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Welcome to Xazure, the personal blog of Christian Snodgrass. Here, you’ll find articles focusing on anything from programming and web development to game and web design. Topics include – but are not limited to – HTML/CSS, Javascript, PHP/MySQl, and ActionScript 3. Xazure updates at least three days a week, so be sure to check back for more articles!
Latest Posts
Xazure Code Demo Plugin on WordPress
The Xazure Code Demo plugin can now be downloaded directly from WordPress: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xazure-code-demo/
July 1st, 2011 | No Comments | In News, Wordpress Plugins
Xazure Code Demo Plugin
My first officially released plugin, woot! I’ve created countless proprietary plugins for all manners of things. The keyword being proprietary, meaning I haven’t been able to release them to the public. =p Not this one! Download Xazure Code Demo v0.9 Also available directly from WordPress: Xazure Code Demo v0.9 What’s It Do? This is a [...]
June 29th, 2011 | No Comments | In Wordpress Plugins
Three Column Layout with Divider without Images
In one of my past articles, Two Column Layout with Divider without Images, I introduced a method to create a two column layout, with a divider without needing images. At the end, I mentioned that you can also apply this technique to three columns. How It Works This works exactly the same as the two-column [...]
June 29th, 2011 | No Comments | In HTML/CSS
Changing WordPress Template with template_include
I’m working on this handy little plugin so I can create code demos, so I can demo HTML, CSS, and Javascript pages for my articles, without having to create a page and FTP it up. I want to just be able to create and edit it directly from the WordPress back-end. Lucky for me, it [...]
June 28th, 2011 | No Comments | In Wordpress
HTML Lesson 1 – What is HTML?
If you’re reading this article, then you must be an absolute beginner in web development… [b]Congratulations![/b] Congrats on taking the first steps to becoming a real web developer. It’ll be a long, sometimes frustrating journey, but it’ll be worth it in the end. =) What is HTML? HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It’s essentially [...]
June 28th, 2011 | No Comments | In HTML
Lessons – Where to Start
Just starting out and looking to learn a little something? You’ve come to the right place. Unlike the other articles throughout this site, these provide a structured approach to learning the various technologies that make the web the web, from the beginning. This is a table of contents for all of the lessons. They’re always [...]
June 27th, 2011 | No Comments | In Lessons
Columned Layout with Background and Divider without Images
When I was designing this site, I decided I wanted to have a two column layout with a border dividing the two. The tricky part with multi-column layouts is vertical spacing. Since elements only extend as far as they need to vertically, it is often very tricky to get your columns to both go all [...]
June 25th, 2011 | No Comments | In HTML/CSS
Adding a Code Box with Word Wrap
I’ve been tinkering here and there trying to make an awesome website (how am I doing? ;)). One thing I’ve done is created a handy dandy code block parser to my WordPress, so I can quickly add code in an easy to read format. This way I can spend more time writing and less time [...]
June 25th, 2011 | No Comments | In HTML/CSS, PHP, Wordpress
Cloud Host Review – Rackspace Cloud
At work we make heavy use of two of Rackspace Cloud‘s services, Rackspace Cloud Files and Rackspace Cloud Servers. I’ve done a lot of work using these services. I’ve come across numerous questions and problems and I’ve gotten a lot of information that isn’t readily available with talking to someone. So, I decided to write [...]
June 23rd, 2011 | No Comments | In Cloud Hosting
A Few Site Tweaks
I’ve spent some time adding a few new things to the site. The two big things are: Added social media links to each article. Improved the code display with a fancy little word wrap. That’s along with a handful of small tweaks here and there. Enjoy! Also, I just wanted to take this time to [...]
June 23rd, 2011 | No Comments | In News