Since installing a new font onto Mac OSX Lion a week ago, most non web-safe fonts, embedded using font-face or Javascript did not display in Google Chrome 17. They did, however, display correctly in Firefox. Thanks to this post, I was able to find the solution: Open Terminal Type in atsutil databases -removeUser Type in atsutil server [...]
There’s quite a bit of misinformation about whether using dashes instead of underscores helps as part of your larger SEO strategy in giving you higher rankings on key words or phrases. Some articles say it does, others say that underscores are better. Some put a lot of weight on this point, whilst others don’t (although it should be noted having search-engine friendly URLs, or Permalinks in Wordpress, are a must).
Two of my plugins – the WordPress Comment Rating Field Plugin and the WordPress Insert Link Class Plugin – are published on the wordpress.org Plugin Directory. Having never done this before, I created the following guide for publishing your first plugin to the WordPress Plugin Directory, as well as how to provide versioned updates. Creating [...]
If you’re developing a plugin or theme and make use of AJAX functionality, or want to load some WordPress details in a non-Wordpress external environment, chances are you’ll be calling a PHP file that will read data or option information from the WordPress database. However, these called files won’t be part of the WordPress Environment, [...]
It’s been a while since the last blog post, which means it’s been a busy summer! To keep up to date, check this handy summary of projects completed in the last few months.
Comment Rating Field is a plugin for Wordpress that adds a 5 star rating field to the end of a comment form in Wordpress, allowing the site visitor to optionally submit a rating along with their comment.
If you’re an owner of a Samsung LED TV, and you’re trying to get replacement parts, such as the scart breakout cable, join the club – here’s my story and how I got a result.
A quick web app that I’ve created, the Self Employment Calculator makes some basic calculations if you’re a freelancer, or considering going freelance. Just enter your income and expenses for the year, and the calculator will estimate how much tax, national insurance and (if required) student loan repayments you’d need to make.
If you’ve not already seen this video, I’d recommend checking it out to see how Adobe are making complex photo editing simple.