To get the “more” tag to work on WordPress pages, see this article at Web Blog Tools Collection.
There is also helpful information in the Codex about customizing the “Read More” link– especially helpful is how to change the functions so that “more” direct you to the top of a post instead of to where the excerpt ends.
A while ago, I had a client who was keen for “Web 2.0” design. I did a little research then to find out just what that might mean, and since then stumbled across this helpful how-to article on Web Design from Scratch.
Posted in Graphics
To make sure uploads are working within WordPress, on Yahoo-hosted files, all folders in path to uploads have 775 permissions. With A Small Orange, this information in the Codex was helpful.
For nice fluid tabs within one page, I ended up using code from Dynamic Drive.
Posted in CSS, CSUEBLib, Dynamic Coding
To style multi-column lists, check out this article at A List Apart, and for dynamic lists in particular see this page.
I stumbled across some links that may be helpful some day if I ever want to customize the WordPress administrative menu (… I mean, in ways that appear to be easier than those I’ve already tried!).
Posted in WordPress
For creating new WordPress widgets, there is helpful information at Automattic, which crosses over well for WordPress MU. Also saw direction in the MU forums that says to follow instructions in Google Search Widget. I began entering the world of custom widgets by basing my first simple ones on Kaf Oseo’s starter My Widget Plugin, and then working with the BDP List Widget for some of the more complex ones I needed.
Posted in CSUEBLib, WordPress MU
To control who can sign up for a blog within a WordPress MU installation, be sure to remove the signup.php file. Then only the admin can create new users in the backend. OR, password protect the signup page. OR, see offer for code that sends an email to the admin who then sets up the blog. OR, simply set up the preferences so that only already logged in users can create new blogs (this is the option I went with so far, we’ll see if more obfuscation is necessary). See mu.wordpress.org for more information.
Posted in CSUEBLib, WordPress MU
In looking for a good way to create a scrolling image slideshow (I later found this is referred to as a “carousel”), I found some good info, including:
{Later note: I’m also going to look in to JQuery-based carousels because I started using the JQuery Thickbox on this project– makes sense to cut down on the code introduced.}
Posted in 3Bridges, Dynamic Coding
mattern co. notes 