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Mac Web Development Tools in my toolkit – Local Tools

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In the process of updating this site's theme, (if you're reading via RSS, head over for a squizz... it's looking all brand spanking new over here!!) I have been tidying up my blog archives and came across a post I never finished; one that included a list of all the Mac web development tools in my toolkit. It was pretty out of date, so I thought I'd revisit it and write up a list of my current tools.  I'm also interested in yours... what's in your toolbox? I'd love to know where we intersect … [Read more...]

ACF Repeater Fields – Adding Classes to List Items

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In this quick tutorial I'm using  Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) repeater fields to turn out an array of photos and text that link to PDF files (brochures)... and I'm using the genesis grid settings to lay them out nicely (by adding class="one-third" to the list items). The thing is, for the genesis grid to work you have to add a class of 'first' on the first list item in every row as well... so I need to set up a counter to count the list items and add a class to the first and every third ... … [Read more...]

How to Link Widget Titles Without a Plugin

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So, in this game from time to time you get thrown a curveball. Some beautiful design feature that doesn't have a natural easy flowing way of working in WordPress. Here's the scenario. This design has lovely images that are also links, in the sidebar. The titles for said widget are overlaid on the images, and thus also need to be links. Now, in the interests of making things easy for the end user we're working with a fabulous little plugin called Image Widget. This offers a really easy … [Read more...]

When WordPress Goes to the Beach

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One of the extraordinary things I've observed about the WordPress community in Australia is that it's more than just a group of people connected around this awesome software, they're actually a great big collection of friends. I would love to travel a bit more to other WP communities around the world just to see if what we have really is unique.  I hope it isn't, I'd love to think there are other groups of WP users out there who get as much fun out of just hanging out over beers and pizza as … [Read more...]

Beginning With WordPress: Preparing to Customise Your Theme Using a Child Theme

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Ok, so your site is up and running and you're probably starting to get itchy to make some changes, and not just changes to the content, right? You may well be wanting to change some elements of what your theme actually looks like, and maybe even change how it behaves. So, as we keep moving through these tutorials we're heading towards being able to better customise your theme and we'll actually be getting more into what goes into theme tweaking and development. However, before we go there we've … [Read more...]

Beginning With WordPress: First Steps With Your New Website

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Well… would you look at at that… a whole new WordPress site! Clever you! Have you logged in yet? If so, you might be sitting looking at the Dashboard wondering what the heck you do next…  so, let me help you with that! (Failing that you’re wondering what on earth a Dashboard is, that’s ok, all will become clear.) In this tutorial we’re going to introduce the Dashboard and go over the first few settings you should adjust when you are setting up your site for the first time, and we’ll finish … [Read more...]

Beginning with WordPress – Installing WordPress Manually

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So, there you are – sitting looking at a couple of emails: one with the keys to your domain name, one with the keys to your website, and now you’re going to have to get your act together and actually put WordPress on your site but you really don’t know where to go next. Well, you have two options: You can use an automatic installer (usually provided by your web host, something like Fantastico, Softaculous, or Installatron). You can install it yourself. Now, because this series is about … [Read more...]

Under the Hood of Self Hosting a WordPress Website

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Here we are, the conversation continues... we talked the other day about deciding between wordpress.com and wordpress.org... and you are still following along..  you must have turned out to be one of those people like me for whom the lure of having control of your own website's destiny was too good an opportunity to pass up - welcome to the wonderful world of self hosting a WordPress website. This post has been snapped up, as has the whole series, by WP Tuts... I'll let you know when it's been … [Read more...]

Deciding Between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

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This post has moved!!! The beginning with WordPress series has been snapped up by WPTuts and will be republished there, and all new posts will appear there, of course, I'll let you know when they're up so you can follow them over there too! Head over there to read the article! … [Read more...]

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