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JavaScript Screencasts From Bocoup

December 14, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

Aside from working with WordPress, I’m also a big fan of JavaScript and have been trying to slowly include more content about the language.

Generally speaking, I think JavaScript is an important language to learn because it’s a core component of WordPress for both plugins and themes, and for public-facing code as well as the administration area of JavaScript.

Despite the fact that WordPress uses jQuery, I think that it’s always important to explore and understand the core language, too. Continue reading

Dynamically Creating a Custom Stylesheet For WordPress Plugins

December 13, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

For more technical users or to skip the the background explanation, skip directly to the code.

One of the challenges that comes with building WordPress plugins is supporting the conflicts that ensue with other poorly coded plugins and/or poorly coded themes.

It’s just the nature of the beast.

When it comes to addressing the way a plugin or widget looks on the frontend, I’ve often advised users to modify the plugin’s stylesheet in order to achieve the results they want.

Unfortunately, this is problematic for a number of reasons.

Comment Images 1.6

December 13, 2012 / Tom

With the recent release of WordPress 3.5, I’ve spent some time updating my plugins to make sure they’re update to date with the latest version. Additionally, I’ve been trying to patch any outstanding bug, issues, and minor features before introducing anything new.

Comment Images generally receives more questions and comments than any of my other plugins, so prior to introducing any major new features, I wanted to resolve a few outstanding issues.

Here’s a run down of the latest update to Comment Images for WordPress.

Single Post Message 1.2

December 13, 2012 / Tom

With the release of WordPress 3.5, I’ve spent some time updating my plugins to make sure they’re compliant. Additionally, I’ve been trying to patch any outstanding bugs and issues before working on new features.

Yesterday, I updated Single Post Message to resolve a couple of issues and introduced new features.

Contributing To WordPress 3.5

December 12, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

By nature, the idea behind open-source software is awesome: a group of people contributing their time to building something greater for others to use.

For the longest time, I’ve been someone who has often benefited from open source, but aside from contributing tickets, bug reports, or documentation, I’ve never actually contributed code to an open source project.

Contributing to WordPress 3.5 is the first time that I’ve ever contributed code to a project, and I couldn’t be happier that it’s on an application that’s such a significant part of my career.