server.

Using Moment in Angular/TypeScript

Quickly get Moment & Moment Timezone working in an Angular CLI TypeScript project.

Currency Formatting in JavaScript & TypeScript

The simplest way to format numbers and floats as currency strings in JavaScript and TypeScript.

Display HTML in Angular Components

How to safely display any HTML in an Angular component without escaped or encoded characters.

Quick Fix for WordPress ob_end_flush() Error

Solving "failed to send buffer of zlib output compression" errors in WordPress.

Ionicons in Angular: Web Component Fix

Ionicons 4 include a native web component that doesn't work in an Angular app, here's a quick and easy fix to solve the problem.

Mac Dock & Multiple Monitors

How to get the Mac Dock app working on multiple external display monitors.

Change the WordPress Gutenberg Editor’s Width

To change the width of the WordPress Gutenberg editor you need to load custom CSS rules for it.

Parsing URL Parameters in Angular Components

Simple tasks are often confusing the first time you handle them in Angular.

How to Disable the WordPress Gutenberg Editor

The best way is to install the official Classic Editor plugin created by the Automattic team.

Test a Website for ADA Compliance & WCAG Accessibility

Run a quick, effective scan of your business website for ADA accessibility compliance.

90+ Enterprise Businesses Using WordPress

Big list of enterprise WordPress websites for Fortune 1000 companies.

Fix Hanging Words in WordPress

Automatically fix hanging words (or typographic widows) in WordPress content using this helpful function to filter the_content().

Accessible Dropdown Menus for WordPress

Make your WordPress dropdown menus WCAG 2.

Quickly Disable the WordPress API

Simple, effective way to disable the WordPress REST API if you're not using it.

jQuery Syntax Error Unrecognized Expression

How to fix a "Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression" JavaScript error when working with jQuery 2.

Google Search Operators Reference

Highly useful search operators for Google that can be used to refine and finely tune search results.

Lessons Learned from 10 Years as a Freelance Web Developer

Over the past 10 years as freelance web developer I've learned important lessons about business, relationships, money and life.

Fixing the Dreaded “SyntaxError: Unexpected Token in JSON”

Tips to help you find and fix this common XHR JSON API syntax error in JavaScript: "SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0".

Auto Indent HTML in Sublime Text on Save

Automatically indent HTML files on save in Sublime Text.

Markdown Filter for PHP’s Timber/Twig Templating Engine

Parse Markdown in Timber/Twig templates with this custom twig filter/extension.

Change a WordPress Plugin’s Menu Name

Safely change the name of a WordPress plugins admin menu using the following function.

Building an Angular.js App in a WordPress Plugin

Building single page apps inside of a WordPress plugin.

Git Remotes for an Existing Heroku App

Quickly add a git remote for an existing Heroku app.

Seonix.org WordPress Redirect Hack

Find & fix malicious 301 redirects to seonix.

Angular $http Cache Examples

Real world examples of angularjs $http and $resource cache, including how to work with localStorage and sessionStorage.

Angular.js Custom Tag Delimiter’s

Define your own custom tag delimiters to change {{ myScopeVar }} to your own syntax, such as {! myScopeVar !}.

Restrict an Angular.js Directive to a Specific HTML Tag

How to create AngularJS directives that are only allowed for a specific HTML element or tag.

How to Fix Slow Gulp Uglify Builds

Reduce a JS build task with Uglify from 15-20 secs to 500ms.

Preventing Possible Attempt to Enumerate Users in WordPress

Having trouble with user enumeration, or maybe you have notices in your error logs about "Preventing Possible Attempt to Enumerate Users"?.

WordPress Database Migration & Transfer Tools

As of 2017 here are the two best ways I’ve found to handle the transfer of a WordPress database from development to production.

Combining WP_Query Search & Taxonomy Parameters

Search within a taxonomy by patching the way WP_Query handles the MySQL GROUP BY clause.

Self-Signed, Trusted Certificates for Node.js & Express.js

Get Your Express.

JSON POST Requests: $_POST Won’t Work

PHP's $_POST won't work with a content-type of application/javascript.

Simple JavaScript Error Tracking with Google Tag Manager

Track client-side JavaScript errors as Google Analytics events using Google Tag Manager and avoid error logging software.

Built-in WordPress Taxonomy & Post Type Reference

Avoid using any of WordPress' built-in taxonomies and post types names to avoid collisions when creating custom taxonomies and post types.

How to Reset a Geolocation Prompt in Google Chrome

Steps to reset geolocation prompt's in Google Chrome, useful for for testing navigator.

Angular On Enter Key Directive

Handle on enter key press events in Angular using this simple directive.

Record Your Screen as an Animated GIF

A free, open-source way to record your screen as an animated GIF.

Pulsating Text with CSS3 Animations

Quick way to make a simple pulsate animation using CSS3.

JavaScript Object Comparisons

Determine equality for two JavaScript objects.

SiteOrigin Page Builder Content Conditional

Check if WordPress content was created using the SiteOrigin's Page Builder or built-in editor.

Static Site Engines with Node.js + Express

Presented at the February 2015 Boston Node.

Wildcard Find & Replace in Sublime Text

This simple regex rule makes wildcard find and replace routines easy in Sublime Text.

A Simple Node Static Server

Simple way to serve static HTML, images, stylesheets and scripts with Node.

WordPress Sample Content

Sample page content for testing CSS against the HTML output of the WordPress TinyMCE editor.

WordPress Themes, Meta Boxes & Modern Layouts

How to use meta boxes to effectively manage web layouts beyond the editor.

Integrating Pardot & WordPress

Lessons learned integrating Pardot, WordPress and Gravity Forms.

Remove The “Posts” Menu From WordPress

Use this function to remove the "Posts" menu and posting area from the WordPress admin.

Working with Dublin Core Metadata for SEO

The Dublin Core is a relatively up and coming metadata standard that assists with describing a digital document or resource.

WordPress Dashicons Visual Reference

For use as custom post type menu icons.

Find All Functions Attached to WordPress Filter & Action Hooks

Quite often I encounter situations where it’s useful to know what functions are affecting a particular WordPress hook.

Getting a YouTube Video Thumbnail

Grabbing a YouTube video thumbnail is easier than you’d think.

How to Hide That Your Site is Using WordPress

I get a lot emails asking how to hide that a site is using WordPress.

Check if an Element Exists with jQuery

Running code only when it is needed is an important aspect of resource management in JavaScript.

Check if a Checkbox is Checked Using jQuery

Using is(":checked").

Correctly Redirect a Page in jQuery & JavaScript

Redirecting to another page with JavaScript & jQuery is easy.

Testing if a jQuery Object is Hidden

Using is(":visible") or is(":hidden").

Horizontal Bulleted Lists Using CSS

If you want to create an unordered list in HTML (<ul>) that lists items horizontally while maintaining the bullets this bit of code should help you.

Font Awesome 4.0 Unicode Icons in Photoshop

Copy the icon characters from this table, and paste them directly into Photoshop.

Curated Content on the Web

Examples of content curation done right.

Roots Theme Rewrites & WPEngine

The Roots theme for WordPress is awesome, and so is WPEngine.

Prestigious Companies Using WordPress

Over the past few years WordPress has quickly become the most popular publishing system on the web, powering 17% of the internet.

How to Find a Good Web Designer

So you’ve been tasked with leading the re-design of a website, but you have no idea how to find a good web designer.

Creating a WordPress Website for Beginners

As far as blogging platforms go, WordPress is by far one of the best and most flexible – and when used properly can be used as a casual “blog” or even a more corporate website and product sales site.

My WordPress Development Environment

I’m constantly trying to improve my WordPress development environment.

WordPress 3.5 Admin Error: “jQuery is not defined”

Today is the big day, I’ve begun upgrading various installs to WordPress 3.

Adding Custom Post Types to Author Archives in WordPress

All code samples have been moved to a GitHub Gist.

Taxonomy Term Descriptions & WordPress Archives

All code samples have been moved to a GitHub Gist.

When to Use is_home() & is_front_page()

In WordPress you can conveniently display, run or show something when certain conditions are met using conditional tags.

CSS Vertical-align & Inline-block

During the process of working today I came across a CSS issue with vertical-align and two inline-block elements next to each other.

Automatic WordPress Image Optimization

If you manage a WordPress blog with multiple authors, you’ve probably experienced issues with slow loading images.

Smart Software Web Design Inspiration

Let’s take a look at some of the best SAAS website designs on the web, and analyze what they’re doing to drive sales and high conversion rates.

Internet Explorer for Mac

Testing is a very important part of the web design and development process.

Creating User Friendly Mailto Links

A mailto link is great fallback for situations where a contact form isn’t practical.

Custom Post Type RSS Feeds in WordPress

I’ve been building a curated resources section for kevinleary.

Wildcard DNS Hosts in MAMP Pro

I use MAMP Pro for my Mac OS localhost WordPress development environment.

Enable oEmbed for Excerpts or Custom Fields

I’m in the process of finalizing a content curation WordPress plugin, and this little tidbit just saved me some time.

Humanize Post Dates in WordPress

Most of you probably use the_date() or the_time() in WordPress themes and plugins to display when a specific page, post was published.

SVN Checksum Mismatch Errors on Commit in Coda

During development today I received a nasty Checksum mismatch Subversion (SVN) error during the commit process in my editor, Coda.

WordPress Upgrades & Plugin Updates with MAMP Localhost

I do all of my WordPress development locally, and typically deploy that to a staging server, or sometimes a live server, using Beanstalk’s SVN deployment feature.

Responsive Video Embeds Plugin Example

This is a test page for the Responsive Video Embeds plugin.

Cloudflare & TimThumb Issues

During the process of migrating the DNS for Openviewpartners.

Get the Current Theme Template Filename in WordPress

Lately I find myself re-using these handy bits of code in many of my WordPress themes.

Manage Every WordPress Setting in One Place

WordPress has an extremely powerful, lesser known trick to easily let you view and edit a complete list of all the editable database settings for your site, including fields added by plugins.

Professional WordPress Development Resources for 2012

Thanks to the hard working developers at Automattic, and the many contributors to the WordPress plugin repository, the API’s, plugins, and development capabilities available to WordPress theme developers and website managers is tremendous.

Faster Social Sharing Widgets Using AJAX & jQuery

Over the past year Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and other social media websites have continued to gain popularity around the web.

Add Custom Meta Fields to Media Attachments in WordPress

WordPress allows you to add a description, caption, title and link onto any media attachment.

Improve Social Sharing with Open Graph Protocol Tags

Allowing your users to share your content in the easiest, best way possible is important these days.

Track & Display Popular Posts in WordPress with WP_Query

All code samples have been moved to a GitHub Gist.

Remove Title Attributes from Images in WordPress

Have you ever noticed that an unwanted popup tooltip appears when you hover over an image in WordPress? This is created by the title attribute that is automatically added for many image attachments (including post thumbnails).

API Request Caching with JSON & PHP

When I began working with API’s a few year ago I was incredibly excited.

A Simple Way to Update CSS, JS & Image Browser Cache

Browser cache can speed up a website tremendously, but it can also cause web development headaches in the process.

WordPress Pagination with paginate_links()

There are a more than a few ways to setup WordPress pagination, or “paged” links, in a WordPress theme.

LESS Elements: A Collection of Handy Classes

LESS for CSS is incredible! I’ve been using it on literally everything I do since the beginning of the year.

Cut WordPress Load Time in Half

With Google now considering site speed as a ranking factor, it’s important to keep your site running at it’s fastest.

Ways to Create Custom Meta Boxes in WordPress

When you start to use WordPress as a CMS you begin to realize that one WYSIWYG area isn’t going to cut it.

Clean Up Microsoft Word Pasted HTML in TinyMCE

Microsoft Word works great for creating stationary and printed documents.

Working From Home & Keeping Your Sanity

Avoid becoming a social vegetable A close friend constantly jokes about my new remote role, claiming that it won’t be long before I’m a social vegetable.

Dynamic Stylesheets with the LESS CSS Preprocessor

LESS will make your CSS coding incredibly easy to maintain and iterate on in the future.

Connect to MAMP with SSH/Shell on OS X

I hit a little snag today while trying to connect to MAMP using the OS X Terminal.

Add TinyMCE to WordPress User Profile Pages in WordPress 3.3

This has been released as the Visual Editor Biography Plugin in the WordPress Plugin repository.

Display the Total Number of Search Results Found

It’s a common design pattern for search engines to display the total number of search results found.

Load jQuery from Google Hosted CDN in WordPress

Loading resources from a CDN is a great way to improve website performance.

50 Well Designed Websites Using WordPress

With WordPress being honored as a Hall of Fame CMS for 2010 by Packt Publishing, it’s worth mentioning some well designed websites powered by it.

Web Redesign Launch Checklist for WordPress

So you’ve just received approval to launch your website redesign project.

Google Analytics Tracking in WordPress Without a Plugin

There are many plugins available that handle this, but sometimes a simple solution works best.

Add 301 Redirects to WordPress Before Launching

Before launching a new WordPress site it’s your responsibility as a developer to ensure that the URL structure currently indexed by search engines is preserved for SEO value.

YouTube Search Optimization Tips & Best Practices

I was recently tasked with researching SEO best practices for YouTube videos.

Flickr Photo Search Optimization Best Practices

The average web user doesn’t know much about search optimization and will usually enter a person’s name as expected (“kevin leery”) with no quotes or spaces.

Move JavaScript to the Page Bottom in WordPress

Steve Sonders outlines essential rules for speeding up websites on the front-end in his book High Performance Web Sites.

WordPress Web Hosting Suggestions

At the most basic level WordPress requires PHP 7.

Send Links to Twitter From iPad Safari

It is surprisingly difficult to do this share a page link from iPad Safari to Twitter.

Get URL Params JavaScript, Updated 2020

The best way I've found to process URL parameters with JavaScript in the browser.

Build a Hulu Content Slider with jQuery Cycle & CSS3

Hulu.

Formatting Currency & Money Inputs in a Web Form with jQuery

Automatically formatting currency fields for users can improve usability, and make things easy to process for form administrators.

jQuery Cookies: Get, Set, Update, Delete

jQuery cookie makes it very easy to create, update and access information using cookies.

Display RSS Feeds with WordPress Shortcodes

WordPress has built-in the SimplePie RSS parsing engine, making it very easy to display the content of an RSS feed in your theme.

Experiment: Last.fm + YouTube API’s = SimilarSounds.com

I’ve been curious about the possibilities of leveraging public API’s to create applications, so I decided to create a small application to make my life easier.

Cross Browser Favicons

Once you have a 16px by 16px PNG, GIF, JPG or ICO file adding a favicon, or favorite icon, to your website is easy.

Add Values to an Associative Array with array_push() in PHP

This snippet will add values to an associative array.

Customizing the TinyMCE WYSIWYG Editor in WordPress

WordPress has a custom configuration of TinyMCE built-in for rich text editing.

Using PHP to Detect iOS & Mobile Users

This basic mobile_user_agent_switch() function will allow you to use PHP to detect iOS and mobile device visitors using one of the following: Supported Devices iPhone iPad Android Blackberry The mobile_user_agent_switch() Function /* * Mobile device detection */ if( !function_exists('mobile_user_agent_switch') ){ function mobile_user_agent_switch(){ $device = ''; if( stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],'ipad') ) { $device = "ipad"; } else if(….

Get All Custom Fields Attached to a Post, Page or Post Type

The base_get_all_custom_fields() function will run a database query to get all custom fields attached to the current page, post or post type and store them in an array.

Website Cross Browser Testing Techniques & Tools

There are many ways to test a website in Internet Explorer.

Multiple Fields & Groups with the WordPress Custom Field Template Plugin

Be warned! Several people have experienced a nasty bug with this fieldset duplication method.

Introducing PageLines: Professional CMS WordPress Theme

TechCrunch has just announced the release of a new WordPress Theme Framework called PageLines that focuses on providing a drag and drop, professional CMS theme framework.

Web Font Replacement: Typekit vs. Cufon

I’ve started to you Typekit on my site and various projects as a replacement for Cufon.

Advanced Tips to Speed Up Your WordPress Website

Having a fast load time is a very important, and often overlooked, factor in running a successful website.

Create a Custom Maintenance Page in WordPress

One quick and easy way to increase the experience for your clients is to add a custom maintenance page design to WordPress.

Remove the WordPress Date from your Google Search Descriptions

I recently realized that Google automatically adds the_time() or the_date() output into the beginning of my descriptions on their SERP’s.

How to Use Custom Post Types for WordPress CMS Websites

With WordPress 3.

Customizing WordPress Admin with CSS & JavaScript

Don’t get me wrong, out of the box the WordPress admin rocks.

The Impossible Slanted, Diagonal, Navigation Setup with CSS, jQuery & XHTML

Recently I needed to develop a diagonal menu, which at first glimpse seemed completely do-able.

5 WordPress 3.0 CMS Plugins You Need to Know About

Due to popular demand, I’ve added another list of premier WordPress CMS plugins for use specifically those trargeted at tapping into the new 3.

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