Support Civic Tech! Support Code for Fort Collins!
Support Civic Tech! Support Code for Fort Collins! →This week I’m running a (my first ever) fundraiser for a non-profit where I do a lot of volunteer work, Code for Fort Collins. And I figured it make...
View ArticleHow Real is Movie Hacking?
How Real is Movie Hacking? →I know, you know: “not very realistic” is the knock against hacking in the movies. It’s like an old joke for people in the know.Mostly this is for simple reasons: watching a...
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Understanding is_singular in WordPress Templates
Let’s talk about is_singular, one of WordPress’s more complicated template tags. In WordPress themes (and plugins too), we use “conditional tags” to control what shows up. This Quick Guides explains...
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Cool New PHP 7 Features for WordPress Developers
PHP has changed a lot in the last few years. And even before that, it had changed a lot. In short, modern PHP is a great and cool language, with only a few of the worst problems that people who last...
View ArticleMove a WordPress Site with the Duplicator Plugin
There are a lot of migration systems for WordPress. We’ve had lots of good experiences with All-in-One WP Migration. Some people swear by WP Migrate DB Pro. Others are partial to WP-CLI’s...
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Properly Add Custom JavaScripts and Styles to Pages in In WordPress
This article covers how to include custom JavaScript and CSS files in WordPress. It’s a chapter from our outstanding WordPress course, Up and Running. If you want to become a knowledgeable WordPress...
View ArticleFewer Plugin Admin Banners? Yes Please
Fewer Plugin Admin Banners? Yes Please →It looks like the WordPress.org plugin review team (which often means “Mika Epstein,” who is without a doubt the most dedicated and prominent member of said...
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How To Fix a WordPress Site Stuck in Maintenance Mode
This quick guide walks you through fixing a WordPress site that’s stuck in maintenance mode. This problem shows up as both the front-end and admin area of your site displaying nothing but “Briefly...
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How Much Do WordPress Developers Make? And More
How Much Do WordPress Developers Make? And More →I received with great interest this latest post from the folks over at Delicious Brains. They successfully highlighted the most compelling part of their...
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How to Require a Featured Image for Your Post to Publish
“Featured Image,” if you’re not familiar, is what WordPress calls the image you select to represent your post (or page, portfolio item, etc) around the rest of your site and theme. Themes will use them...
View ArticleLearning PHP: Concatenate Strings and Variables Efficiently
A slightly weird term you’ll hear people use around PHP: “concatenate.” I still remember the first time I heard that word, having no earthly idea what it meant. It turns out it was a common and useful...
View ArticleJoost de Valk Resigns WordPress Role
Joost de Valk Resigns WordPress Role →When Matt Mullenweg announced last year that Josepha Haden and Joost De Valk would take significant new roles in WordPress leadership, I was excited. My excitement...
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Changing How Your WordPress Post Titles Appear: A First Filter Hook Tutorial
This Quick Guide covers how to use code to change your WordPress post titles. This is separate from manually changing one or more WordPress post titles, which you can do without code. Instead, it’s the...
View ArticleA Thorough Introduction to PHP Arrays
The goal of this article is for you to thoroughly understand PHP arrays. We’ll cover what they are, and highlight a few less-known things that even experienced PHP developers may not have known or...
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Search the Whole WordPress.org Repository
Search the Whole WordPress.org Repository →Ever just wanted to be able to easily run a text search against literally every theme on plugin in the WordPress repository? Honestly, me neither. But isn’t...
View ArticleGet Your WordCamp Denver Tickets ASAP!
Get Your WordCamp Denver Tickets ASAP! →I realize this is local news, but we’re trying to make sure we sell out WordCamp Denver this year, which requires some exceptional effort. So if you’re near...
View ArticleUsing WordPress: Add Script to Header
There’s a tricky thing about this idea, “WordPress add header script” I have written down as our topic today. That problem is that “adding a header script” can mean a bunch of things. In our case, I’ll...
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Understanding PHP Operators of Logic, or || and && and ! a lot more
There are a lot of different PHP operators. Some are PHP comparison operators, and work like math you’re used to. We’ll save those for another time, because our sole focus this time will be PHP logical...
View ArticleHTML Can Do That!?
HTML Can Do That!? →This is a fun and short little post over at Dev.to from Ananya Neogi. It’s essentially a short-list of lesser known features for which you can just add some HTML markup and have...
View ArticleShould you make an app?
Should you make an app? →Tom Scott is one of my favorite YouTubers. (I know a lot of nerdy YouTube channels these days.) He is clear, knowledgeable, and a bit like what I’d make on YouTube if I’d...
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