Published October 15, 2009 • 53 Comments • 0 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 • 13 Comments • 0 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 July 31, 2009 • 9 Comments • 0 Delicious Bookmarks

I haven’t posted here for a while because I’ve been working on a project called GetSimple. GetSimple is an XML based lite Content Management System. To go along with it’s best-in-class user interface, we have loaded it with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn’t. GetSimple is truly the simplest way to [...]

Published February 5, 2009 • 68 Comments • 0 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 December 7, 2008 • 15 Comments • 0 Delicious Bookmarks

WP-Components is a new WordPress plugin that allows theme developers to embed a short template tag instead of short bits of text and code that the website owner might want to change later on. Before creating this plugin, if I had semi-static text within a theme I was developing (such as a short “About Me” [...]

Published October 21, 2008 • 48 Comments • 0 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 September 16, 2008 • 19 Comments • 0 Delicious Bookmarks

WordPress will never cease to amaze me. I have been working with WordPress for years now, designing and programming projects like Pittsburgh Designers, adClustr and this site — and I am always learning new ways to improve the WordPress experience. This is my list of the hidden theme tricks I’ve amassed over the years. 1. [...]

Published August 21, 2008 • 0 Comments • 0 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 [...]