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Tweaking your user profile page in WordPress
The following functions will help you when tweaking your user page. Use them in the functions.php of your theme: <?php add_action( 'admin_head', 'user_profile_remove_color_scheme'); add_action( 'personal_options', 'sfn_personal_options'); add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'sfn_user_profile' ); add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'sfn_user_profile' ); add_action( 'user_contactmethods', 'sfn_user_contactmethods'); //hooks for user registration and deletion add_action( 'user_register', 'sfn_user_register'); add_action( 'delete_user', 'sfn_delete_user'); function user_profile_remove_color_scheme() { global $_wp_admin_css_colors; $_wp_admin_css_colors… Continue reading Tweaking your user profile page in WordPress
Display sidebar widgets using a shortcode in WordPress
Widgets are one of the best WordPress tools: you can add a widgetized plugin and show its content in any sidebar in your site. But what happens if you want to show a widget within your post? In this tutorial we will learn how to create a sidebar to be displayed using a shortcode. Overview… Continue reading Display sidebar widgets using a shortcode in WordPress
Saving custom fields in quick or bulk edit mode in WordPress
One of the most cool features when managing WordPress posts, is the ability to batch edit multiple posts at once or even quick edit one post to perform a quick task such as adding a tag. In this WordPress tutorial, we will learn to extend Quick Edit and Bulk Edit to retrieve and save your custom field values.
CSS Card Flip using Webkit Transitions
Webkit brought a lot of enhancements to the formerly dull browser based user interfaces, with transform and transition properties being among the most useful for user interaction. In this tutorial we will learn how to use both to create a product card that flips to reveal more information with a fallback for browsers that don't… Continue reading CSS Card Flip using Webkit Transitions
How to detect iPhone browser natively in WordPress
WordPress has embraced the mobile revolution from the first moment. We have apps for iOS or Android and all the WordPress blogs can be accessed in iPad format. We also have in WordPress core a variable to detect if the user is visiting the site using an iPhone device. In this tutorial we will learn… Continue reading How to detect iPhone browser natively in WordPress
How to detect active widgets in each sidebar
While developing a WordPress theme for a sites network where the built-in calendar widget would be ocasionally included, a special background needed to be applied for the widgets area when the calendar was active, so I needed to detect if the calendar widget was active or not. In this tutorial we will learn how to… Continue reading How to detect active widgets in each sidebar
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.
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?