An amazing video from WordCamp Portland 2009 with tips on how to build a better WordPress plug-in. Lots of nuggets about functions and constants that aren’t covered in the codex.
[1 Oct 2009]
WordPress 2.5 was officially released today. I have upgraded my blog accordingly. So far, I have not noticed any issues from a site visitor’s perspective. But I’m seeing at least one bug with the comments tab of the administrative panel. I’m not sure whether this is an issue with WP 2.5 or whether I broke [...]
[29 Mar 2008]
Accessibility expert Joe Clark writes about specific instances when web authors should not worry about web accessibility. The philosophy that Clark is asking us to adopt is a simple one. From this article: It’s not even that new, but what certainly is new is the fact that I’m calling for everyone to take a pledge [...]
[1 Jul 2007]
SimpleHelp.net offers a list of 7 plugins to install immediately after WordPress Part of the joy of WordPress is the extensive number of plugins that offer added functionality and make blog management easier. Here are five of my favorites. WP-Cache UPDATE: Try WP Super Cache which turns your WordPress entries into actual HTML pages so [...]
[26 Jun 2007]
FletcherMartin just launched a new web site for the Museum of Design – Atlanta (MODA). I did all of the front-end web development except for the store (design by Brad Sarmiento). I installed and configured WordPress to manage the Exhibits and News sections of the web site. I also managed the transition between our development [...]
[11 Jun 2007]
Via Turbanhead.com from We Are the Web: Just plain goofy. (But er, folks, can we get this without the autoplay?) A WordPress quirk with object and embed I was about to start ranting and raving about WordPress and how it strips out object and embed and dammit, just how do they expect me to publish [...]
[3 Aug 2006]
Easily add Technorati tags to your blog posts using a Custom Field key. For each post, enter a key named ‘technoratitags’ (and yes, it must be named ‘technoratitags,’ although you can change this value in the code if you wish). In the ‘value’ field, enter a comma-separated list of tags (and yes, it must be [...]
[12 Jun 2006]
I’m using WordPress to power a client’s site. Visitors to his site — a destination for entertainment insiders — often use it for networking and communications. Therefore, he did want users to be able to enter and display an e-mail address so others could get in touch. But he didn’t want an e-mail address to [...]
[16 Jul 2005]