Archive for the ‘Examples’ Category
WordPress Hidden Gem: get_extended()
WordPress’ get_extended() function will let you pull copy based on the more flag. Definitely useful for advanced copy styling!
Covering the Implication and Basics of CSS Animation
Allowing CSS to control the animation of various aspects of your document can have some very interesting implications. Should CSS or JavaScript control animation?
Working with canvas – Some Background and Basics
Canvas is an HTML element that provides a surface on which to draw with JavaScript
Creating Custom Form Elements Using jQuery: Selects
How to progressively enhance your form select dropdowns using JavaScript (jQuery)
Two WordPress Plugins: Post Notes and Post Gallery
A small writeup surrounding the release of my first two WordPress Plugins
Crop and Resize Images with GD or ImageMagick (v1.1)
A new GD version has been released to complement the ImageMagick crop and resize with JavaScript and PHP. Crop and resize images from within your browser.
PHP, MySQL, and Contact Management: Contacts 0.1
Contacts is a free and open source (FOSS) contact management Web application running on PHP and MySQL
A Semantic Breakdown of Restaurant Menus
This article takes into consideration a restaurant menu and discusses what makes the most semantic sense when marking one up using HTML.
Applying Progressive Enhancement to Your CSS
It is becoming more common for designers to neglect progressive enhancement once unobtrusive JavaScript is obtained. There are countless JavaScript libraries available, full of code that is designed with progressive enhancement in mind. The issue that’s becoming increasingly problematic, in my opinion, is the associated style that is required to achieve desired visual effects.
Using SciTE with TextMate Style Snippets
SciTE is a very powerful and capable editor. Using a Snippets plugin developed by Mitchell, you’re able to mimic some of the functionality that has made TextMate as popular as it is.

