Minimum Word Count for WordPress Posts
If you wish to set a minimum word count for your posts (this can be useful for a variety of things, including maintaining a clean layout), simply add the following snippet to your functions.php file and set the number to whatever you wish.
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WordPress Plugin Toolbox
WordPress puts a lot of really useful utilities in the plugin developer’s toolbox. I’m going to go through a few of them here.
These are especially useful if you’re just beginning WordPress plugin development.
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Freebie – CSS 3 Drop Down Menus
A simple multi level drop down menu I put together the other night coded entirely in CSS 3 with graceful degradation for non-supported browsers.
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Stellar WordPress Portfolio Control with Custom Post / Meta Types
Wordpress 3.0 has introduced a lot of very powerful new features into the theme developer’s toolbox. The most exciting of these is probably the addition of custom post / meta types.
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WordPress CMS Tips and Tricks – Part 3
As in the first two posts of this series, WordPress CMS Tips and WordPress CMS Tips – Part 2, I will be covering a variety of tips and tricks for transforming a regular WordPress installation into a full-blown content management system.
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Quick Tip: Remove right margin from column post layout with php
One of the most popular layout styles right now is the Three Column grid, particularly for News-like websites.
Well, one of the main problems coders will run into when creating the layout with CSS is how to make all the columns fit correctly, while retaining the correct margins.
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Better WordPress Post Excerpt – Revamped
My earlier post Better WordPress Post Excerpt talked about a way to improve upon the default wordpress post excerpt by utilizing a plugin called the Excerpt Rereloaded. Luca Biagini wrote a great plugin that is all well and good for most people, but what about theme developers that want to include better excerpt functionality in their theme without depending on plugins? Continue Reading
WordPress CMS Tips – Part 2
This is a continuation of my previous post, WordPress CMS Tips, that is geared towards developers and non-developers alike wishing to utilize WordPress as a Content Management System.
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Better WordPress Post Excerpt
While working on a site for a client, I was struggling with how best to control the display of recent posts using the_excerpt();, especially when I wanted one section on a page to display the excerpt in this way, and another section on the same page to display them in that way.
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WordPress CMS Tips
After utilizing WordPress as a Content Management System for many different websites, including PestaRoo.com and Nebraska Christian Music Festival, I have found what I believe to be some of the best techniques. Continue Reading
Alternate Your Comment Colors
Effectively styling comments can be a difficult task. One tip to make your comments more readable is to alternate their background colors.
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Override Inline Styles
A few weeks ago I ran into a problem while styling some elements in a wordpress plugin. The source of problem was that the plugin author had used inline styles to control the elements. Continue Reading
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