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Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to customise WordPress Login page for your website/blog. This tutorial will show you how to change the WordPress logo and link on the Login page without hacking the core code nor installing a plugin.
1. Copy and paste the following code into functions.php file of [...]

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This is one of the most commonly used piece of code for jQuery. Often times, we need to check if a div/element exists in the page before processing a block of script (eg: replacing the content of the div).

if ( $(“#message”).length ) {
$(‘#message’).text(“Hello!”);
}

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I’ve been using Dreamhost hosting for a few years now and yesterday, I received an email from Dreamhost regarding invitations for new users. Apparently, I’m one of the select few customers to be offered special “DreamHost Invitations”. The invitation codes are:
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Here’s a snippet of CSS and HTML code that aligns an image in center (horizontally) and middle (vertically). Tested in Firefox, IE, Chrome and Safari.

CSS
#enter {
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
left: 50%;
top: 50%;
margin: -120px auto 0 -130px; /* value of top margin: height of the image divide by 2 (ie: 240 / 2), value of [...]

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There is an issue with jQuery.get() in Internet Explorer when trying to update content on the fly because IE caches XMLHttpRequest response and the AJAX call made via jQuery.get() is therefore always returning the same result. I encountered this problem when I was writing a function similar to facebook Like feature where the [...]

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WordPress iPhone app was released almost a year ago, but I have only downloaded and used it recently. WordPress for iPhone is available for all self-hosted wordpress.com blogs provided they are using WordPress 2.7 or higher. The app allows you to access the Administrator Panel of the WordPress blog using your iPhone, enabling [...]

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Why Flash is Here to Stay
There’s a huge debate stirring around the internet about the capabilities of HTML5 and it’s threat to Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight and other rich internet application (RIA) technologies. The amount of support behind HTML5 is encouraging and great to see, as it will only help it’s adoption by both browsers [...]

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To display 5 latest posts in each parent category of your WordPress blog, add the following code into the template that you want the result to appear. In our case, we added the following code into our 404 template page (404.php of current theme). Other places that you might want to display [...]

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