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3 Reasons to use the_excerpt Tag

February 16, 2010

Most people are familiar with the tag “the_content” as it is one of the fundamental tags in WordPress. It is what goes and grabs the content (go figure). While the_content is an invaluable template tag, I think that there is some real value to the_excerpt that people should know about. So, what is the_excerpt?  Thorough documentation can be found in the WordPress Codex, but I will give a brief overview. [...]

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Resources for Learning Basic CSS

February 11, 2010

In my opinion, anyone who is starting out in web design needs to take time to learn CSS. The problem with learning isn’t that there aren’t resources on the subject, but rather that there are thousands of resources out there, and no way to tell which ones are up to date and valid.  So I decided to make a short list of some of the most useful resources I use [...]

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Structuring Your HTML Document

February 2, 2010

I see a lot of broken sites. It seems like the leading cause for simple breaks in a site is a missing closing tag. It happens to everyone from time to time, but there really is a simple solution that can make life much easier: Proper structure. Sure, you can have ugly html and still have a beautiful site. But what about when you find your footer crammed up into [...]

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