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Have You Built an Application with WordPress?

November 2, 2012 / Tom

Comments are closed. I'd like all feedback on your WordPress Application sent to my inbox.

Earlier this week, I shared my thoughts on building web applications with WordPress. Overall, I’ve really enjoyed the discussion that’s happened in the comments, but there’s been one question that’s continually cropped on in the comments and in my inbox:

Do you have examples of applications built on WordPress?

Noted developers Konstantin Kovshenin and Vladimir Prelovac chimed in with some of the WordPress applications that they’ve built, and I’m in the process of finishing up a few projects that I’m planning to cover here, but I know there’s more out there.

An Update on Another WordPress Podcast

November 2, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I asked if anyone thought that there was room for yet another WordPress Podcast. To be honest, the response was a bit overwhelming.

How awesome, right?

In addition to all of the comments, I also received numerous emails and even a few tweets about this – anything ranging from people who are looking to help out to those who are looking to volunteer to be on the podcast.

Around the same time, my team at 8BIT have been planning about rebooting our own podcast as we’re preparing to launch a new property in the WordPress space, too.

As I move forward with this, I thought it’d be fun to give updates as to where I stand with the state of the podcast, the plans for it, and what you can look forward to once it’s rolling.

Comment Tweets For WordPress

November 1, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

Comment Tweets For WordPress

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been recording a premium screencast for Envato in which I share how to build a WordPress plugin from the ground up using professional development techniques such as object-oriented programming, proper use of Actions and Filters, LESS, CodeKit, and more.

While working on the screencast, one of the things that I wanted to do was to showcase exactly what it’s like to build something from the ground up, release it, and then experience the various comments, support issues, and so on. After all, that is the norm for releasing projects to the public.

The result of all of this is Comment Tweets For WordPress.

My Thoughts on Building Web Applications with WordPress

October 31, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

I’ve talked quite a bit about my thoughts on using WordPress for web application development. Specifically, I’ve shared:

During the State of the Word 2012, Matt discussed the past, present, and future of WordPress which included WordPress being an “app engine” of sorts. Some time ago, I stumbled across an article by Matthew Eppelsheimer in which he discusses his team using WordPress as just that.

Specifically, he says:

The WordPress platform essentially manages content and authentication for us, gives us frameworks to build custom UI and our own functionality, and offers extra features in the form of plugins developed by a large community. It gives us everything we need to rapidly build our own custom tools that fit our own process, style, and needs.

Interesting, isn’t it?

Obviously, I’ve been a fan of treating WordPress as such for some time, but I’ve never really shared how I’ve viewed various features and parts of the API for actually building applications.

Since I’ve recently wrapped up a project where we did just this, and since I’m currently in the middle of building one that’s following suit, I thought I’d share a few notes on my approach for building web applications with WordPress.

Quick Tip: Disable Comments Programmatically

October 30, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

If you're an experienced WordPress Developer, then skip down to the code.

I’ve been working on small site that’s serving as a digital storefront for a company. The requirements have called for the homepage to feature a variety of featured projects, a news feed, and similar features all of which are obviously custom queries.

There’s a unique feature to this particular project around the newsfeed that’s a bit atypical for other blogs. That is, the project calls for comments and pings to be disabled.

If you find yourself in a similar situation, here’s a quick tip for how you can disable comments programmatically and how you can disable pings programmatically.