I am Justin Tadlock.

I am also a writer. A front-end developer. A gardener. A small-town Alabama kid just trying to figure out whatever it is that that folks are supposed to figure out on this journey. Welcome to my little home on the web.

Project Community Theme: Design

It’s time for round 2 of the Project Community Theme — the theme where you create the design and I code it. And this time, we’ll discuss design. Put your designer-thinking caps on and get ready to discuss how you want this thing to look. Thus far, I’ve gotten a … Continue reading →

New forums for my site

I finally decided to create a message board for this site, which I’ll mostly use for WordPress theme support. Right now, it’s entirely experimental, and I want to know what you think. Check out the forums. After a lot of nagging from users of the Structure theme and finally getting … Continue reading →

Even Simpler WordPress Contact Form

Are you tired of all the “bells and whistles” of most WordPress contact forms? Are you exhausted from modifying CSS for hours just to get a contact plugin to display with your theme? Try out the Simpler Contact Form for WordPress. This solution was based off my original Simple WordPress … Continue reading →

Custom Fields For Feeds: WordPress Plugin

![WordPress custom fields for feeds“](/user/media/2008/01/custom-feed.gif“ title=“WordPress custom fields for feeds) Description: This puts images or videos into your feeds through the use of custom fields. You can alter the custom field Keys and what is displayed. Version 1.0.1 Beta License: GPL Download Plugin ([download#13#hits]) About this plugin One of the … Continue reading →

How to add videos to your WordPress sidebar

YouTube has become a bit of a phenomenon on the Internet, and everyone’s rushing to embed videos into their blogs. This is actually a fairly neat thing, especially if you blog a lot about videos or have videos that will emphasize the importance of your posts.

Project Community Theme

Have you ever wanted to design a WordPress theme but lack the CSS skills to make the template pretty? Do you have some great ideas for functionality but don’t know a lick of PHP? Perhaps, you’re just too lazy to sit down and do it yourself. You’re not alone. Welcome … Continue reading →

D is for dangerously diving doves

This edition of the ABCs of Writing is the fifth post in the series. I’ll cover the usage of things that fall under the “D” category. Note that some of these things, mostly the sections covering usage of numbers, strictly abide by the AP Stylebook. There are other style guides, … Continue reading →

A new theme for a new year

Here it is. My completely (I mean somewhere near complete) new theme. I’m still not sure what I think about it or how comfortable I am with it. Change is hard sometimes. I’ve struggled with what elements I wanted to include for hours tonight, trying to get something to work … Continue reading →

Changes: Some things to expect in the coming year

I recently came down with some sort of sickness, which is why I haven’t continued my regular posting schedule after the holidays. This is around the fourth time I’ve been sick since I’ve moved to Korea. It probably has something to do with the air pollution, cooler climate, spending a … Continue reading →

The year my life changed

It’s almost over. I suppose I should try to come up with some catchy phrase to end this year, but simple words would only undervalue the whirlwind of a ride my life and this blog have taken in the last 365 revolutions of Earth. I’ll try to sum up, the … Continue reading →