Archive for September, 2010
Best Lightweight PHP Frameworks of 2010
Best Lightweight PHP Frameworks of 2010 | Webification. I’m a firm believer in constantly reminding yourself that you don’t know everything and that there are, for sure, people out there doing things better, faster, and smarter than you are. It’s not because I’m some sort of manic depressive, it’s because I’m a realist and it’s [...]
WordPress 3 Template Hierarchy
WordPress 3 Template Hierarchy | Digging into WordPress. I’m a big proponent of completely mastering the tools with which you work every day. If you work with WordPress and develop your own themes, it’s really important to understand the established template hierarchy that exists there. WordPress uses different files based on circumstance. It depends on [...]
Custom ‘Content Widgets’ in WordPress
Content management doesn’t have to be restrictive to your clients, but it shouldn’t be an open door either. Shortcode-based content widgets in WordPress are a great way to provide your client some additional creative freedom without compromising your design.
Pods CMS » Pods 2.0
Pods CMS » Pods 2.0. The details surrounding Pods 2.0 have been unleashed! If you’ve never used Pods before (what?!) you’ll be super interested in what’s coming in 2.0! Pods is a CMS framework. That is to say it’s a plugin that facilitates the creation of a very detailed content management system using WordPress at [...]
Ruby for PHP Developers
Ruby for PHP Developers | TutToaster. As a PHP guy myself I really appreciate articles like this. I appreciate what Ruby and Ruby on Rails has done for the advancement of modern Web development, but it’s never had much gravity for me. Don’t get me wrong, a ton more has worked for the advancement of [...]
A New Home for the WordPress Trademark
A New Home for the WordPress Trademark — Matt Mullenweg. Automattic has transferred the WordPress trademark to the WordPress Foundation! I’m loving this, this is one of the big reasons I like WordPress so much. I’m a huge proponent of open source software and even more-so open source software that has provided careers for so [...]
WordPress Archive Pages Based on Custom Taxonomy
Customizing and segmenting Custom Taxonomy archive pages can be a bit difficult until you determine what exactly is going on under the hood and implementing from there. Custom Taxonomies in WordPress are a very powerful feature, let’s figure out how to make some nice looking archive pages for them.
Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, and Permalinks in WordPress 3.0
Custom Post Types are a huge boon to everything WordPress. The feature has been long awaited, and lays a nice foundation for WordPress becoming more of a CMS to those still convinced it’s merely a blogging engine.
