Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category

I continue to further utilize WordPress as a project framework with every project. I recently implemented a walled garden of content that contained a downloads section that got me thinking about how I could up the ante a bit and make those downloads semi-protected without becoming too invasive.

Front-end Job Interview Questions. I like posts like this not because I plan on putting myself in a position of hiring people any time soon, but to keep myself in check. This is a good list to sift through and see which areas of yours are weak. Make a conscious effort to tackle those issues [...]

5 years away from programming, boy have things changed – Danny Does. This article really strikes a chord with me. I have a love/hate relationship with staying up to date and current. On one hand you’re spending very valuable time simply tinkering around, researching, and reading about things that may not in fact be useful [...]

A 1000-Hour Head Start: Introducing The _s Theme | ThemeShaper. This is quite a nice big deal, a brand new WordPress theme framework for your perusal and use. Theme frameworks are a great way to get a leg up on building custom WordPress sites, they can save a ton of time. It’s still important though, [...]

Welcome YSlow Open Source · YDN Blog. I’m a big fan of open source software, so to see Yahoo! open sourcing a tool like YSlow is awesome. If you’re not familiar, YSlow is: YSlow analyzes web pages and suggests ways to improve their performance based on a set of rules for high performance web pages. [...]

SQL Fiddle. This is a neat resource that could fit well among your bookmarks. A standalone Web app that lets you tinker around with SQL on the fly with no setup friction. It follows in the footsteps of one of the most useful code-sharing-for-the-purpose-of-debugging ideas I’ve ever seen, the original jsfiddle with the purpose of [...]

Bootstrap, from Twitter. Bootstrap 2.0 is here, and it’s beyond impressive. I don’t talk much about frameworks, especially frameworks involving CSS, but the purpose of Bootstrap isn’t really a springboard for your latest client project, it’s a springboard for your project and I love that. Version 2.0 blew me away with coverage and implementation. I’m [...]

dbdsgnr.appspot.com. Database schema design is a talent to me. I’ve designed some pretty awful databases in my time, but I think a tool like this could have helped with that. dbdsgnr is an HTML 5 Web app that lets you visually build out your database schema. Once you’re done, the app will spit out the [...]

As I’m writing more advanced software, I’m more consistently reflecting on the importance of testing. Specifically automated testing. Humans are far too likely to get lazy and cut corners, and testing is the worst time for that to happen. I’ve been thinking a lot about regression testing lately and how to implement it in my workflow. I thought about writing my own suite, but quickly remembered that it had already been done.

Since last discussing Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and the associated Theme files, WordPress has made our lives quite a bit easier. Here’s how I go about extending Custom Post Type permalinks with Custom Taxonomy slugs.