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Redactor Image Uploads For WordPress

October 5, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a web application that’s being built on top of WordPress.

One of the requirements dictated the users should be able to have rich editing from the front end after being logged in. This includes being able to do the usual bold, italic, strikes, and link, as well as images and videos.

Redactor.js is a fantastic jQuery plugin that brings front-end editing to any website or web application, but implementing Redactor JS image upload and WordPress proved to be a bit of a challenge specifically because I wanted to keep all images organized in the standard wp-content/uploads directory.

So, while working on said project, I also generalized the script a bit and created Redactor Image Upload For WordPress.

It’s a short, simple title, right? Right-ish.

Programmatically Resize Images in WordPress

October 4, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

If you're experienced with programmatically uploading files, you may wish to skip down to the code.

I’m finishing up an application that’s built on WordPress that has required that I programmatically resize images. When it comes to building themes or plugins, it’s relatively easy to specify add_image_size and then let the user interface and core application do it’s thing.

But in my case, the end user will have no idea that the actual application is built on WordPress and the image resizing function needed to be a little more tailored for specific templates (or views)

So rather than use the typical WordPress facilities for uploading and resizing images, here’s how to programmatically resize images in WordPress.

Write For WPTuts+: The Envato WordPress Site!

October 4, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

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— Wptuts+ (@wptuts) October 3, 2012

Yesterday, @EnvatoWP invited others to apply to begin writing for WPTuts+, the Envato WordPress site.

Version Numbers: What’s The Point?

October 3, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the things that my team and I have consistently discussed when working on Standard is how to actually maintain or version numbers. It doesn’t stop there, of course – even in my own work, I give considerable thought (how lame does that sound?) as to how I should track the version numbers of my projects.

Thought I tend to follow the schema of “Major Version, Minor Version, Hot Fix” (i.e., 3.0.2), I’m unsatisfied. And to put it bluntly, I’m discontent with the whole thing version numbering issue: They’re inconsistent, they aren’t user-friendly, and I’m not even sure what we should do about it.

Five Suggestions For Writing Better JavaScript in WordPress

October 2, 2012 / Tom / 0 Comments

This is the final post in the series JavaScript in WordPress. Be sure to read the first article, too!

In the first post in this series, I briefly mentioned that there is a problem with writing JavaScript in WordPress. In boils down to the fact that people are writing JavaScript who don’t truly know jQuery (let alone JavaScript), and that there are lack of standards to follow.

And though I’m not interested in defining the coding standards for JavaScript in WordPress – at least not here – I am interested in sharing four things that I’ve found to be successful in writing maintainable jQuery in WordPress for both individual and team-based projects.

Note, of course, that these are geared towards jQuery. After all, that is WordPress’ JavaScript library of choice.