Web browsers store a lot of information about how you navigate the internet, and one of those metrics is called a referrer. A referrer is the page that you were on before the page you are currently on. By checking this browser option we can eliminate quite a few of our spammy comments from bots that crawl the internet and post [...]

Most well written books in the web design industry can cost a pretty penny. There are a lot of free sites to check on that supply articles and tutorials, but it's not very often that you'll find an entire book for free. Here's a list of some amazing books that offer new insight and experience into the world of web design.

For some reason, a popular way to remove the /{category}/ base from the Wordpress url in the past has been to edit the URL before it is shown in the browser by perform a .htaccess hack. This can cause a lot of issues, not to mention, you would need to add a similar line for every category you would want to cloak. Luckily, Wordpress has added an apparently little known dashboard option to edit this.

Wordpress has been around for a few years now, and a lot can change in just a few years. Especially when the internet is involved. The User Profiles functionality was developed in it's early days, and the contact info fields were relevant ways to contact users..then. Yahoo IM, AIM, and Jabber..? No one uses those!

This php snippet will allow you to replace the default Wordpress logo with your own, and increases the brand strength on the site.