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May 08 12

This is by request and quite frankly quite simple. In following build on  "Multiple upload inputs in a WordPress theme options page?" If you theme options page is constructed in a different manner, it's still possible this will still be of help. First, get the script I like jscolor. It's simple, lightweight and real easy to use. Go there, download it and put it in your ... Read On →

Jan 26 12

WordPress settings API Lots of info and tutorials on the net on the subject of WordPress "theme options" or  "admin" pages. Many of them are out dated and don't subscribe to the current best practices as outlined by Wordpress - in other words the settings API. Nettuts is always a great place to start. In my case, the tutorial the resinated the most with ... Read On →

Dec 05 11

Here's the scenario, you're working locally (or maybe you're not), all your work is ready to be pushed to a live server (or maybe it's already there). Regardless, you're done coding and all there is left to do is configure your permalinks and tell google you're ready for the big stage. You enter you permalink structure of choice (min happens to be /%postname/) and click save. After checking you site to assure nothing has ... Read On →

Mar 28 11

Everyone once in a while I’ll find myself amidst some sort of code riddle. More often then not it’s due to a plugin conflict, a CSS selector gone rogue or in most cases some typo where I’m missing a closing bracket, parenthesis or something like that. Although sometimes totally maddening, it’s generally pretty easy to trouble shoot and for the most part I at least know what’s up, just a matter of sifting ... Read On →

Mar 20 11

Ever got this message before and wondered WTF is going on? I did. Was working on a site on specified development URL only my client had access to. Implemented RSSfeeds for all the blog categories with the following in WordPress: Once approved, I copied it over to their live site. Only to be met with the following when testing: XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity What’s the problem? Turns out it’s ... Read On →

Jan 30 11

There are a number of different way to do this. I'm sure there are plenty of folks more versed in PHP programming than I out there that could give you seven ways from Sunday  to accomplish this. I'm a designer, not a programmer.  Here's my Wordpress solution. I wanted my latest blog post to show up on my home page. That's simple. Slap the following function in your home.php file just before your loop ... Read On →