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.…
A client needed a simple way to preserve real estate on the sidebar, but still have the ability to display their policies at a quick glance. I found a plugin on the repository that uses the TipTip jquery script and condenses it down into a simple-to-use shortcode (complete with button on the editing screen). The plugin is called "WordPress Tooltip", and can be downloaded…
From time to time I like to surf through the repository and try out new plugins. It keeps me in the know and I'm able to share those plugins with you. So, here's what I found as I was surfing this fine Wednesday: Custom Classes Justin Tadlock is a man synonymous with great plugins, and his latest one is fantastic, as always. Two boxes show up…
This is the second post of Mitch Canter's "WordPress BootCamp" series... it showcases the ins and outs of WordPress to new users, and highlights some of the more popular (and some overlooked) features that make WordPress fantastic. You can catch all of the posts here. I get a lot of questions on this: "What's the difference between a category and a tag?" "How many…
This is the first post of Mitch Canter's "WordPress BootCamp" series... it showcases the ins and outs of WordPress to new users, and highlights some of the more popular (and some overlooked) features that make WordPress fantastic. If you're new to WordPress, you may be wondering how in the world WordPress could be anything more than a simple blog. Don't get me wrong, WordPress…
Here’s the email I received of some of the proposed changes to WordPress – a lot of them look super exciting (goodbye IE7!) and plenty of them are just amazing. What’s your favorite? User Feature: Media Uploader (azaozz) · Definitely v1: Integrate Plupload into dashboard. (GSoC project) · Probably v2: Improve our image manipulation and gallery management. · Nice to have: Kill all thickbox…
I’ve seen a lot of hateful comments on TechCrunch regarding their new design. I’m going to officially go on-record and say that (from a design standpoint) I really like where they’re going with the new style. But, beyond that, under the surface, there’s a few other things that appear to be going on (I say appear because I don’t have access to the backend…
If you’ve updated your plugins in the last 24 hours, go straight back into your website and do it again – there’s a chance you may have downloaded some infected plugins that were hacked into the repository. According to WordPress.org, the plugins AddThis, W3 Total Cache, and WPTouch were infected with a backdoor that lets people into your site. The plugins are fixed now,…
Every now and then, just because I’m the biggest WordPress dork I know, I like to just peruse the plugin database to see what’s been updated recently. After all, how can you use new plugins if you don’t know they’re there? I’m glad I looked when I did – I found a few plugins that give you some sweet new functionality. WYSIWYG Widgets I’ll…
I've just downloaded a local copy of the brand spanking new WordPress 3.2beta1 - and let me be the first to say... it's gorgeous. Simplicity is the motto here, and the UI design team has done an outstanding job in streamlining a lot of the elements down. I mean, take a look at this new interface: Everything looks... clean. Lots of clean lines, clean…