Although I have frequently used the Google Maps API, I have not needed to geocode (get the latitude and longitude coordinates) more than a few addresses at a time. My initial approach was to use the API geocoder class that is part of the Google Maps API. I was very surprised that after successfully geocodingGoogle Map API V3 See the full project…
I just started using the premium plugin Backup Buddy from iThemes. I wanted to use something like this so I could move a website under development on my test server to its real host. In order to test it out, I first ran it on a local install of WordPress and was satisfied with theWordpress Backup Buddy Plugin See the full project…
WPtouch does not support custom post types or templates out of the box. However, it is relatively straight-forward to get your custom posts to show up. For my website, there are two pages that use custom templates in its desktop or non-mobile modes. Each template uses a specific category to display the posts. The pagesWPtouch Mobile and Custom Templates See the full project…
Many websites take advantage of the favicon to give that extra bit of uniqueness and professionalism to the site. This is typically done with code something like this: <link href=”https://www.koolkatwebdesigns.com/favicon.ico” rel=”shortcut icon”> And,when you go to my site, you will see a tiny “kool kat” on the browser tab or before the address bar. Now,Mobile Icons for your Website See the full project…
I just created a new word press install and realized the TwentyTen theme does not display correctly in Internet Explorer 9. The header is way off to the right!
While browsing through the Sephora print catalog, I noticed it was filled with lots of QR Barcodes directing the reader to YouTube videos of various products.  For those of you not familiar with the QR barcodes, they are the 2-dimensional barcodes that seem to be popping up in magazines and other print media. The QRMake Your Own QR Barcodes See the full project…
In an attempt to become more mobile friendly, I decided to try out WPTouch 2.0 Pro. At a cost of $29.00 for a single user, it seemed worth the price. One of the things that intrigued me the most was the ability to have the mobile site run in “Web-App” mode. This would mean aWPtouch See the full project…
In working on the website for the Allied Arts Foundation, I was able to take advantage of WordPress’ post to create dynamic content for my website. First, on the home page I use the post’s excerpt and featured image to feed the slideshow: global $post; $featured_posts = query_posts(‘category_name=Featured Artists&orderby=ID&order=ASC’); foreach( $featured_posts as $post ) {Using Worperss Posts for Dynamic Content See the full project…
New e-commerce website www.todaystea.net. You can buy fabulous loose tea and tea products as well as learn about tea and its benefits. The website was build using WordPress along with the Shopp plugin.
I finally had the opportunity to experiment with HTML5 video along with fallback. I tried using jwplayer as my fallback based on video_for_everybody but kept getting javscript errors. I finally just opted form embed tags as my fall back which works perfectly. The site is still in testing status but you can check it here.
Company Name: Kool Kat Web Designs
Telephone: 206-852-3382
Email: merrill@koolkatwebdesigns.com