WordPress Posts Navigation Quick Tip

Get links to show even if there are no more pages to link to

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.

Posted on Dec 8, 2008 by Curtis Henson in Code, Wordpress

Quick Tip: List Hover Effect with jQuery

A nice little way to add razzamataz to your site

A while ago a user asked me how the widget hover effects were done in my Checkmate theme. Well I’m going to tell you. It is a little black magic, a little jquery, and passing through the outer realms of probability. But I think anyone can handle it.

Posted on Oct 1, 2008 by Curtis Henson in Code, Javascript

Get the Category ID in WordPress

Useful for theme developers.

A quick tip on how to make your WordPress themes more user friendly. Get a category ID from a category name and save your users some headaches.

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Curtis Henson in Code, Wordpress

Naming WordPress Widget Areas

An easy way to make your theme code easier to read

I show you a quick easy way to keep WordPress widget areas organized and easy to use when developing themes with multiple widget areas.

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Curtis Henson in Code, Wordpress