http://kalkran.com Design&Coding Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:20:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, I'm not dead yet =) I've still been working on the WP Theme Generator, which nobody is using. I found that my webhost has the php setting for adding slashes turned on by default. My code relied on having no slashes. To fix this, I had to write a ... http://kalkran.com/misc/recursion/ [caption id="attachment_132" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="The Cronjob Interface"][/caption] I've just set up my very first cronjob, to take out the trash of the theme generator. So  here's a warning, if you're creating a theme there sunday morning around 3.00 am, or wednesday morning around 3.00 am, you have a chance your files ... http://kalkran.com/misc/cronjobs/ You'll never guess what I've made now! :). A theme generator, which takes in regular templates (all HTML), and turns them into a 'basic' template, with a widget-ready sidebar, archive support, comments, and what not! Click Please let me know what you think in the comments section. And, please; Do note that this ... http://kalkran.com/misc/wordpress-theme-generator/ Ever wanted nicely styled CSS tooltips? Here's a quick explanation: Link textYour tooltip Use that HTML. Then add the following to your stylesheet: a { position: relative; outline: none; } a span { display: none; } a:hover span { display: block; font-size: 8pt; position: absolute; top:-25px; left: -45px; border:1px solid #383a47; background-color:#5cbbe3; color: #383a47; text-align: ... http://kalkran.com/tutorials/web-development/css-hyperlink-tooltips/ [caption id="attachment_117" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The steps I took for designing my new layout"][/caption] I'm personally not the creative type, being original with design is very hard for me. I just can't think of that special thing to do to make a design unique. So the thing I did was: sit down, ... http://kalkran.com/misc/designing-a-website-layout/ So, Like the rest of all the Wordpress users, I've upgraded to 2.6. I was one of the first too, updated about ~10 minutes after the release! Here's a little demo, from the wordpress website: I find that the Theme Viewer does its work great :). And it's nice to have ... http://kalkran.com/misc/wordpress-26/ If you ever use floats, and then tried to add content to a container that's not floated, you may have experienced the same issues that many have. The solution is far simpler than expected .clear { clear: both; } This forces any item with a class of clear to be clear of ... http://kalkran.com/tutorials/web-development/using-clear-in-css/ Ever wanted to make an upload script, but don't want the page to refresh? Try AJAX. In this tutorial we'll use an iframe to simulate AJAX behaviour. Firstly, we "might" want to create a simple upload form: Loading... File: The important part here is the enctype, always have the enctype specified if you're ... http://kalkran.com/tutorials/faking-an-ajax-upload-script/