Am I A Web Programmer? This article will outline the differences between a website programmer and a web designer (web developer) and hopefully allow you to identify which category you fall into. While web programming and web development (web design) are two separate entities, [...]
If you're looking for Facebook integration on your website, there are many tools and plugins available to help. However, configuring these add-ons can be a laborious task due to the amount of information required and the lack of information explaining how you'd get it. Hopefully [...]
Facebook Status Update Shows Old Information Recently a client of mine had an issue with Facebook and the way the Facebook Lint system picks up information concerning their website when it's shared. Obviously sharing and seeing old site descriptions or images is not ideal, but [...]
I've recently come across a slight problem with one of my clients whereby they wanted the RSS feed widget to open all incoming links in a new window. And why wouldn't they? Especially if they're external RSS feeds that are being parsed. We could have [...]
Most WordPress developers are familiar with Gravity Forms. It's a contact form plugin that allows you to easily build and publish your forms in just minutes, with the minimum of hassle. No mess, just quick and easy form-building. Select your fields, configure your options and [...]
Should I register multiple domains for my website? It's a question asked to me by my clients on a regular basis, and the answer is one that's changed quite a bit as Google's complex algorithms have evolved. No longer can you fool Google with duplicate [...]
How To Block Timthumb Hack Attempts Like many developers I manage a large number of WordPress sites, and in days gone by I'd use TimThumb to handle my images. Sadly, a few years back this became a huge problem since a TimThumb hack surfaced which [...]
2013 is becoming more and more about typography, and with the emergence of Cufon fonts, Fontface types and Google's font library we're really becoming spoiled for choice. However, a question I am often asked is why Cufon fonts often cut off the top or bottom [...]
Moving into a New Year can be an exciting time and it is only natural that many people will look forward to the exciting new methods that will arise in their industry. There are some industries and businesses that rarely change from year to year [...]
In today's world of instamation™ (instantly available information to the non nerdy) and social connectivity, having a strong presence on the web is crucial for most companies and your website will often be the first point of contact between you and potential customers. This means [...]
It stands to reason that providing video content for your website will be something that your visitors will be happy to see. Video is a far more engaging way to interact with web site visitors and it can save your guests reading through lots of [...]
A few people have asked me recently about resolutions when uploading to sites such as Youtube or Vimeo. Specifically, what's best? What's best is whatever you feel is right, but it's important to get the aspect ratio correct. Most video sharing sites are now using [...]
People are inherently more mobile now than before, thanks to constant wireless Internet and 3G/4G connections. The mobile web simply extends your audience, which is why most website owners should learn the importance of mobile web design. As we engage more with our smartphones and [...]
If you haven't taken a look at part one of our Web Design Frinton project, please do so before going any further. It should help this article make a little more sense. Oh, fine. You probably haven't got the time for all that so here [...]
One of the best things about being a web programmer is that you get to share your knowledge with the programming community out there. Today's little snippet comes in the form of a simple Search and Replace for a string in PHPMyAdmin. Gone are the [...]
Here's a quick tip on web design that so many website designers overlook. As odd as this may seem, building a great website isn't always down to how it looks. In fact, it's much more important to place the importance of structure over aesthetics. Why [...]
Web Design in Frinton on Sea It's been a while since I wrote any SEO related articles, but since I've given my site a minor facelift I thought I'd do a little Google research to see how I'm doing. My previous SEO experiments went pretty [...]
Dear WarrenChandler.com Client, I'm sending this important email to inform you of some exciting hosting changes taking place that will affect your website and email services. This email may need your urgent attention if you have any hosting or email services with me, so please [...]
This handy function will search and replace all instances of a search term in every file with the PHP extension, across all directories and subdirectories. Upload the file to your root directory and run it. function callbackDir($dir){ $searchString = "searchforthis"; $newValue = "replacewiththis"; // directory, [...]
Unfortunately, the default Recent Comments widget also includes trackbacks and pingbacks and the sight ain’t so lovely thus I had to add this hack to weed out the trackbacks and pingbacks. Open your theme's functions.php file and add the following code if ( !$comments = [...]
1. Open your index.php and find <?php get_footer(); ?> 2. Place a HTML comment that you can easily recognize, before and after Something like: <!– footer content starts Here –> <?php get_footer(); ?> <!– footer content ends Here –> 3. Visit your blog 4. View the [...]
Creating breadcrumbs in WordPress themes can be a pain. With that in mind, this handy function should be exactly what you need. function waz_breadcrumbs() { $delimiter = '»'; $name = 'Home'; //text for the 'Home' link $currentBefore = '<span>'; $currentAfter = '</span>'; if ( !is_home() [...]
Adding a user to a Google Analytics account is a necessary step in SEO projects, but many people don't realise how simple it is. The process is quite easy, and you should be able to get through the steps in just a few minutes. Log [...]
