Slidedeck is a jquery slideshow plugin for WordPress. For users unable to build a content slider, this might be a nice option. Slidedeck comes in two versions: a free version and a PRO version. The PRO version costs, but you have the ability to customize the plugin further. Even with just the free version, it
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Caution When Downloading Free WordPress Themes
There are over 1,400 themes available at the WordPress Theme Directory. There are a lot more elsewhere online. Although Leland of Themelab blogs Stop Downloading WordPress Themes from Shady Sites, the point really should be: be cautious when downloading any themes ANYWHERE. Some of the things to look for: – Encrypted code – Inability to
[Continue Reading...]6 Nifty Social Bookmarking Plugins For Your WordPress Blog
There are plenty of roundup posts about social bookmark plugins for WordPress. However, I have to ask: have you really tried them out before settling on the best, or did you pick the first one you found? I am a real stickler when it comes to using plugins, especially social bookmark plugins. Why? For several
[Continue Reading...]On Installing And Uninstalling WordPress Plugins
I have noticed a lot of plugins over the years lack the ability to totally uninstall files. What I mean by totally uninstalling is that when you use your WordPress admin panel to delete the files, it does not always take away the database tables that were installed in the beginning. A couple I can
[Continue Reading...]Tutorial: Cufon Text Replacement Without A Plugin in WordPress
Cufón fonts is a jquery script written to help webmasters change the font on their site. This is done without using the CSS @fontface trick or even loading the font file to your own server/ shared hosting web space. Now, there is a plugin in the WordPress Plugin Repository called WP Cufon that does this,
[Continue Reading...]WordPress Validation And WAI-ARIA
For those who are W3 warriors, web standard is important. However, for those validating each page, you will run into a validation error on your comments.php with aria-required=’true’. This is the code chunk where it is found in comments.php: <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required=’true’"; ?> This refers to an WAI-ARIA Primer, which is basically an
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