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WordPress contest: Win a premium WP Theme!

by Jean-Baptiste Jung. 95 Comments

Did you noticied that some days ago, Cats Who Code gets a new design? To celebrate 6 months of successful blogging, I’m very happy to announce our Christmas contest: Win 3 premium WordPress themes coutesy of John Kolbert.

How to: Overwrite WordPress core functions

by Jean-Baptiste Jung. 43 Comments

I have read many “tutorials” which told users to modify WordPress core files. This is a really, really, bad idea. Why? Simply because you’ll have to modify that file again when you’ll upgrade your blog. Here’s how to overwrite WordPress core function without modifying any core file.

Mootools Tutorial: Text fading effect on links

by Jean-Baptiste Jung. 15 Comments

Mootools is one of the best Javascript frameworks available. It is fast to load, powerful and allow you to create stunning visual effects. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how you can easily create an absolutely stunning fading effect on your links.

Free WordPress theme: Introducing NYC Theme

by Jean-Baptiste Jung. 38 Comments

It’s been a long time since I released OpenBook, my free “Magazine” theme. So I’m very happy to announce you the release of my new free WordPress theme, called NYC Theme.

WordPress SEO: How to optimize the title tag for search engines

by Jean-Baptiste Jung. 57 Comments

In terms of SEO, the title tag is one of the most important things: In fact, the title appears as a link in search engines results and social bookmarking sites. Unfortunely, most WordPress themes displays the title tag in a non-optimized way. Let’s see how we can change that to obtain a really SEO-friendlt title tag.

How to: Integrate a pagination in your WordPress theme

by Jean-Baptiste Jung. 115 Comments

When creating a premium WordPress theme, it is really better to use a pagination instead of the good old “previous page” and “next page” links. Sure, there’s plugins, but what about embeding a pagination without asking the user to install a plugin? In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to directly integrate the Wp-PageNavi plugin in your WordPress theme.