Posts by Bryan Hoffman
Faux Crop any size image with CSS
Here’s a quick tip on how to crop any sized image through CSS and an extra div. This technique comes in very handy when building websites for clients who don’t have Photoshop, or understand what 360px x 240px means. In an ideal world every image is edited and cropped before it’s uploaded to the site,…
Read MoreWidget Logic is_active_sidebar fix
Dec 29, 2011 Update – Installing Widget Logic version 0.51 fixes the previous is_active_sidebar issue. Thanks to Alan Trewartha for continued development on this essential plugin. Carry on. WordPress doesn’t currently have a built in feature for controlling which pages a sidebar widget displays. The Widget Logic plugin adds this feature quite nicely if you’re…
Read MoreText only Facebook Share link
If you love sharing your posts on Facebook (and by gosh who doesn’t?) but don’t like the look of the standard share buttons, here’s a little script that will allow you to share with a simple Facebook text link.
See it in action right over there → and click it while you’re at it!
Read MoreMarch Fourth Marching Band
We don’t get out on the town as much as we used to, but Grandpa and Grandma are here, so we must take advantage. We headed down to The State Room in Salt Lake with a bunch of friend and danced our butts off to March Fourth Marching Band. 20 plus musicians, acrobats on stilts,…
Read MoreDisable WordPress Parent Menu Link
If you’ve ever wanted a top-level navigation item to act as a trigger for a drop down menu, but not actually link anywhere, here’s how to do it in the WordPress 3.0 menu system: Insert a custom link with a label and any link address Click on Edit Menu Item link (triangle) Delete link address…
Read MoreRaised Bed Garden
After suffering complete failure (due to climate and critters) with our 4×4 gardens last year (click here for a picture), we wentall out this year with a new system. It’s bigger, raised up a bit more, and most importantly, completely covered. The cover is made of Solexx, a double walled corrugated plastic material that kicks some greenhouse…
Read MoreSassafras Floral
After years of nagging, my sister Sarah is allowing me to upgrade their flash-based website (that I built) to modern standards. They’ve got some great new photos and I just wanted to share this one with you. Check them out at:sassafrasgardens.com.
Read MoreOff the Grid
Update: Off the Grid is now Off the Air. All the stuff that was being posted there is now being posted here. No need to update two sites, friends. You can use the Off the Grid tag to grab all past and future OTG posts. Happy Camping! I’d like to formally introduce Off the Grid,…
Read MorePaper Airplane: Cobra
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34CGZ5UZoQ] With a 4-year-old boy in the house we make a lot of paper airplanes. This is one of our favorites.
Read MoreD300 outta commission
After sending in my favorite lens for repair a few weeks back, I’ve now had to send in the body as well. All told it’ll be nearly two months without a decent camera. Here’s a picture to hold me over until it comes back:
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