Learning the Niche of WordPres Theme Setup & Customization – Presentation from Orlando WordPress Meetup

Today I gave a really cool talk on what skills one needs to install and customize WordPress themes. I argue that this is a niche in the WordPress ecology and of itself and it's possible at different levels from site owners, to account managers, to developers. //speakerdeck.com/assets/embed.js We cover some examples of how to customize … Continue reading Learning the Niche of WordPres Theme Setup & Customization – Presentation from Orlando WordPress Meetup →

WP Seek WordPress Search Engine API

I was happy to stumble across the site wpseek.com, which works as an all things WordPress search engine. What really impressed me though is their API, which let's you do things like get specs on a specific function or a list of all WP functions. For example using the following URL http://api.wpseek.com/?method=wordpress.getfunction&s=the_title will return a … Continue reading WP Seek WordPress Search Engine API →

How to Add WordPress Plugin AJAX to the Front-End

While working on the new Treehouse Badges plugin I had to add some AJAX on the front-end of the site to check that the profile is up to date. I found these two articles on WP Tuts pretty helpful in getting everything working: An overview of plugin AJAX on the WordPress front-end An example of … Continue reading How to Add WordPress Plugin AJAX to the Front-End →

Create a Function to Create WordPress Widgets

I've taken to the practice of doing something like this whenever I need to create multiple widgets in a theme that all have the same basic parameters. function create_widget($name, $id, $description) { register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __( $name ), 'id' => $id, 'description' => __( $description ), 'before_widget' => ' ', 'after_widget' => ' ', 'before_title' … Continue reading Create a Function to Create WordPress Widgets →

An approachable book to .htaccess

Finally, a solid resource on .htaccess: .htaccess Made Easy I can't count the number of times I have wanted to do something that in my mind is pretty simple logic, yet not be able to figure it out, even with google searching. If you're like me, check out this book. Yes, it's an ebook too … Continue reading An approachable book to .htaccess →

10 Simple Steps to Migrate WordPress from Local to Live Server

When you start to develop a lot of WordPress themes, you will find your natural rhythm moving sites from local development to live testing or production environments. Here is a simple 10 step process for doing just that. The process works even if the sites have different URLs. Backup your WordPress site using WordPressBackUp or … Continue reading 10 Simple Steps to Migrate WordPress from Local to Live Server →

Want to make $100,000 with WordPress?

I sure do! And if you do too, I'd recommend checking out James Dalman's talk, "Making Six Figures in Web Design." http://s0.videopress.com/player.swf?v=1.03 He also has some pretty cool video series on his web site. Great stuff James!

Great Intro to WordPress Multisite Video from Jeremy Pry

Thank to Jeremy for this great introduction to WordPress Multisite (from WordPress.tv) http://s0.videopress.com/player.swf?v=1.03

Tips on Protecting Your Site From Bruce Force Attack

When you're responsible for the security of a site, it's important that you understand about Bruce Force Attacks. These attacks happen when a number of people or a single person with a number of computers under his or her control tries to access your site multiple (hundreds or thousands of times) in order to try … Continue reading Tips on Protecting Your Site From Bruce Force Attack →

How to Create a Link to an Author Page in WordPress

The template tag for creating a link to an author page is the_author_link(). You would use it like this: <a href=""> Read more on the the author link page on the codex.