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Recently I had to dig a bit deeper into ways and options on how to change a link href dynamically with jQuery. It’s not really the most beautiful thing one can do, but it can help sometimes to solve problems you never expected to be problems in the first place. The situation was like this: […]
Another classic: the image size preset is set to 1024 pixel. At first everything is alright, while the project is evolving the CMS structure built, the website filled with content – images are uploaded. Then occasionally somebody involved with the project wants to add an image gallery or something similar, that makes you reconsider the image […]
The following is just a test to see if my WordPress installation / Web Server setup / PHP Version / GD Library are actually rendering transparent PNG images correctly (both 8 bit and 24 bit) or if the transparency gets lost. And the test result is: yes they do render correctly – transparency is preserved: […]
So, you have just installed WordPress successfully – and now you realize that you would want to run WP in a different language? You basically want to change the WordPress language after install – without re-installing it? Great. I know the feeling. WordPress is available in many different languages – as far as I know […]
You probably very well know the sub-menu that is “flying-out” from the main navigation on hover. Many free WordPress Themes are equipped with that rollover-sub-menu and while it may be a nice thing to have, sometimes you want to style it in peace and quiet. And that can be difficult, since it is usually hidden […]
With the so called Widgets a lot of information can be displayed in the sidebar of a WordPress website. Sometimes this can be a little bit too much information and you want to cut the number of widgets displayed. Two plugins can come in handy. The problem is actually not a problem at all: a […]
WordPress CMS: Custom Content / Types - Photo / Illustration: T.Bortels/cpu20.com
WordPress is not only a great tool to easily install and run a blog- or news-website, but can also be altered to serve as a Content Management System: WordPress as a CMS. But what makes WordPress a CMS? To me the most important feature is probably that I can expand WordPress’ functionality with additional custom […]
Counting website visits with the open source tool PiWik is becoming more and more popular. PiWik is easy to install, easy to integrate with WordPress, Drupal, or any other CMS. The data reports can be self-hosted so they are all yours – and it’s free. The only thing about PiWik (and other website statistics tools) […]