This is a bit different than my usual post, since I'm looking more for feedback than I am trying to teach something. My typical workflow for doing a WordPress theme is as follows: Design PSD Mockups Develop HTML/CSS from PSD Weave WordPress boilerplate theme into HTML/CSS Take it server-side Finish up with functions and loops not already inserted I know that somewhere in there…
If you're like me, you use custom post types a LOT when you're doing projects (or on your own site, if I've done it for you!). There's a lot of value in having a type of content that's unrestrained and flexible. Sometimes, however, you want to be able to search a particular post type, and leave out all of the other results (pages, blog…
Today's a quick post, but it's worthwhile if you're using WordPress as a Content Management System. A lot of times people utilize the built in account system (user logins) to showcase membership data, ecommerce data, and a whole lot more. I found a need at one point to show different data to people depending on whether or not they were logged in. Turns out,…
I always tell people that, in my mind, there's no question that WordPress can take anything you throw at it. I've been building websites on it for nearly 4 years now professionally and I've found quite a few fun little projects have come my way. It's always a challenge to make WordPress work in a way that is outside the box. So, I thought…
There was a post titled (albeit linkbatingly) “Tumblr is Killing WordPress” on the Smedio blog about a week ago. The comments have kept coming in one by one, with the majority of commenters showing their support for WordPress. However, one comment that came up struck me as sort of telling on how the story stands thus far: From Matthew: I agree. But where WordPress…
(Yes, I inked and typed the above graphic – a little fun while I learn the ins and outs of inking digital graphics) I realize I forgot to do a Tuesday Conversation this week… so I’m moving it to today. I want to get your input on HTML5. More specifically, do you know what it is, do you care what it is, and what…