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.

Creative Control: Flash Video Player Plugin

I finally found the perfect flash video player: Flash Video Player Plugin for WordPress. This thing has more options than anything I’ve ever seen. It even lets you add a logo over the video. I particularly like the floating controls it offers. Plus, everything can be overwritten for each video … Continue reading →

Valid XHTML Clickable Header Images

This is a tutorial on how to make your blog or website header image clickable with valid XHTML. This is assuming that you’re using a CSS background image for your header or that you want to. I was recently designing a theme that I wanted to add a clickable header … Continue reading →

Weekly Roundup #2

Once again, I’m offering a weekly roundup of the things I’ve found interesting throughout the week. I kicked the Weekly Roundup off last week with … Continue reading →

Magtastic: WordPress Theme

Theme Information: Description: A 920px, fixed-width, 2-column, widget-ready theme. Its focus is for fun news blogs and sites. Features a custom home page, sidebars, and templates. Requirement(s): Wordpress 2.1+ Download Theme ([download#17#hits]) | Live Demo Free header image: The first 20 people that request it, will get a free header … Continue reading →

Wedding War Cry

This past weekend, I experienced my first Korean wedding. I didn’t want to go because I was extremely sore from the “mandatory fun” called Avalon Sports Day (all the teachers had to participate in the oddest sporting event ever at my school). However, I’m glad I got the chance to … Continue reading →

Using WordPress Custom Fields: Subtitles

This article, or series of articles, is long overdue. I’ve been using custom fields to make “little” fixes around this site for a while now. They are probably the most powerful feature of WordPress, yet the least used. Maybe that’s because they’re hidden away at the bottom of the “Write” … Continue reading →

WordPress Peace, Not WordPress War

If you follow WordPress theme designer blogs then there’s probably little chance that you’ve missed the big showdown happening between Small Potato (WP Designer) and Adii. I’ve followed both of these young designers since they’ve been designing WordPress themes and consider both to be at the top of the WordPress … Continue reading →

Managing WordPress Tags

Do you input 50 different tags to compliment your post? Use "blog," "blogs," and "blogging" as a tag every time you post? List "WordPress" as a tag simply because you're using that blogging platform? Add random things that have nothing to do whatsoever with the content of your post itself … Continue reading →

Weekly Roundup #1

After a long summer, one in which I had little Internet access, I am happy to say that I am now back in full force. I’m blog-hopping, RSS feed-reading, web-designing, and just plain havin’ fun on the Net again. It doesn’t hurt that South Korea’s Internet service is blazing fast … Continue reading →