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Diffs for WordPress 3.3.1 to 3.3.2

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This used to be easier to find on WordPress.org but I’ve either forgotten where the page is or they’ve stopped adding this information. Below are the updated files for updating from WordPress 3.3.1 to 3.3.2. If you’re updating from any other version it’s probably safer to upload all WP files. [...]

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TugMenu – a jQuery powered pull-down menu

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… with a CSS fallback. With the rise of touch screens I have been trying to avoid anything that relies on mouse hovering. A few months back I wrote a pull-down menu. Yesterday I went back through the code to tidy it a bit and sort out some accessibility tweaks. [...]

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A LESS mixin to set translucent backgrounds with a fallback for IE8 and below

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This is a LESS mixin to automate setting a transparent background using RGBA along with a fallback for older browsers by converting the RGB to a hex value. If needed there is also an IE7 or 8 version set using filters. Usage To use in modern browsers: .translucent-background(255,0,0,0.25); For IE8: [...]

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My diturner.co.uk responsive redesign rundown

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Whilst discussing the ongoing project that is my website, someone pointed out to me that I should document the project. Since my aim was to go through and reexamine my processes, my conclusions might be of interest to others. What follows is a quick run through of some of the [...]

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Add syntax highlighting to Espresso for {less} files

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To use the CSS syntax highlighting for {less} files follow this quick guide.

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Edit files in your jailbroken iPad web server directly with Textastic or Koder

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This tip assumes you’ve installed the Lighttpd web server and can SSH into your iPad. By default the location of Lighttpd’s www folder is /private/var/www. You need to add an alias to this folder into either Textastic‘s or Koder‘s documents folder. The apps are usually located somewhere like this: /private/var/mobile/Applications/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX, [...]

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A plugin to add Google +1 button to Jetpack Sharedaddy

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I recently needed to add this to the list of sharing links on a website. Seems the code is JavaScript and as such not possible to add to Sharedaddy without a little help. I’ve tarted up the code and put it into a tiny plugin as it may be useful [...]

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Di’s got a brand new combine harvester…

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… or website if you want to get technical. After many stalled attempts to redesign my website I’ve finally finished phase one. I plan to add more work and some of the plugins that I’ve written for WordPress, I need to do some rewrites and add some admin friendly settings, [...]

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TextMate and Transmit 4 on a 64 bit Mac

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Having recently bought a new MacBook Pro I was dismayed to find my trusted setup of TextMate and Transmit would no longer let me ‘Send document with active connection’. Downloading a bleeding edge of TextMate updates didn’t help either. What you need to do is go to the TextMate SVN [...]

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