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 $, then you’ll want to wrap it with the following: jQuery(document).ready(function($) { //...
Lots of people like to use contact forms on their site. But there may be situations where you’d want to provide a linked email address too, either showing the actual email address (like email@myemail.com) or some text of your choosing (like contact me). Doing either is pretty easy. You just need to know the simple code....
Sometimes making different sections of a post distinctly separate from each other can go a long way in making your post more readable. In some cases, embedding a horizontal line, like this one … is just the answer. For example, in a recent post here on WPMU, I had over a hundred different graphics that...
Looking for a solid plugin option for adding forums to your WordPress site? You may not have heard of Simple:Press, since it’s not available in the WordPress plugin repository. bbPress tends to dominate the plugin space for forum plugins, so I wanted to introduce you to another option, just in case you’re looking for something...
The WordPress visual editor was given a decent trim in version 3.9. It now has just 14 buttons, or 26 when the kitchen sink is enabled. It looks great (I love minimalism) but sometimes less isn’t always more. Sometimes more is more. Really, I just want more. So I set out to enable all of the...
The plugin formerly known as WPMU Plugin Manager is back and better than ever! It’s now called Multisite Plugin Manager and has been completely rewritten for WordPress 3.1. This is one of those tools that every multisite installation needs for managing plugin access permissions across a WordPress multisite network. Not every site within your network...
Have you ever come across a popular WordPress blog that still uses the standard WordPress search widget? If you have, then you have no doubt been frustrated by the results. Seriously – it’s *nearly* as bad as this. For those of you who don’t know, the standard search widget in WordPress returns any post that...
