November 7, 2009 - No comments

4 Ways Sound Effects Us

I found this on TED a while ago and thought it was interesting. We get all tangled up in design — you know, the visual stuff — but often let sound go by without a whiff. I thought it was apropos given the way we try to create design that engages the user. Watch it after the break.

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November 4, 2009 - No comments

Add Custom Content for Your Blog’s Index Page

Most of the time we want our index page to the flashiest page on our site. A while ago I wanted to put a dynamic slideshow and special copy on my home page that wouldn’t show up on the rest of the site (and oversized, 2009-trendy intro header sentences written in first-person don’t count). It’s easy enough to do with plain ol’ CSS and HTML — even with the bulk of simple CMSs — but might be a bit more of a hassle with WordPress.

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November 3, 2009 - No comments

Start Using WordPress Attachments Now

Check it out: How often have you wanted to add an attachment for a specific post in WordPress? This little snippet of PHP will let you do just that. It loads attachments into an array ($args), and then lists them (foreach...) with their respective titles (the_title).

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