Defining a constant in PHP can come in handy when working with a value that will be used throughout your script. What is a constant exactly? According to PHP.net, “A constant is an identifier (name) for a simple value“. One important thing you need to know is that, like its name states, a constant cannot [...]

I have been updating my themes for WordPress 3.0 and Magazine Basic v2.6.1 is the first that I am releasing. I have finally gotten around to upgrading the admin user-interface. Version 2.0 of the Arturo Theme Engine is up and running in MB 2.6.1 so now the user experience is a lot smoother. The [...]

Adding a color or image to your Web site’s background is not a very complicated thing to do if you are familiar with CSS. Luckily for those out there who know nothing about CSS, WordPress 3.0 introduces a simple admin user-interface that makes it extremely simple to select a color or image for your background. [...]

For the longest time, WordPress and WordPress MU have been two separate entities. Word on the street was they were attempting to merge the two platforms, but many of us thought it was too large of an undertaking to be ready for the release of WordPress 3.0. Thankfully, we were all wrong. WP 3.0 has [...]

For the longest time, WordPress and WordPress MU have been two separate entities. Word on the street was they were attempting to merge the two platforms, but many of us thought it was too large of an undertaking to be ready for the release of WordPress 3.0. Thankfully, we were all wrong. WP 3.0 has [...]

June is here, and to some of us, that means quite a few things. Summer is on the horizon (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere). We’re slowly getting closer to the release of WordPress 3.0. And most importantly of all, Canadians can finally get their hands on the iPad. To celebrate all of [...]

Using the standard Web safe fonts is quickly becoming a thing of the past thanks to modern alternatives like @font-face kits and the new Google Font API. Taking a quick look through the Getting Started guide shows just how simple it is to apply the API to your Web site. All you have to [...]

The release of WordPress 3.0 is almost here, so I thought it would be a good idea to start an in-depth discussion on some of the new features. One that I am really looking forward to, and that has been getting a lot of buzz, is the new menu system. Inspired by a similar system [...]

When you’re emailing or uploading larger files, it always makes sense to compress them first. This decreases file size and also helps avoid file corruption during transfer. The most common compressed file you will encounter is the zip file, since most operating systems come with a basic utility to quickly zip and unzip files. Creating [...]

When you’re emailing or uploading larger files, it always makes sense to compress them first. This decreases file size and also helps avoid file corruption during transfer. The most common compressed file you will encounter is the zip file, since most operating systems come with a basic utility to quickly zip and unzip files. Creating [...]

I was just cleaning up some code on my site and noticed a small security hole in my comments sections. Every time I posted a comment, WordPress automatically added a class that pretty much told everyone my admin login name. The offending class is the “comment-author-admin” class. If you had changed your admin name [...]

You might experience some downtime on http://bavotasan.com and http://themes.bavotasan.com over the next little while. I have decided to migrate my sites over to Media Temple to have more control of everything on the backend. Once the migration is completed, both sites will be running better than ever. If you have any questions please drop me a [...]

I have been having a lot of fun messing around with CSS3 and received a lot of emails since I posted my tutorial for Creating Shadows with CSS3. I decided that putting together a quick tutorial on how to use multiple CSS3 effects at the same time to create a cool looking gradient button would [...]

The new design on Themes by bavotasan.com required a content slider so I built a simple jQuery plugin that would work the way I needed it to. There isn’t much to it but you can set the speed, slide timer, easing and if you want it to work solely as a content slider or as [...]

I just spent the past couple of days updating the look of Themes by bavotasan.com. Things are slightly different but a lot nicer, in my opinion. For those using Internet Explorer, the design will probably look a lot more simple, but that’s because IE sucks the big one. Check it out in Firefox, Chrome or [...]