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Setting “expires” tells browsers downloading these files that they don’t need to request it again for this specific length of time. In otherwords, use the cache instead if you have it. This can reduce stress on the server for you, …

Accordions are a UI pattern where you click on a title (in a vertical stack of titles) and a panel of content reveals itself below. Typically, all other open panels close when the new one opens. They are a clever …

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       <a href="<?php echo bloginfo("siteurl") ?>/wp-admin/">Admin</a>
<?php endif; ?>

If a user is logged in and they are an Admin of the site (not just an subscriber or author), then display a link to get them …

Your best bet is to watch Ethan’s 5-minute video and then reference this:

Just wrap the first character of the paragraph in a span, then target the span with …

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       color:silver;
       text-shadow:
       4px 4px 1px #300000,
       4px 6px 1px #400000,
       4px 8px 1px #500000,
       4px 10px 1px #600000,
       4px 12px 1px #700000,
       4px 14px 1px #800000,
       4px 16px 1px #900000,
       4px 18px 1px #A00000,
       4px 20px 1px #B00000,
       

Let’s say you want to attach a click handler to every link on a page. The function for that click handler turns all the other links a different color.

var $allLinks = $("a");

$allLinks.click(function() {

     $allLinks.not(this).css("color", "red");

});

You can …

The .load() function fires when the element it’s called upon is fully loaded. It is commonly used on images, which may not be fully loaded when the JavaScript originally runs, and thus would return incorrect information about themselves (e.g. height/width). …

I like the submit form on Art in my Coffee. It packs a lot of features into a compact space and is clear about what you are able to do and what is required of you. But best of …

WordPress lacks a wp_list_posts() function that might seem logical go with the robust and useful wp_list_pages() function. You can simulate it though, by using the get_posts() function and running your own loop through the results.

The parameters for get_posts() below …

If something was working, but now it’s broken, then something changed.

This is true with anything: your watch, a remote control, even your relationships. It’s certainly true with websites. If your website …

Pseudo class selectors are CSS selectors with a colon preceding them. You are probably very familiar with a few of them. Like hover:

a:hover {
  /* Yep, hover is a pseudo class */
}

They are immensely useful in a …