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We are in the process of updating Mobile (a WordPress plugin for applying a custom theme to mobile devices) and we were discussing how to go about displaying menus. Currently Mobile registers a new menu and uses Javascript to add a “drop-down” to the front end.

Let’s face it. Navigating on mobile devices can sometimes be such a hassle. Small buttons and big fingers simply do not mix.

Thankfully the HTML select tag is widely used as an easy way to provide a navigation for mobile devices, specifically the iPhone. While this is beneficial, how are we supposed to use this tag while still using the default WordPress menu system?

Quite easily actually, but be warned that this tutorial is quire lengthy and descriptive.

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I am not a big fan of shortcodes. They tend to tie users into themes or plugins. However, we were in need of a way to display subpages on a parent page without modifying a template. For that a shortcode came in handy.

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I am sure most of you are aware of all the related posts plugins for WordPress. After all, creating a plugin for related posts is quite simple. But what if you are like me and do not like using plugins because of the potential security risk? There is an easy solution.

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There is no doubt that WordPress has done an excellent job with uploading and sharing media files. From images to MP3s, users are able to easily share files with readers.

However, displaying these files has always been limited for novice and intermediate users. After all, the only default way to display files is the the content editor on a post. What many users do not know is the way to call for the uploaded media on an individual post. This can be done but adding some simple calls within a template file and this tutorial will show you how to do just that.

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Our latest theme for iThemes Builder uses the WordPress Featured Image in such a unique way that we needed to add some extra content to the Featured Image meta box. Nothing special. Just a set of instructions that help guide the user when adding images.

Since WordPress does not have any hooks of filters for meta boxes (at the time of this writing), I needed to create my own. Thankfully the default Featured Image meta box is simple enough to recreate. All I had to do was find the instance where WordPress created the box and registered the box. Once that was accomplished, all I had to do was rewrite the meta box output function and create a new function that removes the old meta box and adds the new one.

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I love using the Featured Image in WordPress. I even love developing with the Featured Image and using in in various places within a theme. No matter whether its a custom post type, post format or simply the single.php, using the Featured Image is an effective method of drawing attention to a post.
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If you notice the fixed social icons on the left side of some site, there is no doubt that you easily see this is a great place to showcase your social networks. Sure, there are many plugins that would accomplish this, but often times these plugins use excess code that simply bloats your site. Although this may not be important to you, slender and clean code is what I stive for. For this reason (and many others), I choose to create my own code to achieve the desired results.

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