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Including Scripts on Selected WordPress Templates Using Conditional Tags

Posted on February 25, 2011 in WordPress Optimization

Running scripts on your posts or pages can give you the ability to enhance website functionality, but loading them in areas where they are not going to be used can add extra load times to your content pages. Using a conditional statement along with WordPress conditional tags will help you specify... Read Full Post →

Using Nivo Slider and WordPress Attachments to Create an Easy to Use Slideshow

Posted on January 24, 2011 in WordPress Tutorials

For the work section of this site I wanted a simple slideshow to showcase my design and development work over the years, but also make it very simple to create them as a WordPress post. I was a fan of the functionality of a jQuery add-on called Nivo Slider, and thought that it would work... Read Full Post →

My New Work Section is Live Using Custom Post Type and Taxonomies

Posted on January 18, 2011 in Website Updates

Since launching the new look and feel for my blog I’ve been investigating my options as to how I wanted to structure the work section of the site. Using a custom post type to separate the blog posts from the work posts was an obvious choice, but I starting thinking about other new features of... Read Full Post →

A New Year, a New Site Design

Posted on January 9, 2011 in Website Updates

So with a New Year upon us, I thought it was a good opportunity to relaunch this site with a whole new look and feel. I’ve been working on this new design for a while now, albeit quite infrequently. I wasn’t completely happy with the previous site design and found it had limitations in... Read Full Post →

The New Macbook Air: Is It Worth the Price?

Posted on October 20, 2010 in Apple

Leading up to Apple’s “Back to the Mac” conference today there were lots of rumors floating around about the potential unveiling of a new and improved Macbook Air, amongst other things. With each Apple conference always comes a lot of rumor, expectation and excitement, and this... Read Full Post →

Customize the WordPress Administration Area to Suit a Clients Needs

Posted on October 4, 2010 in WordPress Functions

In my opinion, WordPress is the best option for building a custom CMS for clients, as it provides one of the best administration area setups that I’ve ever worked with. Things are laid out in a simple way, and the user interface is intuitive and easy to navigate. But yet there are always... Read Full Post →

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