WordPress mobile detection and handling

By coaltown on 04/08/2012

Recently, Milo and I had the pleasure of working on a plugin for mobile detection and handling. The challenge here seems simple at first: Detect when somebody is browsing to your site from a mobile device and load a mobile… continue reading

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Puppy Linux Desktop

Distro review: Puppy Linux

By coaltown on 05/16/2011

Puppy Linux LogoLooking for a way to breathe new life into that old laptop of yours? Puppy Linux might be what you’re looking for. Puppy Linux is a super light-weight distribution of Linux that’s designed to be booted from… continue reading

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WordPress wp_redirect() header errors

By Mjenn123 on 03/01/2011

I wanted to be sure and document this, since it wasted a bunch of my time, and was very frustrating.

I recently built a shortcode for redirecting a parent page to the first child page. In the past, I… continue reading

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WordPress first child page redirect shortcode

By Mjenn123 on 03/01/2011

It seems most people are using page templates when they need a parent page to redirect to the first child page. I wanted to make a shortcode, so I could include it in a plugin pack. I ran into an… continue reading

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Howto reset your theme using an SQL query

By Mjenn123 on 02/07/2011

If you’ve destroyed your WordPress blog somehow by switching to a theme that has bad code, here is a little trick I just found.

You’ll need to log into phpMyAdmin, or something similar and run this query on your… continue reading

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WordPress: Child Theme Best Practices

By Mjenn123 on 02/05/2011

In my attempts to speed up the development of wordpress sites, I’ve decided to use child themes for client designs. This will keep a common markup structure in place, and allow upgrades to the parent theme when new versions of… continue reading

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I finally started a blog

By Mjenn123 on 01/22/2011

Last night I was reading an article about becoming a Javascript Badass. One of the pieces of advice was to blog about what you learn as you learn it. I realized that was a great idea, because I often stumble… continue reading

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