[alert type=”notice”]This free plugin for WordPress requires you to have a copy of Gravity forms.[/alert] Gravity forms is about as easy to use and versatile a WordPress plugin as you can get, but every now and again I run into something it just doesn’t do. In this case I needed a date field that …
Map List Pro has now hit version 1.8.3 This version adds a category marker picker that allows you to set different markers for each category. It also allows you to choose which markers take precendence if more than one category is assigned to a location. You can buy it now from CodeCanyon or view a …
After the success of my two free WordPress plugins – Pretty File Links, and Pretty File List – I have completed my first commercial plugin. It’s an almost complete rewrite of Pretty File List with lots of new features added in. More details below: File List Pro lets you quickly display files attached to a …
This tutorial builds on a previous post for creating a rounded inset image from a square picture, this tutorial adds a complex border to make the image look like a stylish porthole. The parts of the (w)hole The final image is made up of: The original image which has a drop-shadow and border applied via …
It’s easy to create round pictures from square ones using just CSS. It does mean using some proprietary css, but it’s relatively well supported – FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, and IE9 are all OK with it. Adding an inner-shadow to make it look like the image is embedded into the page is just as easy, …
There is now a javascript based WordPress plugin for adding Page Peels to your site. Take a look at it on Code Canyon. The jQuery version of the page peel script has been very popular on SmartRedFox.com, and I’ve finally got round to making some updates and changes to it. Since I wrote the original …
UPDATE 24/08/2010: Various fixes and updates have now been incorporated, and the instructions below have been updated. SmartRedFox is pleased to announce it’s first ever jQuery plugin – the Totaliser. It’s a simple plugin that takes a text box and turns it into a fruit machine style number updater. It’s easier to see than explain, …
I know this is a common problem, and is well documented on a number of sites, but each time I run into this problem I seem to forget the best method for narrowing down where the problem is coming from. First, the problem This is a real example from a project I’m working on at …
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For a while now I’ve been working on a simple way for people to record their working hours and create timesheets automatically, and now it’s finally ready for release. Timebot is an automated system that checks to see if someone is onsite by looking for their mobile phone or bluetooth enabled device. Timebot is easy …
UPDATE: I’ve made a couple of changes to the script to make it easier to use and there’s now a demo available. A few weeks back I was looking for a nice simple way of adding tooltips to some buttons on a site – sometimes an image alone doesn’t quite convey what the button does …
