I’m an avid fan of reading tech articles. They keep me up to date, and help generate new ideas in my web design. The trend of “this vs. that” has been around since the MAC vs. PC Wars and is still present today. Everyday I see some other troll commenting how their OS is better ...
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The “Versus” wars and why they are so stupid…I’m waiting for the iWinDroidUntuIzenFox OS.
SEO Tactics, why research and keyword consideration are so important.
SEO can be a very complicated process in order to get the best results. There are many SEO factors to think about. (Here is another great technical reference!) Whether you’re using a dedicated CMS or a custom built site, SEO and SEM can make the world of difference for your business. When I think about SEO ...
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Video: Advanced SQL Injection with Joseph McCray
Doing research on web security is a complex and daunting task. SQL Injection is something all websites should be worried about. For those unaware, SQL is the language that allows connection to databases. These databases store our user information, our content, our passwords and more. Using SQL injection, a hacker can actually drop your database, ...
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WordPress Groups plug-in add-on for listing user’s details, email, etc.
The wordpress “Groups” plug-in by itthinx is a great wordpress addition. It allows you to assign users to groups and give them certain permissions and viewing based on tags and short codes. When building a form, I ran into a couple of “wants” that were very easy to add to this plug-in. I wanted to be able ...
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WordPress 3.5 auto-upgrade bug, fixes and resolutions, post box not responding
I upgraded my WordPress page to 3.5 yesterday using the automatic upgrade option. It seemed to work great until I went to post something. For some reason the text editor box, and the new “Add Media” box were completely dead. It seems that many other users had very similar issues. I went through some of the ...
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Code release: A FREE jQuery image rotator (Slider, Carousel)-updated!!
If you’re looking for a simple way to show multiple images, with multiple captions, this open source jQuery Slider just may be for you. It’s a basic rotator with a fade in / out effect which can be used for many instances. HardWirdMedia worked hard custom developing this plugin so that it can be shared ...
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Implementing a javascript timer based on setInterval
Implementing a javascript timer is useful for a number of reasons. For example, we could build an action that pops up a new image every 4 seconds, or create a clock that counts down to a certain time. It has many uses. The javascript timer below uses setInterval to trigger a function every 6 seconds. ...
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The easiest way to use script fonts and decorated fonts on a website
For those of you who are new to web design, you might be wondering how to use decorated or scripted fonts in a quick and easy way. The old fashioned web designer might tell you to open photoshop and create a clean jpeg. While this is a useful way, it requires more load time, and ...
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Using conflicting jQuery libraries: jqPlot.js and prettyPhoto.js in Joomla 2.5
jQuery is a great tool for developing javascript based interactivity and animation. There are a number of available libraries built off of jQuery. Two of my favorites are prettyPhoto and jqPlot. When using these two together on a Joomla site, I found a conflict between the two libraries. You see prettyPhoto and jqPlot both use ...
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Custom WordPress Theme Development offered by HardWiredMedia.com
HardWiredMedia.com has done many websites through the popular Content Management System WordPress. WordPress is well known amongst the blogging community, but it’s also popular as an easy do it yourself content creation system. It is the perfect platform for upcoming musicians looking for an easily updatable page. The extensive plugins also offer many tools such ...
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