
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a few thoughts on running successful WordPress projects on Theme.fm. Today, I contributed a second post in which I share several strategies for successful WordPress upgrades.
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A couple of weeks ago, I shared a few thoughts on running successful WordPress projects on Theme.fm. Today, I contributed a second post in which I share several strategies for successful WordPress upgrades.

This morning, I had the pleasure of contributing a guest post at Theme.fm in which I discuss three components for successful WordPress projects. Continue reading

Understanding the WordPress Database is important if you’re looking to get into professional WordPres Development. Once you know how the tables are organized, it’s a matter of learning the API, reading from the WordPress database, and writing to the WordPress database.
In my latest article on Envato, I take a look at the following topics:

As far as WordPress Development is concerned, understanding the WordPress Database is important. Of course, this is only part of it. Once you know how the tables are organized, it’s a matter of learning the API, reading from the WordPress database, and writing to the WordPress database.
In my latest article on Envato, I take a look at the following topics:

If you’re looking to work with WordPress in a more professional capacity, one of the most important things to understand is how to underlying database is organized and how you can interact with it. If you’re an experienced developer, odds are you’ll have no trouble picking it up and getting started with it.
But if you’re just getting started, then understanding the WordPress database can be somewhat of a daunting task. As such, I’ve attempted to author a series of articles on Envato that provide an introduction to the WordPress database and how to get started in running queries against it. Continue reading
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