Archive for the ‘WordPress’ Category
Web Design posts focused on WordPress software and WordPress development. As well as writing about WordPress I run my own WordPress themes site called Pro Theme Design.
Easy WordPress Updates: Store FTP Info in wp-config.php
Saw an interesting blog post on Twitter today about storing WordPress FTP information in wp-config.php. The article was written in German so I sent the author an email to ask if he'd mind me translating it. Phil, the author, very kindly said yes - so my translation is below.
Since the addition of the automatic updates in the WordPress core became available, there has been the possibility of FTP data in the backend. Then ...
Hints and Tips to Make Your WordPress Development Easier
Recently I was contacted on Twitter by Josh Fialkoff how I develop WordPress themes, and I thought the answer would make for perfect blog fodder.
I used to work entirely on my local computer, with apache, mysql, and php installed (XAMPP on Windows, MAMP on Mac), however working like that made collaboration really tough so I decided to move online, and that's what I am going to ...
Lowercase p, dangit! WordPress Controversy
There has recently been a new piece of code added to the WordPress core which makes sure that people spell WordPress correctly - automatically correcting misspellings (ie. making the P in the middle uppercase).
On its own this seems harmless enough but there has been a lot of talk in the WordPress community about it over the last couple of days. Summed up the key issues are:
The plugin is breaking urls such as links and image paths WordPress is modifying content without ...WordPress Caching, part 3: Custom Caching Library
When building Elemental (WordPress Theme) I decided to develop my own, very simple, caching plugin to help speed up the theme.
There were a few reasons why I did it but the main ones were:
I was doing things with public apis that have an hourly request limit, so I had to build some sort of data cache. Whilst wp_super_cache and W3 Total Cache are well known there's no guarantee people will use it. I thought it would be interesting to learn how.WordPress caching, Part 2
As I mentioned in WordPress caching part 1, WordPress has built-in caching that can be hooked into by plugins such as W3 Total Cache and Batcache (developed by Andy Skelton who is employed by Automattic).
In this article I am going to explain how I make use of WordPress internal caching - also know as the persistant cache - to speed up my site (and in turn Elemental).
What the persistant cache does ...
Add Website Favicons to Your WordPress Comments in 5 Minutes
Anybody who has been following my website will know that I like to use free services to reduce my development time wherever possible - and this post is no exception. I am going to show you how to use a little known Google service to find the favicon for a specific website and then use that favicon on the trackbacks of your blog.
What is a favicon?A favicon is the tiny icon you can see in the url bar at the ...
6 Tips to Build Better WordPress Themes
If you want to make WordPress themes, for clients, to release for free or to sell, then there are a lot of factors you need to take into consideration. Below are some hints and tips that should help ease your development process.
1. Think Like a UserIf you are building a theme for yourself, or for a client, this isn't quite so relevant, but if you're building a theme to sell (such as my themes on Pro Theme Design), or ...
How to Integrate Twitters @Anywhere with your WordPress Comments
Last week Twitter released @Anywhere, a system for more easily integrating Twitters features into your website. I'm a bit of a fan of Twitter so decided I wanted to add it to Binary Moon, and on Saturday I released the first version.
The first place I saw this functionality was on Webmaster Source, so I asked Matt if he would share his code with me - and very kindly he said yes. I then integrated the functionality into my ...
