Posts by Josh
Search 1Password with Google Chrome’s 1Password Extension
1Password is one of the Apps on my Mac that I use the most. 1Password can create strong, unique passwords for you, remember them, and restore them, all directly in your web browser. It come bundled with extensions for all the major browsers. Recently I have started using Google Chrome for Mac more and more.…
Read MoreEnable Multi-Site in WordPress
WordPress merging with WordPress MU makes an awesome software package even better. The issue now is, how do you turn on the multi-site functionality? If you are like me and find yourself forgetting that one line of code needed to kick off the setup of multi-site within WordPress. Then you made it to the right…
Read MoreOrganize your dock by adding spacers in Snow Leopard
There is nothing like a shiny new mac and if you are like me, then you start with a fresh install rather then cloning your old machine. Since the dock on the new machine was not setup the way I like it a had to make a few changes and one of them is to…
Read MoreDisplaying custom post types on your WordPress blog homepage
So you have created a great new custom post type in WordPress 3.0 but it doesn’t show on your homepage. To add your new post type to the homepage you could use the following code in your functions.php. As you can see this code sets all the post types you would like to have displayed…
Read MoreWordPress Hosting
Think2Loud had been on shared hosting for just under two years, before I finally decided to take the leap and set up my own server. A few months ago I was reading a blog post by WooThemes about their new hosting setup. After reading about their insane hosting setup, I started doing a little research…
Read MoreHow to see if a Post in WordPress has an Excerpt
On the single post page for our posts, we wanted to display the excerpt only if one had been entered. Since the built-in WordPress function to get the excerpt for a post will automatically generate one for you, we couldn’t just put the function in our post loop like what was done below.
Read MoreWhere to Start with jQuery Selectors
With jQuery there are many ways to select elements. We are going to cover two of the most popular selectors id and class.
Read MorejQuery 101: Adding jQuery to Your Website
Everyone has to start somewhere. So lets get you setup to begin learning jQuery. The first thing you will need to do is get jQuery setup and running on your site. Now let’s get started.
Read MoreHarness the Power of the WordPress Post Class Function and Style Those Sticky Posts
The sticky post functionality in WordPress uses the post class function introduced in WordPress 2.7 to style your sticky post with css. In order to have your sticky posts styled different than your regular posts, you need to have the post class function in your theme within the post loop.
Read More8 Must-Have WordPress Plugins to Improve SEO, Speed, and Security
Plugins are one of the things that make WordPress great. You can easily extend the functionality of WordPress without having to know much about PHP.
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