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Hi, I’m Trevor Davis, and I make websites. I’m obsessed with them; it’s a problem. I’m a 24 year old Front-End Developer living in Alexandria, VA. I work full-time at Matrix Group International and freelance on the side. I specialize in CSS, HTML, jQuery and WordPress. I spend a lot of my time writing blog articles, building websites, playing basketball, and watching movies.
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Creating a Google Map with ExpressionEngine

Trevor Davis on May 13th 2009 with 62 comments

As Richard Tape has begun to show in his part 1 and part 2 articles on Becoming an ExpressionEngine Superstar, EE is a flexible and easy to customize CMS. Now that everyone has some understanding of how EE works, I thought I would take this opportunity to show a relatively real world example of creating a dynamic Google Map powered by EE.

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WordPress Plugins

The 13 Most Essential Plugins for WordPress

Trevor Davis on Mar 13th 2009 with 133 comments

WordPress is a very powerful and flexible blog/content management system, but the thousands of plugins really help to extend the basic functionality. Here are 13 essential plugins that you should immediately install after finishing the WordPress installation.

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5 Ways to Write Better CSS

5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS

Trevor Davis on Feb 16th 2009 with 290 comments

Sure, anyone can write CSS. Even programs are doing it for you now. But is the CSS any good? Here are 5 tips to start improving yours.

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jQuery

Creating a “Filterable” Portfolio with jQuery

Trevor Davis on Feb 3rd 2009 with 254 comments

If you have worked in your field for a while, there is a pretty good chance that you have a rather extensive portfolio. To make it a little easier to navigate, you will probably be tempted to break them into different categories. In this tutorial, I will show you how to make “filtering by category” a little more interesting with just a little bit of jQuery.

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jQuery Accordion

Exactly How to Create a Custom jQuery Accordion

Trevor Davis on Jan 21st 2009 with 86 comments

Accordions can be very useful for showing lots of different sections of data in a small amount of space. jQuery UI has a built in Accordion function, but according to the jQuery UI Build your Download, the size of the Core jQuery UI and Accordion scripts are 25kb and 16.6kb, respectively. Today, I’ll show you how to build a custom accordion that is more “bandwidth efficient”.

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