Category: Notes (Page 31 of 49)

Notes on programming-related problems that I’ve encountered while working on various projects.

The scrollUp jQuery Plugin (And Placing The ‘Scroll To Top’ Button)

September 24, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Whenever I’ve been asked to build a landing page or put a single-page site together for someone, one of the ways that I’ve occasionally implemented navigation is by using the scrollUp jQuery Plugin.

In short, it’s a simple plugin that gives a nice effect such that when the user clicks on a navigation link, the plugin will display a ‘Back To Top’ option in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Nothing too complicated, but it’s well implemented and I’m a fan. The thing is, sometimes the ‘Back To Top’ anchor can interfere with certain footer elements.

My WordPress Site Migration Process

August 16, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Yesterday evening, I had to take some time to migrate my site to a new server because I had outgrown the service on which I started.

While doing so, I realized I’ve never bothered to share my WordPress site migration process.

Honestly, there’s nothing particularly unique about it. Furthermore, when it comes to deploying things to staging, I’ll often use tools that interface with my GitHub account to push out the differentials.

Migrations. Not quite what we had in mind.

But when it comes to move a single site installation from one server to another, I typically follow the same process.

The WordPress Theme Customizer: Adding a New Setting To An Existing Section

August 13, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Since the release of the WordPress Theme Customizer, my team and I have been more and more interested in using it as a way for users to make changes to the appearance of their theme without the use of the dashboard.

As powerful as the dashboard is, the “Appearance” section creates a disconnect between what the user toggles (or selects, or inputs, etc), and what they see on the front end.

The Theme Customizer mitigates that issue.

The thing is, there are a few nuances that come with implementing it in your theme. Though I’m not trying to cover everything here, the point of this post is show how you can introduce a new setting into an existing section.

How To Enforce Adding a Single Widget in WordPress

August 8, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

For a recent project, I needed to introduce functionality that added a widgetized area to the header of the blog, but only allowed a single instance of a specific widget to be added: the “Search” widget.

Since the dashboard for the widgetized areas are driven the by jQuery and jQuery UI libraries, the implementation is almost completely written in JavaScript, and although I know there may be some criticisms about only allowing a certain type of widget in a widgetized area, here’s how you can enforce adding a single widget in WordPress.

Quick Tip: Disable Auto-Updating of CodeKit Settings

August 2, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

When it comes to CodeKit, there are normally global CodeKit settings that I use; however, a number of the projects that I work on often result in some minor deviation from my core settings.

For those who have used CodeKit regularly, you know that you can set per-project settings, but if you’re using a project that’s under source control, there’s likely one irritating factor that you’ve noticed.