A Better WordPress Planet plugin
Earlier this week, Oli Dale 0f WPLift released a plugin that while on the surface may not change the way people use WordPress, does offer a better alternative for uses of the software. You see, A Better Planet is a plugin that inserts itself into your WordPress dashboard and provides you with a feed of [...]
WordCamp Ottawa and Canton- After the Install
Here are my slides from this mornings session at WordCamp Ottawa. I had a ton of fun presenting and am looking forward to coming back next year!!
Creating New User Roles in WordPress with Members Plugin
WordPress offers a number of user roles out of the box that enables you to grant or limit access to the back-end of your site as needed.And while the default user roles will do the job most of the time, there may be occasion where you need what would be seen as a custom user [...]
WordCamp Victoria presentation- Deconstructing the Loop
For the second year in a row, I am fortunate enough to be traveling to the west coast to speak at WordCamp Victoria! My talk this year is going to be on a topic that seemed to confuse my students in the Intro to Theme Development class I teach at George Brown College here in [...]
Best of WordPress.tv – Vol. 1
I think it’s high time I launched a new feature here on WPTeach. In addition to being one of the organizers of WordCamp Toronto and WordCamp Developers Toronto, I’ve had the opportunity this year alone to speak at WordCamps in Victoria BC, Atlanta Ga and in a couple of week the inaugural Buffalo NY WordCamp, [...]
Call For Speakers Open for Toronto WordCamps
Are you a developer with a knack for presenting? A marketer that knows some good WordPress tricks they would like to share? Are you eager to share your WordPress knowledge in general? Then why haven’t you filled out a speaker submission for one of the two WordCamps in Toronto this year? Seriously though, the call [...]
WordCamp Columbus – Template Hierarchy Slides
I’m currently in Columbus Ohio at WordCamp Columbus…Just finished my presentation on Template Hierarchy, and the slides from that presentation can be found below. Template hierarchy -WordCamp Columbus View more PowerPoint from Al Davis
WordPress Jetpack now includes comments
Released this past Friday, Jetpack (an Automattic plugin) now features Jetpack Comments. This is a very positive step up from the default comment system that comes with WordPress as this allows site visitors who wish to leave a comment using one of their social networks as a registration, eliminating the need to create yet another [...]
WordPress 3.4 is live!
Just went to WordPress.org and saw this…let the updating begin!! This released is named “Green” in honour of guitarist Grant Green.
Facebook launches WordPress Widget
Your WordPress site just got a little more social with the release of the official Facebook for WordPress widget. The widget was released earlier today and includes the following functionality: Like button Recommendation Bar Comment box Post to an Author’s Facebook Timeline whenever they publish a new Page or Post Mention Friends and Facebook Pages. [...]
