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Why did it take me so long to learn this about CSS?
I guess I try to learn the bare minimum with CSS but I can’t believe after all these years, I failed to understand this: Scroll about half-way down: http://css-tricks.com/855-specifics-on-css-specificity/ comment on this post on twitter
Setting up a WordPress Development Environment (and have it work)
One of the challenges developing in WordPress for me was setting it all up in a “localhost” environment. I went through a few trials with this but in the end, this is the best way that I have found. And it’s easy. If you have copied down a WP install to your development machine, fired [...]
How to Create a Better WordPress Custom Post System and Prevent Auto-save from saving blanks
Recently at work I added a fairly detailed custom-post field system to our wordpress install, for a dual custom content type. It worked great in development and staging but after we went live, we started getting blank custom fields. After a little digging, it turns out I’d missed an important part of the custom-field development: [...]
More URL Shortener Ahso.me-ness
I’ve added a little more URL shortener ahso.me-ness to my stock URL shortener. I posted about this awhile back and this is an update to that code. If you have questions about URL shorteners, see that post. They are easy to create. Really, really easy. That URL shortener is the easiest functional program I’ve ever [...]
Skype v Google Talk/Voice v iMeet
The boss emailed today and asked for a comparison between Skype, iMeet and a product of my choice in order to cut down on our teleconference/telecommunication expenses. I work for a global company made up mostly of white collar types that talk on the phone a lot every day. The call bridges we use are [...]
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