Category Archives: PHP
- May 11, 2011
- WordPress – detecting the categories of a post– also posted in Wordpress
I was creating a WordPress child theme (the best way to modify/override your themes) tonight and had the need to have different display options depending on which categories the blog article had. So for example if I had a post categorised with “portfolio”, I wanted to hide the comments form which usually sits at the [...]
- May 11, 2011
- FancyBox for WordPress plugin not working– also posted in Wordpress
I just spent some time figuring out why fancybox wasn’t working tonight (image thumbnails were just linking to the large image…not loading the overlay as they should). It now seems obvious after the fact but as far as I can see it’s NOT in the fancybox docs. When you insert your gallery from the media [...]
- December 13, 2008
- Development configuration tips for Ubuntu– also posted in Apache/IIS, cfeclipse, Databases, SVN, Ubuntu
I just setup my machine at home with Ubuntu 8.10 (desktop) which was so easy think I saved hours off the time it would normally take with Windows. So much is already installed and ready to go and with apt (or the Synaptic package manager) it’s super quick to download and install extra things things [...]
- August 9, 2008
- Adding subscriptions to comments for your WordPress theme
If you are using a WordPress theme which doesn’t support users subscribing to comments (crazy I know) you can add the plugin Subscribe to comments which is currently at version 2.1 A summary of the features this plugin provides: Rudimentary security Recognition of subscription status Themeable subscription manager Ability to let users change notification e-mail [...]
- July 25, 2008
- WordPress for mobile devices– also posted in Tools
WordPress is one of the most used blogging platforms around. One of the great things about it is the community support including the countless plugins you can use to enhance your blog/site. Particularly with the iPhone and other smart devices, mobile web seems to be experiencing a surge in traffic and importance to businesses. Although [...]