Software Engineering in Web Development, Backend Services, and More
As significant as the WordPress API is in building plugins, themes, and applications, there are often times where we may find ourselves needing to write custom functions to achieve something that we know WordPress already does.
Case in point: With Page Template Dashboard, I wanted to be able to show the name of the template rather than the filename. I knew WordPress was doing it, but I couldn’t find an actual API function for it.
So what’s the best thing to do in this particular situation?
Last week, I did a short review of Static for iPhone. Though you can read the entire review on the post itself, I think it’s worth reiterating a couple of points.
First, here’s Static’s claim:
Static is the easiest way to view the most important statistics from Twitter, Google Analytics, Instagram, Dribbble, and Github.
Secondly, I think that the app stays true to its vision. The user interface is intuitive, looks good, and the developers have released two small updates since my last review.
With that said, here are the winners (completely chosen at random):
In the third episode of Yet Another Blogging Podcast, I talked about how to go about scheduling your time without completely having to readjust your schedule, get up early, stay up later, or whatever other options a lot of conventional wisdom share.
At this point, you know that nothing that I’m saying is meant to be taken as the definitive guide to blogging. In fact, I don’t believe there is one. Instead, it’s meant to be nothing more than helpful pointers for what I’ve found useful in running this blog.
With that, this is the final podcast in the series in which I talk about what it means to find your rhythm in blogging.
Lately, one of the questions that I find myself wrestling with is what’s considered respectful and acceptable for charging for support or accepting donations for open source plugins?
Or, more simply, what’s an ideal model for open source profit sharing when you’ve received contributions to open source plugins?
A new version of this plugin has been released and I've made a new primary post.
Page Template Dashboard is a simple WordPress plugin that makes it easy to see which template each page is using without actually having to load up the post editor screen.
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