Just read an interesting article on WP-Candy about a method to easily porting functionality from theme to theme, extracting those single features and coding them into plugins that add each a single precise function. I thought others may have considered to get inspired by that article, so here my two cents. You can think of it as a portable functions.php [...more]
Loop Magic is an approach to the WordPress loop. It has the purpose to reduce duplications of the code, keeping the theme slim and simple. It accounts for all the different loops a theme may need to perform, keeping the control room in one unique location. This should ensure better management. WordPress is organized in several key files, each with [...more]
Not happy with methods and plugins to highlight codes, I’m presenting a solution to load the scripts only where necessary, aiming to deliver soon a proper plugin for WordPress. As quick note, I realized that the task may need a proper plugin. I’m working on it and I’ll publish something about in the next days. Stay tuned. After few test, [...more]
A step by step guide to the post thumbnail for WordPress. More appropriately the Featured Image. Just recently, I published few resources and articles about how to enhance the Post Thumbnail feature, via the functions.php file. Still a consistent part of visitors seem to look for a more simple, straightforward approach. Let’s see how to activate and use the Featured [...more]
How to retrieve the post’s thumbnail, no matter what. If a Featured Image has been set, that will be used. If not, the first picture inserted in the body of the post will be used instead. If still any picture isn’t available, we have two options: show a default picture, or entirely skip the code for the post’s thumbnail. With [...more]
What is the difference between a 301 and a 302 redirection? In this article I explain how to implement such a thing in the Dashboard. With few SEO tips. Never let your visitors clueless when they’re looking for a resource that has been moved. I’m going to show few ways to implement the function wp_redirect provided by WordPress, supported by [...more]
How to rescue your lost visitors when a page has been moved to a different location? And how to not loose any SEO value? We’re seeing two simple methods to achieve such a goal, via the .htaccess file, and with a template page plus a minimal PHP coding. But first what’s a 301 redirection? Note, you would like to give [...more]
It happened again. The client asked for an admin access and now hours of fine tuning are gone. Even worse, the website is not that good looking as you planned it to be and you don’t really feel like to have it in your precious portfolio. Too bad. Providing an administrator access to the client is a honest practice. Just [...more]
Few days ago I published a function to scramble an email address whois purpose was simplicity. You can read more in Protect the email address from spam bots a reusable approach for WordPress. Then I relized that I wanted more options and more elasticity. Taking a step forward, I rewrote it with few enhancements. Still the goal is to make [...more]
The problem: your client really wants to publish her email address on the website. Visitors should be able to click on it and being redirected to the default email application (like Thunderbird). And obviously they should be able to select the email, copy and paste and stuffs. But still, you don’t want any spam harvesters (or spam bot) taking advantage [...more]
Carlo Rizzante is a graphic designer in love with minimalistic layouts, bright colors in wide white space, and clean elegant coding techniques. He's also active in magazine, brand and logo designs. At the moment, he lives and designs from Copenhagen, so badly he loves smiling people and snowy Winters. His policy is to deliver to his customers the highest quality he's able to achieve. No matter what.
Time to get back to school? http://t.co/HgE5gx8w
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This is really cool - NHP Theme Options Framework - http://t.co/0nUA9sM1
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Study night with "Sidebars in WordPress" — Justin Tadlock - http://t.co/ImSQC5xj
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LESStools finally online! The website need few more fixes... but! What do you think by now? http://t.co/TtJz4157
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WordPress Move, how to fix the Fatal Error on Activation http://t.co/BEnC5dCE
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