This series of articles will explain how to retrieve information from Twitter using their API, and ways you can display it on your website in an attractive way. In Part 2 we will add some simple CSS to the tweet to make it look nice, and display all the data the twitter API returns. Read More
jQuery 101: Adding jQuery to Your Website
Everyone has to start somewhere. So lets get you setup to begin learning jQuery. The first thing you will need to do is get jQuery setup and running on your site. Now let’s get started. Read More
Harness the Power of the WordPress Post Class Function and Style Those Sticky Posts
The sticky post functionality in WordPress uses the post class function introduced in WordPress 2.7 to style your sticky post with css. In order to have your sticky posts styled different than your regular posts, you need to have the post class function in your theme within the post loop. Read More
8 Must-Have WordPress Plugins to Improve SEO, Speed, and Security
Plugins are one of the things that make WordPress great. You can easily extend the functionality of WordPress without having to know much about PHP. Read More
Adding Twitter to your site with jQuery Part 1
This series of articles will explain how to retrieve information from Twitter using their API, and ways you can display it on your website in an attractive way. Part one we will go over the basic of the Twitter API and look at some simple code that will print out a list of tweets. Read More
We're attending the jQuery Conference!
That’s Right! We are signed up to join 298 other web professionals in Cambridge for this years jQuery Conference. The conference will be held September 12th and 13th at Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in Boston, MA. Read More
Using Advanced Segments in Google Analytics to Separate Outgoing Links and Downloads from Pageviews
If you’re like me, you installed the Google Analyticator plugin for your blog or added some other javascript so you could track what outgoing links where clicked. You will have extra pageviews showing in your Google Analytics account that are what I call “ghost pages.” These pages don’t really exist–they are just place holders for the clicks to other sites or your downloads. To get a more accurate number of pageviews, you can use Advanced Segments to create a new segment that will remove these ghost pages. So go log into your Google Analytics account and let’s get started. Read More
Using jQuery and XML to Populate a Drop-Down Box
Building on the post Reading XML with jQuery, I have modified the success function to parse the XML data and load it into a drop-down box. You can get the demo files from Reading XML with jQuery here. Once you download and unzip the demo files, open the index.html in your favorite editor. Then remove all the HTML between the body tag and also all the jQuery in the success function. I also changed the page title to “Using jQuery and XML to Populate a Drop-Down Box Demo.” Read More
Add Scroll Bars to Full Browser Flash with a Simple jQuery Plugin
Got a great Flash site? Can it be used by someone with low resolution? This plugin offers an easy way to keep your full browser Flash from getting too small. Read More