Update: 13 August 2014 The Media Grid will be added to WordPress 4.0 planned release 27th of August. https://wordpress.org/news/2014/07/wordpress-4-0-beta-1/ Work is going on with the image Editing ... [Read more]
WordPress developer
The following are more advanced tutorials digging more into the code.
Thoughts on WordPress version 4.0
WordPress 4.0 a good round number might be released perhaps in August. Something that really should be celebrated with some awesome new features. For instance: - Reopening and extending the Media Grid ... [Read more]
Creating customizations for each page or post in WordPress
Sometimes I just want to make a change to a specific page or post. Here are some examples on how to change for instance the backgrounds of the body area, header, content and footer inside any WordPress page, post or ... [Read more]
WordPress Page Templates
WordPress Page templates A Page template is a way to pre-style a page to create another type of style that is different then your other pages. It is located to the right of the content creation area of a ... [Read more]
Inspect Element – Taking a closer look at the code of a web site
Looking at the structure of a web site. To check out the structure CSS, HTML on a specific area one can right click the area in Chrome, Firefox or Opera and select Inspect Element. Here is a video from 2012 that I ... [Read more]
WordPress Multisite Plugins
Here is a list of WordPress multisite plugins I have found up until now. This post will be updated as I find other good multisite plugins. - Shared media across ... [Read more]
The lego framework and WordPress
When I was young I played with legos. Now I play with WordPress. Posted originally here at the Shoestrap theme forum. Modified below. Legos. Build a figure by following a drawn instruction pamplet, or just ... [Read more]
Contributing to WordPress
Just a moment ago there was a chat for features as plugins for 3.9. A list of these new work groups will likely be set up at: https://make.wordpress.org/core/ and then ... [Read more]
Making WordPress easier to use
I work on occasion as an instructor so I look at things with a beginner mindset. As I look at WordPress I can see multiple areas that can be improved to make it easier to use WordPress. Below are features I hope will ... [Read more]
MP6 and the Widgets screen
I just recently looked at the widgets screen with MP6 and Midnight Color Scheme added. On resizing to a larger screen the Widgets area and available Widgets area shows two columns. As can be seen ... [Read more]
WordPress Theme Preview mockups
I took part in todays THX38 (Theme Experience) chat where we discussed different solutions that various theme manufacturers use for their own themes and talked about mockups for the new Theme preview experience. I ... [Read more]
Themify Page builder
The Themify Page Builder https://themify.me/ https://themify.me/docs/builder One way to create your post and pages is by using the Themify Page Builder that are bundled with their themes. Below a post or page the ... [Read more]
Frontend and Backend Editing WordPress
Update of Content Editing experience. For new updates of the Frontend editing experience development check: https://make.wordpress.org/ui/ Customizing TinyMCE Customizing TinyMCE to ... [Read more]
Widget mockups
Rethinking Widgets in WordPress Here is Shaun Andrews mockup: https://www.shaunandrews.com/wordpress/another-idea-for-widgets/ Here is mine: The challenge is to create a new ... [Read more]
The future of WordPress
A new approach to developing WordPress has begun. As major changes are developed for WordPress these changes are going to happen initially through developing plugins. Since plugins can be created without having to ... [Read more]
WordPress User Interface mockups
The following are User Interface mockups for WordPress or any other CMS for that matter that can use a similar approach. I use a template driven, drag and drop, what you see is what you get approach to all ... [Read more]
Installing MAMP 2 and WordPress locally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJnV9KNIXc How to install MAMP and Wordpress Download MAMP and Wordpress (if you are using for instance Joomla, Modx etc the procedure will be ... [Read more]