Intro Working on a recent project I had to made use of ‘multiple column lists’, based on the article ‘CSS Swag: Multi-Column Lists‘ at A List Apart. For more control over the items in the list, I wanted to use the WordPress custom menus. This is the final result: The CSS The CSS is pretty …
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10 Code Snippets For Your WordPress Theme Functions.php File
I’m working with a lot of WordPress based sites and there are some code snippets which I frequently use. I want to share them with you. 1. Prevent Direct File Access # No direct file load if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) && 'functions.php' == basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])) { die ('He's dead, Jim!'); } Put this code on the top of …
Tip: Exclude Categories From Archive In WordPress
While working on a recent project, I came across a task: exclude certain categories from the archive page. I went the usual way to the WordPress codex -> query_posts and thought the following would do it: # Exclude categories | archive.php if ( is_home() || is_category('one') || is_category('two') ) { $current_cat = get_query_var( 'cat' ); …
Include WordPress Author Biographical Info In Posts
In addition to this and this post, I thought this post may be useful for you as well. It describes how you can add the ‘Biographical Info’ to your posts.
Guest Posts And the_author() In Your WordPress Blog
This post is outdated: I have converted this into a plugin → more info & download As you may have seen I have a guest post on this blog written by Matt from phuketvogue.com. Since I am the only registered writer/author on this site, all posts are marked as ‘written by Toxane’ or something similar. …
WordPress, My Gravatar and the Mystery Man
I just had a problem with my own gravatar not showing up on my own site for the comments I wrote. First I thought that clearing the browser cache would solve everything. I was wrong. After clearing the cache, deleting cookies and checking my gravatar (http://en.gravatar.com/site/check/), I was really out of (quick) ideas. Then it …
PayPal donation form with CSS and jQuery for WordPress
Learn how to create a PayPal donation form, beautify it with a little bit CSS and validate the input with jQuery. You can also integrate the form into WordPress as a page template or use it on any other static HTML page.
WordPress Themes and the functions.php file
Loads of good free WordPress Themes are out there. And the most of them don’t make use (or at least no good use) of the ‘functions.php‘ file. This is how the WordPress Codex describes the file: A theme can optionally use a functions file, which resides in the theme subdirectory and is named functions.php. This …
