TimThumb PHP Script is a custom image-sizing script, that allows you to produce a cropped and sized version of an image. These are great to use along with a WordPress Magazine Theme. TimThumb has recently been released as open source, and here I will walk you through adding TimThumb to your WordPress theme.
June, 2008 Monthly archive
Perhaps you’re the guy who still has to hit the “Print Screen” button, paste into Photoshop, and use the marquee tool to measure the pixel width of an element in a website you’re working on.
If so, here are a couple alternatives.
01. XRAY Bookmarklet
My first choice, is to make use of XRAY. It is just a javascript that allows you to click any block element on a page, and it gives you a …
Here is a tutorial on how to add the Shadowbox modal box to your Magento powered online store. For those unfamiliar with Magento, it is the latest and greatest in open-source eCommerce software. Varian has done the online communi-tay a great service by building a shopcart the right way, from the ground up. Thanks Varian! Granted, Magento has a strong learning curve, so those unfamiliar with basic HTML, CSS, or hacking at code… beware.
I use Dreamwweaver CS3 for all of my code editing, and I currently have the pleasure of working with the new Magento Shopcart Software. While adding Shadowbox to the cart, I ran into the small problem of Magento template files that use the rare .phtml file extension. As Dreamweaver by default does not color code the syntax, it makes it difficult to read the php code that makes up the template file.
Here is how I added syntax highlighting to a specific file type that is not listed by default in Dreamweaver.
As I’ve recently become sucked into the world of Twitter, I’ve found myself searching for the best Twitter plugin for WordPress. Here is what I’ve found
Twitter Tools
By Alex King – This plugin creates an integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account. Pull your tweets into your blog and create new tweets on blog posts and from within WordPress.
Advanced options page.
Widgetized.
Post to twitter directly from your sidebar!
Blog entries can become Tweets.
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Firefox 3 has come out and it is a thing of beauty. All of the major web developer plugins have been compatible, such as Web Developer, and Firebug. The Live Page Rank extension was the only one I use alot, that was not compatible. I have an idea it won’t be long before they update it.
Some New Features
Spell check in single line input fields.
Awesomebar – The navigation bar is now on …
22 links to Photoshop tutorials on how to make excellent text effects.
Are you diggin’ the WYSIWYG Editor that comes with the comment form here? My latest theme no longer makes use of this plugin. If so, now you can grab it as a WordPress Plugin.
Please direct any support questions on the actual plugin page, and not this announcement post. Thanks.
Here is a quick and easy trick to preview your site, before your domain nameserver has been updated to point at the new server.
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