Variable image aspect ratio crop in WordPress
To crop an image with a variable width/height, use ‘auto’ instead of pixels. Here is the code to add to functions.php if ( function_exists( ‘add_image_size’ ) ) add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ ); if ( function_exists( ‘add_image_size’ ) ) { add_image_size( ‘home-thumb’, 100, 100, true ); add_image_size( ‘featured’, 268, ‘auto’, true ); }
How to include prev/next navigation only when excerpts extend beyond one page
If you don’t have enough blog posts to warrant previous/next page navigation, here is some simple code to include in index.php. This will prevent a broken link to a prev/next page that doesn’t yet exist. <?php global $wp_query; $total_pages = $wp_query->max_num_pages; if ($total_pages > 1){ include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/inc/nav.php’ ); } ?>
Make a link open on double click
Great resource on Stack Overflow on how resolve the issue of mouse hover navigation on mobile devices. You lose the ability to hover over a link for a dropdown submenu. You need to click on top level navigation to display the submenu. Otherwise the click takes you directly to a link without displaying submenu. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4562012/make-a-link-open-on-double-click […]
Window resize
How to dynamically resize margins based on window size. Resource resize event Sample code <script type=”text/javascript” src=”//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”> //Initial load of page $(document).ready(sizeContent); //Every resize of window $(window).resize(sizeContent); //Dynamically assign height to .top and margin-bottom function sizeContent() { var newHeight = $(window).height() * .015 + “%”; var footerHeight = $(window).height() * .025 + “%”; […]
.htaccess
#to redirect a site set up for https to http EXCEPT for one folder. The commented out line is to except one page. I found that didn’t work as the images/css were not recognized as https which defeats the purpose. I ended up putting the one file I wanted as secure in a folder with […]
Contact Form 7 Integration with Email Before Download plugin
The plugins Email Before Download and WordPress Download Monitor can be used in conjunction with Contact Form 7 to send a file upon form submission. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/email-before-download/ In order to have a pdf automatically sent after a form submission, you will need to upload the pdf via the “Downloads” link on the left. You need to […]
Placeholder text
I noticed placeholder text in form fields wasn’t displaying on all browsers. Here’s a great jQuery plugin that solved the problem. http://mathiasbynens.be/demo/placeholder Github download: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/jquery-placeholder
How to display different languages in php
PHP sometimes doesn’t want to display the characters of a different language. I use Dreamweaver as my text editor and recently I needed to add Chinese characters to a php navigation include. When I tried to add the characters within actual php code – Dreamweaver converted the characters into “????”. It worked fine when it […]
Jquery portfolio sorter
An incredible plugin for portfolio sorter/filter http://isotope.metafizzy.co/
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http://www.aakashweb.com/resources/pages/demos/jquery-collapser/ http://www.adipalaz.com/experiments/jquery/expand.html
