Continuing the recent geo-fixation trend evident on this site, this article shares the results of a slightly deeper delve into GeoRSS and looks at a great browser add-on that offers auto-discovery of geotagged content in webpages and in some feeds.
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The first version of my site preference panel for WordPress needed lots of JavaScript for the toggle (Proto.aculo.us), more JavaScript to switch styles, and still more JavaScript to change text size. Version 2 still uses JavaScript for the toggle effect—but no additional load—since jQuery is already utilised by K2. The rest is accomplished using server-side PHP, and the revised 3-column panel layout makes use of more recent CSS know-how. I've tried to modularize the preferences panel as much as possible, but some simple template editing is still required (at 4 points). It is optimised for K2 (tested using RC3 and RC4) and although I haven't tested it with other themes (that's your job!) I don't see why it couldn't be used (*Some tweaking may be required. Batteries not included.)
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Is WordPress altering your punctuation behind your back e.g. converting typewriter quotes (") to smart quotes (“ & ”)? It's down to the on-by-default wptexturize function. You can disable this by adding the following to your theme's functions.php file: remove_filter('the_content', 'wptexturize'); (for posts) and remove_filter('comment_text', 'wptexturize'); (for comments). Or, use a plugin.
Having cleaned up your head, you might also like to de-clutter you WordPress options table. Sure, it won't alter the look or performance of your site—but it's what's on the inside that counts right? Unfortunately deactivating a plugin or deleting it from wp-content/plugins will most often not clear out the data it saved to wp-options.
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If you had viewed the source of my WordPress-generated pages a while ago you'd have noticed that my head elements were a real mess. Now they've been spring cleaned, arranged neatly into related groupings and the needless clutter disposed of. Plugins that use the wp_head hook distribute junk all over the show, offending any sense of order. Luckily your WordPress theme is the key to taking control of your head, through a combination of edits to functions.php and header.php.
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As I recently noted, both WordPress and K2 have migrated from using Prototype plus script.aculo.us to using the jQuery JavaScript library. Prototype is a JavaScript framework, including a library of functions used to build Ajax applications. It's best buddies with script.aculo.us, an add-on JavaScript effects library that extends the capabilities of the former. So where does jQuery fit in?
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