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Category Archives: Web Development

Nice Scroll Bars

Nice Scroll Bars

I have been working on a custom WordPress theme with my brother, @erictufts, that has at its very core the need for iOS styled scroll bars.  We had tried every custom scroll bar out there and just could not seem to find a solution that met all of our design criteria. Our requirements were: That the [...]

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Web Fonts are NOT the Future of the Web

Web Fonts are NOT the Future of the Web

My apologies in advance to my good friends in web design, but I am going to take off my web designer hat and put on my web developer hat for a minute.  And yes, you heard me right, web fonts are not the future of the web. Web designers have an amazing impact on the web as they are [...]

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Slides From WordCamp Chicago 2011 Talk

Beyond the Theme – Using WordPress as an API View more presentations from David Tufts

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10 Steps to Setting-Up Your PC as a Development Server for WordPress

This is your step-by-step guide to setting up a WordPress web development environment on a PC using XAMPP, WordPress 3.x, and Subversion. XAMPP installs PHP, MySQL, and Apache on your PC turning it into a local web server for development purposes.  Once installed you can begin creating custom WordPress themes and plugins in your own [...]

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Using Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.0

So what is all of the buzz about custom post types in WordPress 2.9 and 3.0? What can we do with a “post_type” and why does it matter? For some of us developers out there who have known the secret that WordPress is actually much more than just a blogging platform this in no big [...]

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Everything a Web Developer Needs to Get Started

Ever consider Web Development as a career? The following list of free resources will help you get up-and-running as a Web Developer. PHP – Currently the most popular and widely used web development platform in the world.  After starting my software/web development career several years ago in the world of Microsoft, it was a relief [...]

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