Chilligavva

Hello, its wednesday again.. Happy Halloween.! Today, I shall be giving out a tip on how to organize your theme folder, in wordpress so as to get a grip on what you are doing. This is not so much wordpress, as more of a best practice.. Continue Reading

Sometimes we want to display a different button for when you are logged-in (logged-in state) and another for when you are not.. (See pictures) Continue Reading

This is quite a simple effect actually.. I took a photo, and pasted it on 2 layers using Serif photo Plus 6.0, my image editing tool. One layer i selected an irregular path and feathered to a 100, and masked it. The layer below, i applied a radial motion blur. And hey presto, a neat effect resulted. Dont you think so? Continue Reading

I am happy to announce that the chilligavva site is i-phone compatible. Read all about it here.. Continue Reading

In an ideal web world, all websites should display the same in any media or device.. (screen, printer, mobile, speech synthesiser etc. etc.) This actually helps a lot of readers recieve the website in a manner that is correct for them. What do I mean? The sight impaired can either recieve a site in a braille friendly manner or listen to the site read out to them in an audio format. (text to speech.). Continue Reading

I was mightily amused when i read this article.. The article speaks of a 2004 Google popular searches listing... The top searchers for other keywords were as follows (in order from first to third place): "Jihad" - Morocco, Indonesia, Pakistan "Terrorism" - Pakistan, Philippines, Australia "Hangover" - Ireland, United Kingdom, United States "Burrito" - United States, Argentina, Canada "Iraq" - United States, Australia, Canada "Taliban" - Pakistan, Australia, Canada "Tom Cruise" - Canada, United States, Australia "Britney Spears" - Mexico, Venezuela, Canada "Homosexual" - Philippines, Chile, Venezuela "Love" - Philippines, Australia, United States "Botox" - Australia, United States, United Kingdom "Viagra" - Italy, United Kingdom, Germany "David Beckham" - Venezuela, United Kingdom, Mexico "Kate Moss" - Ireland, United Kingdom, Sweden "Dolly Buster" - Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia "Car bomb" - Australia, United States, Canada "Marijuana" - Canada, United States, Australia "IAEA" - Austria, Pakistan, Iran What does this say about the psyche? Hmmh.... On an aside, does this mean that we can learn about 2007 search patterns in 2010? Continue Reading

Thank you Zubli and Shinade for yet another award.  This time its the OPAL award... This is the second award I have earned/won so far.  Read all about it over here at Shinade's blog.  I am so flattered and pleased.  A real heartfelt thank Shinade and Zubli.... A little while ago, I had recieved the Silver award.  They then upgraded me to an Opal Award.  I feel truly blessed that I have such nice people buzzing about me. Continue Reading

Thank you dear Chilligavva fans, readers and visitors. I especially thank all the people who helped generate a whole lot of incoming links to this site. A special thanks to my loyal supporters, David Airey, Zubli, Kim Barker, David Bale and Shinade :) I shall always hold you in the highest regard... Continue Reading