Creating a TRUE Inset Text Effect Using CSS

I geeked out so bad when i found this! I was so excited that I made another web programmer stop what he was doing and check it out with me!

It uses web kit, so not ALL browsers support. But the beauty of it is that it will show regular text if the browser doesnt support it!

‘.insetText {
font-family: Lucida Grande;
background-color: #666666;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
-moz-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.5) 0px 3px 3px;
}’

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found here

http://www.gordonhallart.com/blog/2011/04/27/creating-a-true-inset-text-effect-using-css3/

Social Skins Tattoo

first draft of a new website for Social Skins Tattoo

Cufon IE 9 Fix

http://blog.ninanet.com/2011/04/29/cufon-and-ie9

This worked perfectly, just thought I’d pass it along!

Category specific loop!

<?php
query_posts(‘cat=ENTER CATEGORY NUMBER HERE&posts_per_page=ENTER HOW MANY POSTS YOU WANT DISPLAYED’);
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
WRITE TITLE STUFF HERE
<div>
WRITE CONTENT STUFF HERE
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>

 

So simple. Pay attention to the stuff in all caps. That is what you want to replace with your own info. For example, here is a loop displaying the latest 2 posts in category 13. I have the date displayed first, then the title, and then the excerpt of the post.

<?php
query_posts(‘cat=13&posts_per_page=2′);
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h1>Posted on <?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?></h1>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class=”entry-content”>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>

 

Snowfall GIF animation

Snow Fall GIF

Fun snowfall animation I created, enjoy!

Sort Order – Alphabetical

Every once in a while I stumble upon such clean little codes snippets that work so beautifully that is MUST be shared!
So here is is, a MAGICAL little bit that sorts your wordpress posts in your query alphabetically

<?php
if (is_category('CATEGORY NAME')) 
{
     $posts = query_posts($query_string . 
'&orderby=title&order=asc&posts_per_page=-1');
} 
// here comes The Loop!
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

Wonderful! Of course you replace ‘CATEGORY NAME’ with the slug of your category. This left me with one question though- does anyone know how to make this work for more then one category at a time?

Come back next week when I solve the age old question… How the !#$@!#% do you just display ONE category of posts on a page?!?! I’ve figured it out and will share it with you!

WordPress 3.3!

The latest and greatest version of the WordPress software — 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt — is immediately available for download or update inside your WordPress dashboard.

This new update has a LOT of cool new features so be sure to update your blog!

CMS Sites

So, a lot of the sites we’re putting out at work are cms sites, mainly WordPress. CMS mean content management system, which means you the website owner can edit the content of your site, which means you don’t have to hire a programmer to correct a spelling error in a page or upload a new photo. People: if you don’t want to worry about editing your site then don’t pay extra for a CMS site and then have to keep paying the programmer to do something that’s as easy as updating your Facebook status! As a programmer, I would PREFER to make you a regular HTML site, it’s JUST as easy for me to edit THAT as it is for me to edit a WordPress site….

Random Facts About Me #2

I actually learned about coding in middle school. I made my own site on angelfire to put up drawings and such. It was nothing pretty, everything was in tables, and there was no CSS… but my little 12 year old self was VERY proud of knowing how to link an image and make a background. After middle school I didnt touch a website until I was in college.

Random Facts Aboout Me #1

I entered college as a fine artist with my heart set on a gallery life, I left college as a graphic designer/web programmer. How’d that happen?!