Your jQuery code is error free, everything should be running fine in your WordPress website, but it isn’t! You have noticed the “$ is not a function” error in your console. The problem isn’t your code, its the combination of both jQuery and WordPress (more specifically prototype). Luckily its a quick fix, albeit tedious for alot of code. Continue reading
Did you know that WordPress comes with the latest version of jQuery at the time of its release? While you can include jQuery into your template file manually, you may run into version conflicts and other broken features. Continue reading
While you won’t need to do this very often, sometimes you need some Firefox specific CSS to fix compatibility issues. With this code you can target desktop versions of firefox, both Mac and PC. Simply place this in your CSS file, make a new one, or add the code in your “head” tag. Continue reading
Here we go, you created this new flashy design for your website, paying attention to even the smallest details. You’ve customized all aspects of your website, and it looks good. You then turn your design into a functional xHTML website, in your favorite CMS or as a static website. The website looks great in your favorite browser (Firefox/Chrome). Now as the competent web designer you are, it’s time to test your site in other browsers. Continue reading
Today we’re going to learn how to make an Ajax contact form using Jquery. This is a nearly identical implementation to what we use on our contact form. Overall this is a simple contact form, the user inputs their name, email address and message, then clicks the send button. From there the javascript validates the data. Once validated we use Jquery’s ajax() function to pass the data to a PHP file and finally send the message. This form is W3C valid and compatible with IE6+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera. Continue reading
As a new web designer it’s often difficult to choose which platform you’re going to develop with. Do you use one platform for everything? Or do you use a different platform for each project? Truth be told, there is no correct answer. In this article I will outline the tips and thought process’ Tob Studios used to determine its platforms of choice. To begin with, Tob Studios typically uses two platforms, Drupal and WordPress. For highly customized projects we tend to stick with Drupal, while simple project are done in WordPress. As you may have guessed the Tob Studios website is built using WordPress due to is simplistic nature. So how did we arrive at these platforms? Below I will list the topics we took into consideration for our choices. Continue reading
Finding a hosting provider can be a daunting task. First you’ll find there are thousands of different hosts, with prices ranging from Free to hundreds of dollars a month. What makes them different and which one is right for you? For most people all they will ever need is the cheap 10 dollar shared hosting plans that companies such as Hostgator, Hostrocket and Bluehost offer. With unlimited disk space, no monthly bandwidth cap, PHP, and MySQL support, these hosting packages will satisfy most customers. Continue reading
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