Category Archives: Wordpress

Digging Into WordPress updated for 3.0

Looks like a new chapter covering what’s new in WordPress3. Custom menus, custom post types, custom taxonomies and MultiSite to name a few. Get your free upgrade if you’ve already bought it, or buy it today. (affiliate link) I highly recommended it.

WordPress Plugins and Themes: Functionally Distinct

A great post and discussion over at WPCandy. A sort of follow up to Yoast’s post from last week. A must read for the thinking plugin dev or theme author.

Justin Tadlock on Frameworks and Parent vs. Child Themes

A great read with several interesting points:

On clarifying the difference between theme frameworks and parent themes:

Advanced parent themes are not frameworks

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One thing we should definitely not confuse are the terms “framework” and “parent theme.” These two are not interchangeable. That’s where a lot of the confusion stems from.

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“Commercial” or “Premium”?

Aaron Jorbin on themes:

Sorry, I really think that the phrase “Premium theme” devalues every other theme.

Agreed.

Add a Real Estate Virtual Tour Link Button with WordPress Custom Fields

The Custom Field is the Swiss Army knife of WordPress. When you need that extra bit of functionality in a WordPress powered site, custom fields can be a real life saver. An example: A real estate client needed an easy way to link to virtual tours. Custom Fields to the rescue! Here’s how I did it: Continue reading