Building a Hieroglyph Parser – Intro
Somehow online Egyptology sites manage without hieroglyphs, or struggle to laboriously add them by hand. It is a labour too as most alternatives mean that each glyph has to be uploaded as a separate image and then laid out manually. Even then those who leave comments cannot add hieroglyphs and, in a Web 2.0 world, […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
WordPress and Footnotes
There’s a little known WordPress function which can strip the links out of content and move them to the bottom of an article as footnotes. Just what we need for the magazine! Footnotes [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
Create an RSS Shortcode
Although I had two small self-hosted WordPress blogs before Egyptological, it’s the first set of sites I have built properly. One thing I have learned is the power of shortcodes. I like the ability to embed functionality into pages rather than use widgets. One I created, and which is used extensively on the Portal is […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
Introducing Kate Phizackerley
If Kate had been an animal, she would have been born a cat – lovable, affectionate with flashing eyes and an independent streak. To find out more visit Kate’s personal portal or read her publication history. You can contact Kate via her contact form. [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley