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Tabs vs Blocks
I’ve been working on a client site and am happy with the progress, and more importantly the client is very happy. The original front page design had ...read on
jquery show/hide
I’m trying to do something with jquery but it just isn’t working. I’ve got a list of entry titles that want to be hidden until the user clicks on ...read on
Smoother than expected
I’ve been working on my latests client site, a language school. Things are going much smoother than expected. The client purchased a template and ...read on
Smokin’ Busy
Since the weekend I got smokin’ busy. From friday to Sunday I wrote a massive post comparing online slideshow services for my teaching blog. I also ...read on
EE category parameter
I discovered what had caused my categories navigation to go awray. Adding the category="not 244” to the weblog:entries tag is the culprit. This is ...read on
Superfish solved
I solved my recent problems with superfish menus. It seems that because I had built my menu prior to adding the superfish js and css files there ...read on
:focus
I was busy most of the day getting ready for a big busy period in my day job and cleaning the house, but I did find some time work on my teaching ...read on
Nested lists
I learned something today while coding my teaching portfolio site. I was working on the resume page which has several nested lists and it wasn’t ...read on
No comp - no code
I haven’t got a comp back from my graphic designer after having sent the latest feedback a few days ago. Without the comp, the client isn’t going to ...read on
Conditionals with EE
update
solved this problem by changing the if from category_url_title =="” to if segment_4 ==’’
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Below is a question I’ve posted on the EE ...read on
Disable=""
I must remember to use the disable parameter in weblog entries. it’s helpful for reducing queries and theoretically speeding up page load.
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