Vary all the vagrants
It’s no secret that creating a proper web hosting environment can be a pain. Main reason being that there are many things that you have to take into consideration. Processor, storage, memory and...
View ArticleYou don’t know text
Okay, maybe you do but what I’m talking about is a different kind of text. I’m talking about text strings in PHP code. Text strings What are they? Why do they matter? Well, they matter in themes that...
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Using a post as a menu item
Truly a neat little find for many people. I know when I saw this for the first I was beyond astounded. It does seem a little odd to use one but there are some random cases when it can be useful. Rather...
View ArticleGetting the image count in WordPress
A long time ago I had a bit of an issue on how to get the image count from a post. At the time there wasn’t a way that I could think of to properly getting all the needed information; but then again I...
View ArticleChild theme friendly post-formats
It’s no surprise I will always preach the making of child themes. Part of the reason is because you can make modifications without losing all that when it comes time to update the parent theme. I mean...
View ArticleMaking a few commits
Let me give you a little bit of a back story first. 2 years ago I began posting on the WordPress.org forums to help people out. I would only post on things that I knew for sure I knew the answers to or...
View ArticleForget your incentive
For some time the Theme Review team was doing fairly good when it came to keeping the ticket count down. Part of that was because those that got more reviews done for the month would get rewarded. A...
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Organizing all the media
Yeah, media. I love it. Most people live it and some are just indifferent about it. Blah! Is what I say to them. The reason I say it is because I love entertainment. Surprised? Don’t be. I am super...
View ArticleMaking a little music
I’ve been meaning to post an audio file for some time and today I got the nerve to get down and dirty with some settings. I have to say I am super happy with the sound since it’s been far too long...
View ArticleKeeping count of reviews
I hate posting this but I have to do it; sort of a status check for myself. To see where I stand and where I can be better. We all do it. I choose to do it publicly. I can’t recall when I said I wanted...
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Making a Portable Object Template for your WordPress theme or plugin
Yes, a bit of a lengthy title but I feel will get the point across and it is after all what I’m wanting to share with you today. A what now? A .pot ( or a Portable Object Template ) file is what...
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My 500 and counting
The beginning of the year I promised myself that I would try to review 500 themes by the end of the year. I finally managed to reach that point and was super ecstatic about it that I just had to tweet...
View ArticleWhy a theme’s changelog is important
Having some history is a good thing and knowing what changes were made and why is even better. That is one of the reasons that I love seeing a changelog when I look in a theme’s folder. Supposing they...
View ArticleMy gripe with widgets
Yes, I don’t like widgets. Okay that is not entirely true because I am using a few but it’s not what I’m referring to. What I’m referring to is when themes include widgets. Themes that include widgets...
View ArticleSeveral changes coming up
It has been a long time coming but I am finally beginning to clear out a lot of posts from this site. Yes, a lot of site cleaning. The reason for this is because over the last three years I had my site...
View ArticleValidating your theme’s settings and options
You’ve made a theme and it has all the options you want to include. The next step is making sure that user input is the right information or at least what you are looking to use. Why? Security is a big...
View ArticleDisplaying multiple pages on one
Every so often I come across a theme or an implementation I like and wonder how it is being done. I like to dig behind the scenes on themes and see how they do things. Taking things apart to see how...
View ArticleJavaScript in PHP
Lately I’ve been seeing a few themes that like to include and devote an entire file to JavaScript. There is a reason I don’t like this. Biggest one is because it creates bad practices. Yes, I...
View ArticleRe-adding downloads
Finally managed to get a lot of the photos I wanted to share uploaded to this site. In the following days and weeks, I will try to keep adding random photos. I shoot with a Nikon D200 so if you are a...
View ArticleUsing the_post_thumbnail
For some time I’ve noticed one thing that many people like doing. Recreating core functions. One being the_post_thumbnail(). The reason it drives me crazy is because it means maintaining more code in...
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