Posts filed under ‘How-to’

Adventures in HTML5. Part one: Using HTML5 now

The first in a series of posts that documents my experience of HTML5. I begin by looking at whether we can start using proper (new tags and all) HTML5 now.

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Controlling excerpts and content length in WordPress

If your post doesn’t have an excerpt WordPress will display its first 55 words. Here’s how you can control that limit.

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Styling WordPress posts according to their mood

You might want to style certain pages on your site individually, depending on the mood you’re trying to convey. Here’s how you can go about it in WordPress.

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Fancy transparencies with rgba

The little used rgba value makes it easy to create some impressive CSS transparency effects. But only for modern browsers, of course.

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Horizontal navbars: CSS/HTML how-to

It’s Christmas time, so what better time of year to offer loyal Leon Paternoster readers some elegant navbar CSS.

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