Finding the perfect contact form plugin can be a time-consuming task. Some of them end up looking clunky and need serious CSS revisions in order to be decent. Who really enjoys styling form elements? Wouldn’t it be so much better if you could find a contact form plugin that works smoothly and has a decent [...]
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Though the WordPress dashboard is incredibly user-friendly, there are still times when sites may need a public front-end file upload option. Most site owners prefer to keep users out of the dashboard altogether and keep all of the magic happening behind the scenes. The other day I had a Twitter chat with @thecorkboard about what [...]
If you’re adding some extra jQuery to customize your WordPress site and it doesn’t seem to be working, remember that the copy of jQuery that WP loads is in “no conflict” mode. If you’re attempting to use the default jQuery shortcut of $, then you’ll want to wrap it with the following: jQuery(document).ready(function($) { // [...]
WP Like it? Tweet it! is a new plugin this month and has so far only been downloaded a couple hundred times. Its beautiful interface is the reason this plugin attracted me in the first place. As far as WordPress plugins go, this one is very pretty and fully customizable via jQuery. The WP Like [...]
We’re going to be starting a series on innovative ways to use jQuery with WordPress and BuddyPress. Before starting we should look at a couple of basics. The first foundational item you will need in order to start adding jQuery effects to your WordPress site(s) is how to include jQuery in your theme. If you’re [...]
Clean up your home page and save space with this simple technique. There are quite a few tutorials available for sliding login panels, but I wanted to present this one because it’s a fairly minimalist, bare-bones example that you can customize further. If you’re looking for a quick way to update your site’s login interface, [...]
This is an interactive, cosmetic enhancement to your blog post template that will promote author recognition and interaction on your WordPress blog or WPMU blog network. It’s easy to add to your theme and requires very few modifications. The default styling offered in this tutorial will create an author box similar to the one pictured [...]
I love hacks that benefit WPMU so I’m always on the hunt to find ones that will be helpful to our readers. If you’ve ever experienced the frustration of getting a lightbox effect for images to be site-wide on your installation, here is your answer. This is a slightly hacked version of the Slimbox plugin [...]
Tagged: buddypress, buddypress gallery, flickr, gallery, jquery, lightbox, sitewide widgets, slimbox, wpmu, wpmu gallery
Many eagerly-anticipated changes are coming to BuddyPress in the near future. Version 1.2 is slated for a December release. If you haven’t yet checked out the new default theme, you can see a preview here: http://testbp.org/. The current default BuddyPress theme will still be an option and included as the “classic” theme. Core improvements and [...]
It’s cuter and easier than it sounds! :) This is a quick tutorial for how to spice up your Members area with a little bit of jQuery magic. We will be displaying some featured members in the sidebar of our member directory and then grabbing some random user data to display in a tooltip when [...]
