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3 ways to compress CSS files using PHP
When you're using a sophisticated design, CSS files can quickly become very long, and takes time to load. I have compiled 3 interresting ways of compressing CSS files by using PHP.
Easily improve your blog posts with high quality images
They say that images are a thousand words, so are images with words even more valuable? Yep! Even better for you, its easy to make them look very stylish and professional! In this post, I'm going to walk you through adding text to your images to get a very professional look.
WordPress contest: Win a premium WP Theme!
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.
Top 10 free fonts to create the perfect logo
When designing a blog or a website, the logo is a very important part, because it will soon become the blog/site online identity. I have compiled a list of 10 stunning free fonts to help you to create the perfect logo.
Make Full Use of Wordpress with the_excerpt_reloaded!
Whether you know it or not, you'll probably use the_excerpt on your website. At its simplest, the_excerpt will display the last 70 odd words from your posts on the homepage, or a couple of words explaining what the post is about, as it is on CatsWhoCode. But say you wanted to display 200 words and images. Without editing the core Wordpress files, there is no way you can do that, without installing a plugin, like the_excerpt_reloaded.
How to: Find the perfect webhost for your blog
This is a fact, one point often neglected by bloggers and webmasters is hosting. Most of the time, you pick-up the first cheap host you were able to found and sticks to it...until your blog grows and problems starts to happen.
How to: Overwrite WordPress core functions
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.
How to: create an ads rotator with php
Some days ago, I was looking for an original way to display my favorites premium WordPress themes in the footer of my other blog WpRecipes. I finally created the following script.
How to: Design a nice ebook cover with Photoshop
A friend of mine recently asked me some help to design a cover for his forthcomming ebook. After designing it, I decided to make a tutorial and share it with you.
My name is Jean-Baptiste Jung and I'm the man behind Cats Who Code. I started to use the Internet back in 1998 and started to create websites three years laters in 2001.
Easily improve your blog posts with high quality images (part 2)