In this tutorial, we’ll go through the process of setting up a server on your local computer. This will allow you to run PHP & MySQL applications, such as WordPress, directly on your machine.
As I have yet resisted joining the ranks of the Mac cult, we’ll be using PC server software. I am aware of XAMPP, WAMP, and I personally use VertrigoServ for no other reason than it is the …
Are you tired of not being able to see the .htaccess and other apache files on the server side? No sweat. Let’s just navigate to the Files section in our sidebar.
Click the “Options” icon, and navigate to View > Show Hidden Files.
Here is a round up of some very useful tricks and snippets for web designers.
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If you’re a WordPress theme developer, I’m sure you’ve run into the problem of styling, and altering comments in your theme. Now that comments are called through a loop to allow for the much anticipated threaded comments feature, we’ll have to make use of our function file to style the comments.
If you’re like most every other developer, the first thing you want to get rid of is the “says” that follows the authors name. Now …
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.
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.
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 …
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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