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Link: How to Add Sidebar to Posts in Twenty Eleven Theme

http://tricksmommy.com/2011/07/08/add-sidebar-in-single-post-pages-of-twenty-eleven-wordpress-theme/

Don’t use this WordPress Plugin: Auto Twitter

I’d advise everyone to stay away from this WordPress plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/autotwitter/ a) When you visit the plugin’s site it auto-downloads the plugin files (not cool). b) The shortlinks it tweets to your Twitter account which link to your WordPress posts popup an advertisement modal window when someone clicks on the shortlink to go to your post….  read the rest…

Decent Adobe Illustrator Alternative: Inkscape

Want to design vector format graphics and logos but don’t have the cash for Adobe’s Illustrator program? You might find Inkscape to be a useful free alternative. It runs on Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X and Linux. I only tried Inkscape out briefly, but I was able to slap together a simple logo with some…  read the rest…

Easy-to-Integrate e-Commerce Solution: Ecwid

A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to try out Ecwid, which is an Ajax-powered e-Commerce software that integrates easily into everything from WordPress sites, static HTML sites, Drupal and Joomla! sites, and many others. Before I go into detail about Ecwid, you can check out a demo of the storefront here: http://www.ecwid.com/demo-frontend.html The…  read the rest…

Great WordPress Plugin: jQuery Colorbox

I definitely recommend this WordPress plugin to anyone looking to add a lightbox-esque (colorbox to be specific) effect to their posts’ images when visitors click on them. It’s called jQuery Colorbox and it’s a very handy plugin that has many customizable settings and includes multiple visual styles (themes) for the modal colorbox effect. Best of all,…  read the rest…

Great WordPress Plugin: Custom Style

Quick post today. Check out this great WordPress plugin which lets you add custom CSS code to your WordPress site without messing with your theme’s files or creating a child theme: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-style/ It works by placing your designated code between <style></style> tags in the <head> of all your pages and posts. It’s great for making…  read the rest…

How to make Nivo Slider have Rounded Corners with CSS3

Blah, I recently had a heck of a time trying to round the corners of a Nivo Slider I had running on a client site — the simple things are sometimes the most complicated, haha. Because of the way certain slide transition animations work with Nivo Slider (ie; any animation which slice the slide up into…  read the rest…

Setting Up a Mobile Version of Your Drupal Site

I recently did a bit of research regarding what would go into adding a mobile version to an existing Drupal site, and came across some interesting resources. One popular solution seems to be to install a module called Mobile Tools which uses user agent detection to detect if visitors are viewing your site on a mobile…  read the rest…

User Agent Switcher for Firefox (Add-On)

In theme with my last post, I wanted to link to an add on for Firefox which accomplishes a similar task as Safari’s user agent switcher; the User Agent Switcher add on lets you, well, switch the user agent your browser uses when you visit websites. The add on comes with user agents for iPhone…  read the rest…

Mobile Website Testing with Safari

If you’re trying to test your website or web application in regards to how it displays when viewed with iOS user agent browsers (as opposed to the width-based responsive design technique you may have seen used), you might be interested to know that you can actually put the Safari browser into iPhone or iPad mode…  read the rest…

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