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Setting Up Virtual Hosts on MAMP

Typically I do most of my work on my computer in a localhost environment. Makes for much faster editing – I can change the file on my computer and changes are immediately seen on the “site” locally (the alternative would be edit, upload, wait, reload page, and repeat). Now, on my PC, I used to run a neat little program called XAMPP to put Apache, PHP and MySQL on my computer and turn it into...

Auto-Create Page associated Widgets

So here’s the idea: I’ve had many clients in the past who wanted to have page-specific widgetized sidebars. Now, I’ve covered this before, but one thing has always gotten me: the fact that you have to write a lot of bloated code to get it to work. It seems like you should be able to pull the post slugs into some kind of array, and have the widgets auto-create themselves with a small bit of...

Easier WordPress Page Navigation

I did a guest post over at brutally succinct today. Just a small little tidbit of newfound info on page menus in WordPress. Perhaps you might find it interesting? Go take a peek and see if it helps you out. I’m actually sick today, otherwise there would have been a lot more in that post – but I think I’ll save the rest of the “goodness” for a later date, when I’m feeling less like...

Allow End Users to Add Images to Your Gallery

A common question I’ve seen on the WP forums – as well as other places – is the idea of allowing people to post images to your WordPress site. I’ve actually had two different clients of mine also request this feature: one wanted the images to be posted to a “showcase gallery,” while the other wanted commenters to leave images in the comments section when they contributed to discussions. Although I don’t really recommend this,...