Category Archives: Tutorials

Adding auto-scroll to the WooThemes VibrantCMS

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Michael Wender

One of my clients wanted the featured image slider in the WooThemes VibrantCMS theme to auto-scroll. As I couldn’t find a solution out there, I coded one myself. Auto-Scroll Demonstration This video demonstrates the effect achieved by the JavaScript I … Continue reading →

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HowTo: The Power Nap and The Power Run

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Michael Wender

If you maintain any sort of regular hours on the job (i.e. 9 to 5, etc), at some point or another I’m guessing you’ve experienced the “workday doldrums.” This is when either through boredom, fatigue or “office fever” (aka cabin … Continue reading →

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Using The WordPress Sandbox and The Blueprint CSS Framework Together

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Michael Wender

Lately, I’ve taken a liking to building WordPress themes using a combination of the WordPress Sandbox and the Blueprint CSS Framework. If you’re a designer who builds custom WordPress themes and you haven’t heard of either of these two masterpieces … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Develop Your Photoblog Workflow

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Michael Wender

In part one of this series, I showed how easy it is to create your own free photoblog using WordPress.com and Flickr. Now that you know how to create your own photoblog, I’m going to share my tips for maintaining … Continue reading →

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Fixing Grid and List Views in WP e-Commerce Gold

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Michael Wender

Recently, one of my clients asked me to setup and configure an online store using WordPress and the plugin WP e-Commerce Gold by Instinct Entertainment. As a part of the design, I needed to implement the Grid View module to … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Start Your Own Photoblog

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Michael Wender

Do you like taking pictures, and at the same time wish you had an easy and personalized way to share them online? In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to take advantage of two free services (WordPress.com and … Continue reading →

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Embedding WordPress into OS Commerce Part II

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Michael Wender

It has been almost twelve months since I published my first tutorial on embedding WordPress into OS Commerce. At the time, I was relatively new to working with OSC, so I was unaware of the many different template modules available … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Mars Hill

Posted on September 4, 2006 by Michael Wender

While I was listening to The Way of the Master podcast yesterday, the host related the idea that the Internet is the new Mars Hill. I’ve also been thinking about this lately, and today I would like to take the … Continue reading →

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Javascript Back Link

Posted on August 8, 2006 by Michael Wender

I’m always having to Google the code for a Javascript back link; therefore, I thought I would save myself the time and post an example on my blog: Back

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How to Flush your DNS Cache

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Michael Wender

If you read the title of this post and you said, "What the heck is DNS Cache?". Let me recommend that you return to looking at Picture of the Day. On the other hand, if you’re interested in what I’m … Continue reading →

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