Understanding WordPress Custom Post Types
When the default WordPress Post functionality doesn’t have all the fields you need, it has Custom Post Types functionality to add new data fields.
Category: Coding
The WordPress functions.php File
Sometimes, I need WordPress or a theme to function differently. Then I need to work in functions.php
Installing a Script
Installing a Script When you use a content management system like WordPress, Drupal or Joomla, or, if you use a web service like Wix, Weebly or Shopify, they offer a large library of additional software you can add to your site for functions like forms, galleries and sliders. But what …
Managing the Look and Feel of your Image Captions
Why Bother with Image Captions Images on your website are business assets because they are communication tools that take some time and $$$ investment. Often business owners don’t realize how far an image can go on the web. That image you put on your website could be picked up by …
Reactive Programming Treats Variables Differently than Imperative Programming
“… in an imperative programming setting, a := b + c would mean that a is being assigned the result of b + c in the instant the expression is evaluated, and later, the values of b and c can be changed with no effect on the value of a. …
What is a Modern, Reactive Framework?
Udacity has a free course called Build Native Mobile Apps with Flutter. It’s a fairly comprehensive course, but it starts out with the assumption that the viewer is already steeped in the development world. Within the first 20 seconds, you will hear the words, “Modern, reactive framework.” What is that? …
Synchronous – Asynchronous – Threaded
How to “work smarter, not harder” lies in controlling the work flow. It is also an important software issue.
CSS: Where Did the Layers Go?
When you are first working on a responsive site, well, actually, when you are learning CSS in general, layers tend to disappear on you. At first it’s very frustrating, but maybe the layer is actually there, just not visible.
CSS: Lining up Page Elements Horizontally
I don’t want these two Amazon book listings on my site to stack vertically. I want them side-by-side. I can do that with CSS. How to Calculate the Spacing with CSS The first step is not adding code. The first step is finding out whether there is enough room. The …
WordPress Mystery: Links to Posts from Category Page Don’t Work
Why Names Must be Unique in Web Development Computers store the names of all kinds of things on your website: names of images, names of pages/posts, names of variables, names of database tables and fields, etc. Computers also make note of the address of those names, so they can retrieve …