Curtis Henson

Say you want to use the next_posts_link() and previous_posts_link() functions to display your post navigation. But you want to use some clever looking arrow images(or just plain boring text). You also want the images(or that plain boring text) grayed out when there are no more pages to link to.

The WordPress conditional tags are some of the most powerful tools a theme designer can master. As WordPress themes get more complicated and more CMS like, everyone will eventually run into the need for conditionals. In my previous post I showed you how to write less code using conditional tags and the WordPress hierarchy. Quite [...]

One of Checkmate’s features is the ability to select multiple categories as feature categories. It wasn’t until far after the release a user brought up the fact it didn’t work…at all. So I set off to fix it thinking it was a trivial task using query_posts or get_posts. I was wrong. To keep everything as compatible as could be and offer the ease of use I intended took some digging. I ended up skipping all of WordPress’s functions and going strait to the database by writing a custom function.

Happy WordPress Day. Today I show you how to make sections out of your Wordpress categories for a similar look to MSNBC’s site. Perfect for content heavy sites, or to complete the magazine or news theme you have been working on!

Google has released their Ajax Libraries API, and I for one welcome it. Anything I can do to speed up websites and offload files is something I’ll likely take advantage of.

I take you deeper into the rabbit hole with widgets and show you how to create your own more advanced related posts widget. Use arrays, SQL queries, and more!

In this post I go into more detail about ways to speed up your website, tools, apache, compression, plugins, and some wordpress tips. This post is full of info you need to feed your need for speed(and no more Top Gun references).

More function less code. I’m going to show you how to use wordpress conditional comments to write less code and create dynamic templates that are easy to update.

The new Blueprint CSS Framework is out, and I take a bit of time to talk about my latest experience with it.

A basic tutorial on how to use the functions.php file to create a custom widget for use in your wordpress themes.