Published February 10, 2010 • 1 Comment • 2 Delicious Bookmarks

This tutorial shows you how to use the little known Google Static Maps feature to outline a specific boundary such a zip code or a city. It requires that you have your own Google Maps API. Above is the output image generated by the code below. This is the PHP code that is needed. The [...]

Published October 15, 2009 • 34 Comments • 23 Delicious Bookmarks

Last week I showed how to implement Jcrop into an application. In this tutorial – which also pulls from my experiences developing GetSimple – I implement the jQuery plugin Uploadify. In this tutorial, we create a simple file upload script that also displays an unordered list of the files in the upload directory. The list [...]

Published October 10, 2009 • 5 Comments • 12 Delicious Bookmarks

When creating the ‘image control panel’ for the latest version of GetSimple, I decided to integrate the wonderful Jcrop jQuery plugin into it. Amazingly, there are very few tutorials online that show the full extent of how to use Jcrop in real world situations. The only one I found that was of use was TalkInCode’s [...]

Published February 5, 2009 • 63 Comments • 166 Delicious Bookmarks

Last March I wrote an article for WPDesigner (then subsequently republished it here) detailing the ways you could use a base install of WordPress (then on version 2.3) into a membership directory with the help of just a few plugins. This worked, and still works beautifully for me over at my Pittsburgh Designers community site. [...]

Published October 21, 2008 • 41 Comments • 15 Delicious Bookmarks

When I started my home business, I had no way of checking my email unless I was physically at home. This worked for about a year, but after not responding to some important emails in a timely fashion, I knew I had to change something. In came my first Blackberry Curve. I loved it, and [...]

Published August 21, 2008 • 0 Comments • 1 Delicious Bookmarks

When releasing the first version of my WP-SocialCount WordPress plugin a while back, an interested visitor asked if I would be so kind as to include a way to reshape the BlogCatalog widget with the next release of the plugin. I had every intention of doing that until I saw just how much would have [...]

Published August 11, 2008 • 27 Comments • 72 Delicious Bookmarks

For web designers or other businesses alike, setting up a quality portfolio is essential. This tutorial will show you how you can use WordPress’s Link Manager to create and display your portfolio. This will allow you to use WordPress to it’s fullest extent, without the need of extra plugins or any hacked code. Step 1. [...]

Published July 30, 2008 • 2 Comments • 8 Delicious Bookmarks

Photo Credit: reportergimmi A few months ago I wrote an article on how to create a popular posts list, and in the example I used a category called ‘Popular’ to determine what was shown within the list. This approach is great for those that remember to periodically update their list by adding new posts to [...]