My cousin asked me last week about what it would take for him to get a web site that could be easily updated and flexible for growth and of course I pointed him towards WordPress.com. I figure he could learn the ropes there and then when he was ready for something a little more, I would create a custom WordPress site for him. Best of luck Robert!

I was approached a few months ago with a project that sounded like a great opportunity: to design the UI and logo for the new WordPress Jobs web site (which my company does about 90% overall business on WordPress development). If you missed the announcement for the site, check it out. If you need WordPress consulting, you could go to the site, or you could go to the company who helped build the site ;).

I use reuse a number of CSS/XHTML layouts everyday and feel it is time to share. This is the third of three articles in a series on how to create various CSS rounded corner or “fancier than a simple box” container with CSS and XHTML that work in IE 6, IE 7, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.0, and Safari 2.0. I have used this code on several large and small sites and have enjoyed the flexibility of both changing the height and the width. (Also see css containers: simple, fixed width, rounded corners, and css containers: fancier, fixed width, rounded corners..)

There are some sites where you need to have some flexibility with both height and width of the containers. This technique is known as the “ThrashBox” and I will not go into detail about it because it is well documented: ThrashBox. If you want to use something like this, there is a great web site that offers to create the graphic needed based on your input of color, height, weight, and corner radius. Check it out:Spiffy Box.

I use reuse a number of CSS/XHTML layouts everyday and feel it is time to share. This is the second of 4 articles in a series on how to create various CSS rounded corner or "fancier than a simple box" container with CSS and XHTML that work in IE 6, IE 7, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.0, and Safari 2.0. I created this code from scratch and use this for any fancier fix width boxes I might need for sites I create. Height is not fixed. (Also see css containers: simple, fixed width, rounded corners.)

The container:

.roundedBox {width:300px;}
.roundedBoxTop{height:10px; background: url("/downloads/rounded-corners/top-rounded.gif") no-repeat bottom;}
.roundedBoxMiddle{background: url("/downloads/rounded-corners/middle-rounded.gif") repeat-y; padding:0 10px 0 10px;}
.roundedBoxMiddle p {margin:0; padding:0;}
.roundedBoxBottom{height:15px; background: url("/downloads/rounded-corners/bottom-rounded.gif") no-repeat top;}

Content
This is a quick and easy way to do something that looks better than a square box.

The code:

General Information:
This is based on a simple graphic I created in Photoshop using the rounded corner box tool, a drop shadow, a stroke, and ... [more]

I use reuse a number of CSS/XHTML layouts everyday and feel it is time to share. This is the first of 4 articles in a series on how to create various CSS rounded corner or "fancier than a simple box" container with CSS and XHTML that work in IE 6, IE 7, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.0, and Safari 2.0. I did not create this code from scratch - but I will use it if I need something really simple and really quick. Height is not fixed.

The container:

b.rtop, b.rbottom{display:block;background: #FFF;}
b.rtop b, b.rbottom b{display:block;height: 1px;overflow: hidden; background: #9BD1FA;}
.jzcontainer{width:200px;background: #9BD1FA;margin-bottom:10px;}
.jzcontent{margin: 5px;}
.jzcontainer p{margin:0;}
b.r1{margin: 0 5px;}
b.r2{margin: 0 3px;}
b.r3{margin: 0 2px;}
b.rtop b.r4, b.rbottom b.r4{margin: 0 1px;height: 2px;}

Content
This is a quick and easy way to do something that looks better than a square box.

The code:

General Information:
Although it is very ... [more]

I have enjoyed looking at multiple hosting options through clients in the last few months. Yesterday I worked with Plesk on one account and another who uses Yahoo! for hosting. Just as I was getting ready to write a positive blog post on Yahoo's web hosting I ran into a snag when uploading and preparing the WordPress site for my client...Yahoo! does not allow you to use mod_rewrite Permalinks. So instead of having nice URLs like /services/ and /contact/ you have to use ?page_d=4. Gross. So in short - if you are using WordPress and want to maintain it yourself (always have the latest, most secure version, etc) I do not recommend using Yahoo! for WordPress sites.

Ever have a site that when clicking through pages would slightly shift to the left or right? This was driving me crazy and finally after doing some research I found a hack that will do until I can find the solution: