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Witty2: A Simple Random Quotes Plugin

Posted on October 25, 2011 at 2:07 pm in
quotes

Years ago, I used a plugin called Witty to display random quotes on one of my blogs. But it was a little crude and required an ability to: Edit theme template files Upload a text file containing your quotes via FTP So, the other day, I decided to update it.

Remove Image Title Attribute

Posted on October 18, 2011 at 4:55 pm in
scissors

When you insert an image within WordPress, the core media.php script will add a title attribute to your image markup. In many cases, that’s one unwanted attribute. Many visually-impaired screen reader users run their software in non-verbose mode — which ignores all title attributes. This is precisely because most web pages are overloaded with useless…

Changing Backgrounds with body class()

Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:56 pm in
crayons

The body_class() WordPress function attaches a list of classes to the <body> element according to what type of page is being displayed. These classes can be used — in conjunction with your theme’s stylesheet — to display different backgrounds on different pages. Let’s assume your header.php template file contains: <body <?php body_class(); ?>> And your…

Headers Already Sent

Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:50 am in
message

The most common reasons for seeing this error message in your WordPress site are spaces, new lines, or invisible characters before an opening <?php tag or after a closing ?> tag in one of the site’s scripts. But, in order to fix the problem, you have to know which file is causing the problem.

eJS Twitter

Posted on October 4, 2011 at 1:16 pm in
twitter

I was looking for a very simple twitter feed plugin a while back but couldn’t find one that suited my needs. So I built one… eJS Twitter adds a Twitter feed widget to your site. It’s as lightweight as possible with minimal configuration needed to get it up & running. It’s also compatible with WordPress…

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