Author: Alan

  • Coding jQuery safely in WordPress

    I keep forgetting the syntax so this is just to remind me. In WordPress you want to ensure you don’t get conflicts with jQuery so there is a safe way to code it jQuery(function( $ ) { // Your code using failsafe $ alias here… }); And if you want it when the DOM is…

  • RightMove BLM file import to WordPress

    Rightmove BLM file converter Plugin is now available to download We are pleased to say, that the plugin is now available to purchase. It is listed at https://fullworks.net/products/rightmove-blm-to-xml-converter/ I do hope you will find this very useful. Go to plugin page   Plugin for  Right Move BLM file imports to WordPress Right Move is a property…

  • CSS styled slider buttons, with CSS triangles

    You can style slider buttons using css.   A simple clean style is arrows with a square box ( or a circle ). An example is like this  The code is like this <a href=”#”><div class=’arrow-wrap left’> </div></a> <a href=”#”><div class=’arrow-wrap right’> </div></a> Which sets up the links and a div per link then the css…

  • Developer Stuff

    HTML Frameworks 1. Bootstrap 2. Foundation 3. HTML5 Boilerplate 4. Skeleton CSS Preprocessors 1. LESS 2. SASS 3. Stylus JavaScript Libraries 1. jQuery 2. LoDash 3. ReactJS JavaScript Frameworks 1. AngularJS 2. Ember 3. Meteor 4. Polymer Module Loaders 1. Webpack 2. Browserify 3. Require.js JavaScript Preprocessors 1. Babel (6to5) 2. CoffeeScript 3. TypeScript Module…

  • Widget to display post data

    Sometimes it is necessary to write widget that will display post data for an associated single post or page. Lets say a map associated with some custom fields on a post. This snippet should help, this is an example and just part of the widget code, see http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API on the full Widget experience /** * Front-end…

  • Adding a third menu to Genesis

    Genesis comes with two menus as standard in its configuration.  Additional menus are often added using custom menu widgets into sidebars, often the ‘Header Right’ sidebar. However sometime it is desirable to add an extra menu (or more) into the template. This is fairly simple to achieve using a combination of WordPress standard functions and…