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Code Snippets from Jeff Starr

January 5th, 2012

I am a huge fan of Jeff Starr’s Work, especially his WordPress book co-authored with Chris Coyier. Late last year he shared a plethora of code snippets that are worth checking out.

Tools for dealing Internet Explorer

January 5th, 2012

Front end developers across the globe rejoiced when Microsoft finally started upgrading user browsers by default. Those same developers would ask what took so long, ten years ago would have been a better time to do this.

Even though versions 6 and 7 of IE will continue to decline, we still need to test in 8, 9, and 10. Last year we got a some great new tools for doing just that.
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If a Livefyre falls in the woods…

December 4th, 2011

After researching three integrated commenting systems I have settled on a trial run of Livefyre. Since I mostly publish just to remind myself of useful resources or techniques this sight will not offer a viable stress test, however I would appreciate any comments, tweets, Facebook comments or suggestions. Cheers.

Styling Google Forms

December 31st, 2010

A recent project required that I use a google form, however when you embed them they come in with a white background in the iframe. After a little google searching I came across this solution. It also allows you to change the confirmation page which is a great improvement.

Great WordPress Troubleshooting Resource

December 6th, 2010

There are many great resources to help you code with WordPress. We have the IRC channel, the codex, the forums, great support sites like wptavern.com and the all-powerful google. I recently ran across a new one that has some great answers:

http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/

I have used Stack Exchange for years but it is great to see a corner dedicated to my favorite CMS system.

Custom Post Type Index Page in WordPress 3.1 Beta

December 4th, 2010

This will be well-known in a few days I am sure, however if you are looking to add an index page to a custom post type in WordPress 3.1 Beta there are very few documents out there right now.
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