More Bad Tutorials
Curtis McHale
It always gets my goat when people leave off escaping in tutorials just to make it easier. The code you just provided will be copied and pasted and then you are the cause of bad code out there.
VIP Developer Workshop
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress.com VIP is hosting another developer workshop this year, offering two+ days of hardcore WordPress training from Automattic's VIP team. It's a great opportunity, and comes with a hefty price tag. It'll set you back $3600, but does including hotel…
A Few Lessons I’ve Learned as a WordCamp Organizer
Zé Fontainhas
On his fourth year as an organizer of WordCamp Miami, David Bisset is still learning how to pull off a flawless, successful event. What i’m going to relate to you now are the lessons I’ve learned from drama in past…
The Republic of Colombia is on WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
This is fun. The Republic of Colombia runs on WordPress. Nice design, too. h/t WP Lift.
Function names you shouldn’t use
Brian Krogsgard
Kailey Lampert has started a list of class and function names that should not be used in plugins and themes. These come from popular tutorials, common unprefixed names, or other methods she's run across at various times. Rule of thumb?…
Things learned designing for retina
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a very practical post where the author outlines what they learned they need to account for to handle retina devices. Simple, practical, and to the point. Are theme designers out there accounted for high resolution screens yet?
100% GPL Option Now Available, Plus WooThemes Arrives at Envato!
Japh Thomson
We’re happy to announce today that authors on ThemeForest and CodeCanyon can now choose to license their WordPress items through a 100% GPL option. To help us launch this new feature, we’re excited to have one of the most well…
Toggle WordPress toolbar on hover
Brian Krogsgard
Ever been logged in to WordPress but want to see your site without the toolbar? I've got a project with some weird positioning right now where such a feature is nice. You could just open the site in a different…
The 11 phases of a web development career, in gifs
Brian Krogsgard
I hope this is what makes your Monday a good one. I think I'm usually somewhere between 6 and 7 for my primary skills, even though I still love those number 4 moments. The cold water in the face is…
SublPress: WordPress actions in Sublime Text
Brian Krogsgard
This is an interesting package for Sublime Text that brings actions in the WordPress dashboard to your text editor. Though, to me, it seems if you are going to do it this way, why not just go straight to the…
Wptuts+ Resources
Brian Krogsgard
Wptuts+ has created a WordPress resources page. It includes a variety of categories, including development tools, hosting recommendations, and reference websites. Many of the links are affiliates.
Developing a WordPress site on a live url
Brian Krogsgard
There are a many ways to develop a website in WordPress, locally, on a sub-domain or on a staging server but these ways mean that you will eventually have to migrate the site to a the live url at some…
Unable to install plugins on localhost?
Brian Krogsgard
Unable to install plugins on localhost? Learn here how to fix this.
WordPress’ unhappiest user
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a fun story of a WordPress meetup where the author was a bit starstruck by Matt Mullenweg, and came away with a great quote that makes me happy about WordPress' future.
WordCamp San Francisco 2013 dates announced
Brian Krogsgard
July 26th and 27th plus a hack day on the 28th. Awesome. Who's going?
WhatIsSoSlow: Measure the speed of filters and actions
Brian Krogsgard
Alex Mills has a handy little class that will allow you to measure the speed of the various filters and actions running on your pageloads.
