Delay link event with AJAX jQuery
I’ve been working on a script recently where it would add warnings when a user clicked on certain URLs. I attached an event to a link like so (simplified): $(‘a’).each(function(){ Read More »
Author Archives: Douglas Radburn
JQuery: Checking if an element exists
There are some subtleties to jQuery that still confuse me, compared to how traditional JavaScript acts at least. With traditional JavaScript, you could check for “an element”. The simplest example Read More »
Opening links in a new window with jQuery
With the advent of XHTML Strict 1, you can no longer use target=”_blank” on an A tag in your code. The only solution for this is to use Javascript to Read More »
Another take on feed caching with WordPress
Since version 2.8, WordPress has included the SimplePie class at it’s core. For a while, SimplePie wasn’t being maintained by the developer, but the WordPress team took over and kept Read More »
Using shortcodes in a template file in WordPress
I’m using Contact Form 7 on a website I’m building. Currently, Contact Form 7 uses shortcodes, meaning you can drop forms into posts. Something like [contact-form 1 “Sign up form”] Read More »
Replacing multiple occurrences of a string in JS
I’m a little disappointed JQuery doesn’t have something uber fancy for this. Something that always catches me out is when trying to replace occurrences of a string, it only replaces Read More »
Geolocation with Google Maps
A while back I wrote a proof of concept for a site which, at its core, allowed people to pick a location on a map. It used the long/lat for Read More »
Controlling layout with Featured Image sizes in WordPress
Recently, I was working with a WordPress theme that includes a “featured image” (added recently to WordPress). Instead of just displaying it on the frontend, I wanted to know how Read More »
Using post items in Smarty from dynamic variable names
I’m building a site at the moment that uses the Smarty templating engine and I came across a snag today. The global “Smarty” variable includes a nice $Smarty.post reference where Read More »
NoFollow links in comments within WordPress
I’ve recently added comments back into my blog. I know that Askimet will do the majority of the work in protecting me from SPAM, but I wanted to make sure Read More »
Only display add a comment if the post is recent in WordPress
I’ve always got quite a lot of comment spam on the blog, and this is mostly for older posts that I assume are already dead and wouldn’t be commented on. Read More »
How to get a Twitter feed into your WordPress theme
Since Twitter changed things, you’re probably better off looking at A WordPress Twitter stream, without the RSS… WordPress comes with a version of Magpie RSS as part of Read More »