Back in September 2009 I wrote a guide to creating an auto rotating ad banner that uses JavaScript to switch the ads or images or any other content without pages needing to be refreshed by visitors. It has come to my attention that that solution no longer works in Google Chrome and it has problems displaying multiple ad banners in one page simultaneously. So, here is an update. Here is another image & content slider script from Dynamic Drive that can also be used to display ads within pages.... with a little bit of CSS and HTML editing. Using The Ad Rotation Script Create a directory … [Read more...]
Auto Rotating Ad Banner, No iFrame, No Meta Refresh and It’s Free: Part 2
Posted on March 9, 2012 · 1 Comment
HowTo: Change the Language of WordPress
Posted on February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
So, you have built a WordPress site or WordPress multisite and now want the WordPress dashboard and site frontend to use Spanish or German or Italian or another language. It is easy. Whether you are looking to: Change the language used in the WordPress dashboard Change the WordPress backend language Change the WordPress front end language Change the language used by WP plugins, or Use a different language for your theme Follow the instructions shown here. How to Change the WordPress Language Visit http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/ Find the directory with the … [Read more...]
HowTo: Center WordPress Genesis Theme Horizontal Menus
Posted on February 18, 2012 · 7 Comments
Genesis by StudioPress is the most stylish, simplest to use and easiest to customize theme framework I have ever seen. But try to centre the horizontal navbars... I spent months working out how to center Genesis menus. Different devices like mobile phones, desktops and tablets and every operating system like Linux, Windows, Unix and MacOS have their own way of rendering padding, margin and font sizes. I tried centering the menus with Javascripts and PHP scripts to serve different menus with different padding and margin settings to visitor's according to their operating system and device type. … [Read more...]
HowTo: Manually Add Social Bookmark Buttons to WP Posts & Widgets
Posted on February 16, 2012 · 1 Comment
There are lots of plugins that add social bookmark buttons to WordPress but not so many that only add the buttons for only the social sites you use such as your Twitter page, Facebook fan page, Flickr page or YouTube channel. And most social bookmark plugins increase page load times with Javascripts and tons of CSS code for what might be only three or four buttons that you want to add to your site. When you need a lightweight solution -- and who doesn't? -- use these few steps to add your own, lightweight bookmark buttons to your WordPress site. Adding Social Bookmark Buttons We will … [Read more...]
