This is the beginning of a three-part series on building a user directory. Part 1: Changing the contact fields on the user profile pages Part 2: Building the user directory page template Part 3: Building author templates and linking them in the directory First, we'll add some … [Read more...] about Creating a user directory, part 1: changing user contact fields
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Things You Really Need to Learn
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Add sortable, striped table script — only when needed
Ever wondered how I dressed up the tables on this site? I'll show you! We'll use the code for adding stylesheets and scripts conditionally to include Yoast's improved sortable.js only when a post or page contains a table. … [Read more...] about Add sortable, striped table script — only when needed
Bloomsbury caught whitewashing, AGAIN
Seriously, you'd think they could have learned a lesson from last time, but no. Kate Harding writes in Salon: So really, publishers, if you're so convinced that a book with a dark-skinned heroine won't sell unless readers are tricked into thinking she's white, then just be … [Read more...] about Bloomsbury caught whitewashing, AGAIN
Create private categories
Have you ever tried to create a category consisting entirely of private posts? It's a pain to have to remember to set the visibility for each post before publishing it. One of my users simply couldn't remember to do it, resulting in a lot of accidentally public posts on that … [Read more...] about Create private categories
Ikea hack: keyboard drawer for Mikael desk
Ever wanted a keyboard drawer for your Mikael desk? If you happen to have an old set of Magiker bridge shelves lying around, you're golden. While I was documenting the hack, I decided to photograph the rest of my study. If you like to ogle other people's bookshelves, or you just … [Read more...] about Ikea hack: keyboard drawer for Mikael desk
Hastings vs. Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon: the problem with buying books locally
Steven Brust's Iorich comes out today. I would like to buy a copy. I've long been in the habit of tracking forthcoming books with a (private) Amazon wish list, then lumping together the ones that come out around the same time into one purchase, thus scoring big discounts and free … [Read more...] about Hastings vs. Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon: the problem with buying books locally
a writer’s married life (an occasional series)
ME, registering my new toll tag via iPhone while he drives: What's your license plate number? HIM: I don't know. I'll add it later. ME, having lost signal: OK. I'll let you set up the autopay thing too, then. I'm going back to my story now. [stares out the window] HIM: I have to … [Read more...] about a writer’s married life (an occasional series)
Novel in 90, new round on January 1
Novel in 90 starts up again on January 1. I highly recommend it. The community is lovely, and the daily goal is more reasonable and sustainable than NaNoWriMo's. … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, new round on January 1
Global Warming Skeptics vs. the Scientific Consensus
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