I know, I know. I haven't posted in a long time here, but I promise I'm working up some new stuff. It takes time, and that's something I haven't had a lot of lately. To tide you over, here's some fantastic news for anyone who's in NC: I'll be speaking at NCDevCon, one of North Carolina's best tech and hacker events. For more information,…
I thought you guys would love to see the interview that I did for SocialChorus on WordPress - it had some great discussion! http://youtu.be/LNn8yF1TToI #spon: I'm required to disclose a relationship with BlogWorld NYC 2012. This could include BlogWorld NYC 2012 providing me with content, product, access or other forms of payment.
I wrote a post a while back detailing how easy it was to add a Login Box to your template. But, it's even easier, it turns out, to add one to your sidebar. Sidebar Login is a plugin that will let you throw a quick sidebar login box onto your site. And, it's AJAX compatable, which means that it logs the user in seamlessly…
...not like eco-friendly. I mean, they're already eco-friendly; a journal that doesn't use paper? Can't get any more green than that! No, it's green like Grant Green, the incredible Jazz musician. Look below for the change list, taken from the official site: For Users The biggest change in 3.4 is the theme customizer which allows you to play around with various looks and settings…
I love using WordPress' built in custom post types. I've used them for sliders, directories, galleries, and pretty much anything else I can think to use them for. The one gripe I have, however, is that I can't manually set the order of the posts. Just like typical blog posts, I have to arrange them by hacking the dates to order them correctly.…
I've migrated tons of WordPress sites in my tenure as a WordPress developer, but over the years one thing would always bother me: my widgets kept disappearing. I'd dump the SQL database and import it to the new server only to find that every single widget had vanished. So, I looked for a solution. WP-Migrate-DB (despite it's fancy title) keeps every option and SQL line…
I've recently found Google Map's "Map Builder", and realized that with BlogWorld nearing the 2 week warning it would be handy to visualize where I'd be going, staying, travelling to, etc. So, here's a Google Map to help myself (and anyone who can use it) out. Click here to view the map by itself The map is split into 4 types of events: Red…
So, I've been really quiet on here for a bit. I know, I know - I keep saying all these things about how I want to blog more and never do. That's my bad, for sure. So, that said, I wanted to give you guys an update on how things are going. People forget that behind all the code and graphics there's a real…
Today, hundreds of geeks woke up early, strapped on their laptop bags, and converged onto the Tequila Cowboy bar in Nashville for the 5th annual PodCamp unconference. Nashville has a reputation for delivering some of the best unconferences in the nation, and today was no different. Attendance was a bit smaller (~450 people), but I honestly enjoyed the smaller crowd, as it gave me a chance…
This series is meant to be an in-depth look at Responsive Design. It covers the history, the how-to, and best practices on responsive design, taken from the view of someone who hates fluid layouts and has found a (seemingly) better solution. This session will be expounded upon in detail at PodCampNashville, then again in more detail at BlogWorldExpo later this year. In case you're wondering, here's…