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iPhone earbuds instead of bluetooth? Really?
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ios 7 & Mavericks
Last year I jumped over to Mac. I have been so pleased with my Mac that I...
Everything Old is New Again
I was not alive during the heyday of radio, but I’ve heard the stories...
Essential Software
Recently I was over a friend’s house, and we were discussing how to put...
New Tech Talk – looking in the past to explore the future
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How to create Brushes from a Layer Mask
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Photoshop User TV Notes Episode 76
This episode was shot live from Photoshop World Dave (2:51)...
Create You Own Custom Brushes in Photoshop
Creating brushes in Photoshop is remarkably simple. The quick an simple...
Photoshop User TV Notes Episode 75
Scott (3:50) Using a stock photo of silver wear Scott shows how to...
Use jQuery prefix instead of $ for wordpress
Recently I was testing a jQuery code snippet to see if it would accomplish...
Turn off WordPress Comments
WordPress comments can be useful once you know what you are doing. If you...
WordPress Author Abilities
WordPress author roles inherit all the abilities of subscribers and...
WordPress Contributor Abilities
Contributor accounts inherit all the abilities of subscribers but can also...
WordPress Subscriber Abilities
Subscribers are two steps up on the the role hierarchy counting normal...
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Use jQuery prefix instead of $ for wordpress
Recently I was testing a jQuery code snippet to see if it would accomplish what I needed it to accomplish. The easiest way to do this was to simply paste the jQuery code into the header.php file. I was frustrated to find this didn’t work. My search for a solutions yielded little but a bunch of stuff about wp_enque_script. I just wanted to see if this code would fit my need not spend my entire afternoon reading up on “the proper way to do it”. The quick and dirty Long story short. The solution was to simply replace every instance of “$” in code with “jQuery”. That done the code snippet pasted to the header.php worked fine and I was able to confirm that it would suit my needs. Not a production solution Its important to note that this is not production solution but a “test” solution. In fact when you read up on wp_enque_script you will find that their is a way to let wordpress do automatically the replacement that I did manually. But if you are in a jam and just want to test a simple piece of code this might be just what you were looking...
WordPress Subscriber Abilities
Subscribers are two steps up on the the role hierarchy counting normal visitors as a role, then unverified ( simply means someone has registered for an account but has yet to respond to the email sent to them requesting they verify their email) and finally subscriber. Subscribers have the ability to manage their own profile and read. Some wordpress installs require that you at least be a subscriber to comment or to view certain content. If this is the case for you this “how to” will go over the steps and introduce you to this user level account. Be sure to read our article on gravatar.com for information on how you can get a profile picture to show on the comments you make and in your bio information if it happens to be implemented in the theme you are using. That last bit “if it happens to be implemented in the theme” is important as themes and how the interact with core wordpress functions can vary significantly. This instruction is intend to simply address what most people are likely to encounter when using this type of account. Subscriber Account User name / Nick Name All users have to fill...
Daylight Fluorescent Bulbs for Digital Photography
Among the hardest things to do in photography is establishing the right light. At least for someone like myself that knows very little about photography or lighting. I do however know one thing for sure. I don’t like yellow photos. Old tungsten lights make my pictures yellow. Florescent lights (office kind and curly household variety) make my pictures yellow. I don’t like yellow photos (I know I already mentioned it) There are a number of ways to address this if you really want to get a nice indoor photo. The cheapest, easiest and most effective way I have found is to simply purchase a couple of daylight fluorescent bulbs. The give off a natural daylight that makes your pictures look amazing and ….NOT YELLOW. How I takePictures with Florescent Daylight Bulbs I love to use my iphone to take pictures because it’s just so simple to take, share, crop, upload, email or text to someone, but if you just point and tap your screen indoors you often get poor results. Steady Your Camera No light bulb can change this for you but they can help by allowing you image to require less light which means quicker shutter speed...
Using Portfolio Pages Instead of Traditional Gallerys
Traditional galleries are great. You select an entire folder full of pictures, upload and you are done. It’s easy an almost completely useless. That’s correct I said useless. There is little interaction, searchability or info associated with such an approach to galleries. What if you could create galleries where each picture was tagged with relevant information, users could comment on the picture, rich amounts of information could be associated with the image etc etc. The truth is there are a number of solutions that do this but what I want to do here is make a case for doing by way of posts and featured images to convince you to do it these way in spite of what may seem like something that requires too much time. It really doesn’t but it’s a complaint I frequently get form clients thinking within the batch UPLOAD context. So how am I recommending galleries be created? Here are the steps I recommend. 1) Create a page and set the page template to Portfolio. 2) Give it a name like “Gallery”. (you can create as many as you want Gallery Zoo, Portfolio, Vacation Photos etc) 3) Select the Post category that you want...
Avatar for WordPress Sites
Most wordpress site themes implement some sort of system to display an avatar, most notably in comments but you might not be clear on how this happens or how you can upload a personal avatar for use on your WordPress website. The answer is pretty simple : gravatar.com All you have to do is register your email address with gravatar.com and then use that email address on the WordPress site. The rest is automatic. What is better is that other sites such as forum and message board also include this feature. You can even register multiple gravatars using different email addresses but managed through a single email address and login. Essentially all that is happening with gravatar is that site you are on is configure to support it so it is sending a query to gravatar.com using your email address. If it finds a match it returns a picture. Simple, smart, effective and easy. So what are you waiting for? It only take a few seconds and don’t forget to look for the confirmation email from gravatar. Once that’s clicked you are good to go. Anywhere you use that email address in the future where gravatar is support you...
