It's generally useful in sites with extensive drop down menus and many levels of hierarchy to highlight the parent item that encompasses the list of current items in the menu we're now browsing so we can keep track of where we are. In this tutorial we will learn how to use jQuery to achieve this… Continue reading WordPress drop down menus: highlight parent items with jQuery
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Preserving radio button checked state during drag and drop with jQuery
Have you ever stumbled upon the issue of radio buttons losing their "checked" state while dragging and dropping a div containing them using the Sortable module of jQuery UI? It is not a pleasant experience and is a known issue even in jQuery 1.7.x bundled in WordPress 3.3 - 3.4. Read on to learn how… Continue reading Preserving radio button checked state during drag and drop with jQuery
Add a character counter for the excerpt in WordPress
The excerpt is great for magazine sites where only a small bunch of words can be displayed on the home page. However, the lack of a character counting functionality for the field makes it hard to know how many you already typed in. In this tutorial we will learn how to easily add a character counter for the excerpt.
How to hide Personal Options in WordPress’ User Profile
Even though WordPress might not the friendliest CMS for user management, provides a good amount of customization for users meta information and profiles. However, one thing that is a bit rough right now is the Personal Options block in the User Pofile: you can't hide it by removing an action hook or even filter it.… Continue reading How to hide Personal Options in WordPress’ User Profile
Using cookies with jQuery
In this tutorial we will learn how to use jQuery and cookies to store some user preferences in a cookie to display an specific content to the user.
How to remove elements using jQuery and leave their children intact
Removing elements from DOM is quite easy using jQuery. How about removing each inner element from a given list of elements?