A post from my iPad
Just testing the iPad app for Wordpress, looks pretty slick and responds well.
Typing I have found to be a little sensitive but I am sure I will get used to it in time!
If anyone wants to suggest apps I should be checking out please leave a comment below.
Adding jQuery to Wordpress
For my last post (talking about a really cool jQuery plugin) I really wanted to display the talked about effect on the site, not least because I wanted to play about with it some!
In order to do that I had to make some changes to my theme, which I figured I should document.
I went into my theme directory and created /js/themename.js
I edited the header (themename/header.php) to include jQuery and /js/themename.js...
<script src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/js/lightword.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
Inside of themename.js I created my $(document).ready() call and gave it the code it required.
I uploaded /themename/header.php, /themename/js/themename.js and themename/js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js to the site.
That is it!
Wordpress Cheat Sheet
I found this sheet last night and have already made use of it. This PDF document lists all of the common Wordpress functions and whilst it isn't as comprehensive as it could be it is certainly a handy thing to have about when a function name is on the tip of your tongue!
A/B Testing with Wordpress
Here is an excellent video from Ryan Carson on how to quickly set up and start using an A/B Testing plugin for Wordpress.
How to do A/B Testing with WordPress from Carsonified on Vimeo.
The importance of A/B testing really can't be overstated enough, it is one of those things that you really don't think has the type of effects that other people talk about until you try it yourself. And with tools like this making it stupidly easy to do this kind of testing there is really no excuse.
Adsense Tips and Tricks
Damn that Smashing Magazine! One of the topics I had written down to talk about on this blog ages ago was some Adsense tips and tricks.
There have been some excellent posts in the past about how to best use Adsense, however as they were 'in the past' a few of them seemed a little dated. And now that Adsense has fallen out of favour with a lot of web people there doesn't seem to be the same type of stuff being written about it as there used to be.
So my plan was to chat a little about my experiences with Adsense, and provide whatever hints I have picked up a long my path of web development in a nice and simple blog post.
That plan went out the window when I read this article by SM, as they say, it is the 'ultimate roundup' and it really covers everything I was going to cover! There is no point in me reinventing the wheel so I say give that article a good read, but come back here to discuss it! (just kidding!).
The only thing I would add is to mention the Wordpress plugin that I use to host ads on this site - it is all-in-one-adsense-and-ypn and it works a charm!
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