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3 column fluid layout with header, sticky footer and 100% height columns

I recently had need of a site layout with the following features a header 3 fluid columns 100% or full height columns a sticky footer correct source order of columns IE8 compatible The only existing solutions I could find either used table based layouts or background image techniques to get the columns to display at […]

wp_enqueue_script() – the recommended method of adding JavaScript to WordPress

This function includes the script if it hasn’t already been included, and safely handles dependencies (scripts that must be loaded before the script). <?php wp_enqueue_script( $handle, $src, $deps, $ver, $in_footer );?> $handle is the name of the script in lowercase. $src (optional) URL to the script. This parameter is only required when WordPress does not […]

Using jQuery in WordPress

Loading the jQuery that comes with WordPress Add this PHP code to header.php before wp_head() <?php wp_enqueue_script( ‘jquery’ ); ?> What not to do – Using a Google served jQuery instead Add this PHP code to functions.php but make sure it’s the latest version. <?php function my_scripts_method() { wp_deregister_script( ‘jquery’ ); wp_register_script( ‘jquery’, ‘http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js’); wp_enqueue_script( […]