Coding • 6 min read
Handling specific and ambiguous URL rewrite rules in WordPress
How to handle ambiguous URL rewrite rules in WordPress.
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Tutorials • 2 min read
Renaming your WordPress plugin’s main file without deactivating your plugin
Here’s how to rename your main WordPress plugin file name without deactivating your plugin.
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Business • 4 min read
Using native WordPress features to build an MVP
WordPress has so many features built right in. Lets use them to build out an MVP and see what we can do without writing any code.
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A quick look at Git cherry-picking
I grew up when tape decks were still a thing. When I was even younger than that, I have memories of using our old turntable in the lounge and putting on whatever record my parents we’re listening to at the time (most often Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band by The Beatles… what an awesome […]
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Set a custom rewrite rule for author archives in WordPress
In the comments of my post on custom rewrite rules in WordPress, I received a query regarding creating author profile URLs using a rewrite convention of “/profile“. The WordPress author archives are a great way to create profiles for each author on your WordPress-powered website (in fact, it’s done for you by default). The author […]
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Filtering the Options API in WordPress
The Options API in WordPress is one of the many APIs we all use every day when developing with WordPress. A quick use of get_option() is not uncommon. What if you could filter those options? You can. Adding filters in WordPress is also a common practice. Combining this with the Options API can allow for, […]
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How to improve web developer coding practices (and code)
Every developer approaches their day to day development tasks from a different angle. In addition to this, each developer “designs” their code to suit their own personal preferences and approaches towards specifics in a project. When developers examine code written by other developers, we’re often critical (sometimes hyper-critical) of the code itself, mostly according to […]
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GROW Academy Bootcamp 2012
This week, Jeff and I will be presenting at our second GROW Academy Bootcamp session. We’ll be discussing “Website Design & Development” with the recruits, running through WordPress and how to setup a website using WordPress.com or WordPress.org. The GROW Academy is an initiative to educate and empower the youth of today through technology. The […]
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More tips for styling the WordPress tinyMCE editor
A few weeks ago, I blogged about styling the tinyMCE editor in WordPress to resemble your WordPress theme’s content area. On this post, I received a comment from LA, asking if it’s possible to style the tinyMCE editor for specific posts or post templates. Folks, it’s WordPress… anything’s possible! With my mission at hand, I […]
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Styling the tinyMCE editor in WordPress
With WordPress’ easy to use nature and user interface, content management of websites is accessible to a vast range of users, from the Bill Gates’ of the world right through to users who discovered this “internet thing” just yesterday. Once the concepts of “what is a content management system?” and “Okay, so this is the […]
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