Category: Build
Better theme file structures coming in WordPress 3.4
One of the new features coming with the release of WordPress 3.4 is an improved file structure for themes. Currently, all files live under the same directory, which can get a bit messy depending on how many templates, pages, etc. your theme has.As an example, currently your theme file structure looks like this /theme folder –page-contact.php –page-about.php [...]
How to recover your WordPress site after a plugin install or upgrade goes wrong
If you’ve been using WordPress for awhile now, chances are you have had to upgrade a plugin . ( If you haven’t, go check your site now, because you probably have some updates to perform). For the most part, things will go smoothly and all will be good in your (WordPress) world, but on occasion, you’ll run into an [...]
WordCamp Toronto: Developers
Now that it is listed as pending on the official WordCamp Central site, I guess it’s safe to write about it. I have applied and been tentatively approved (along with Craig Taylor and Andy McIlwain, my co-organizers for all things WordPress Toronto) to organize a different kind of WordCamp for Toronto in addition to the “regular” WordCamp. We [...]
Creating clean vertical menus with child pages in WordPress
Earlier this week, I was working on a site for a client who required for a left side nav bar. Now normally thats a no-brainer, but this particular menu had a number of child pages included in it. The client wanted the child pages to be visible on entry to the parent and to stay visible [...]
Remove the author and date info from posts
Here’s a quick tip for those who want to remove the meta content that shows up by default under your post titles. Here is what it looks like normally: By simply going to the style.css file for the theme you are using and adding this little bit of code at the end– [...]
Adding Google fonts to WordPress
As you start to develop sites for clients, one of the requests you’re going to encounter at one point or another is that the fonts used on the site be different from your everyday web safe choices like Helvetica and Times New Roman. There are some paid options you can use to accomplish this, and we will examine those [...]
Building Category Pages Using a Plugin
Recently, I got an email from a friend of mine with a WordPress issue that he was looking for some help with. He was converting his site from good ol’ HTML and CSS to WordPress and had run into an issue with how and where his posts were being displayed. He has three primary categories he [...]
Dropping the Digibomb! An interview with Brendan Sera-Shriar
If you have spent anytime talking to people in either the Montreal or Toronto WordPress communities, chances are that at some point you have heard the name Brendan Sera-Shriar, or as he is more likely referred to, Digibomb. Brendan has been instrumental in making the communities in both aforementioned cities into vibrant and living entities. [...]
Toronto WordPress Developers Meetup Group
(Note: This post also appears on my other site, www.aldavis.org) One of the best things about using WordPress is the amazing community behind it. Lots of times you hear talk of one community and another, but seldom do they live up to their hype. But that’s truly different when it comes to WordPress. Whether it’s [...]
Finding the ID in your posts and pages
Lots of times, you need to know the post or Page ID for various plugins and theme functions for your WordPress site so that they will work as intended. It used to be easy to see the ID but WordPress has changed that visibility as of a few versions ago now. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still find [...]
