Category: Projects (Page 27 of 39)

Posts introducing, updating, and covering various projects to which I’ve contributed or that I maintain.

jQuery Konami Code: Add The Cheat Code To Your Site

February 28, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Be sure to check out the latest release of the plugin!

One of the things that I love about working on side projects is that they can be just as complex or simple, or as fun or mundane as you want them to be.

Case in point: A couple of years ago when 8BIT was first getting started, we had a really simple landing page, but we had the idea to incorporate something fun.

Considering we all group up during the 8-bit era of video games, we opted to incorporate the Konami code into our site. So I wrote a small jQuery plugin that makes it really easy to include the cheat code into your site or web application.

Simply put, it’s the jQuery Konami Code.

A Look at The UI Design Process in WordPress Plugins

February 22, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

I’m no designer. I don’t aspire to be one, nor do I claim to be one that; however, I am interested in the topic and enjoy seeing the work that others do as well as following blogs, articles, books, etc. on the topic.

Though user interface design is a bit of a different field, it hits much closer to home for me than other types of design. After all, a user interface is basically the face of the code that we’re writing.

And if we’re not careful, then we’re going to continue perpetuating the stereotype that developers do not care about design.

I’ve spoken previously about sharing case studies on WordPress projects, and though I don’t have a full project to share right now, I thought it might be fun to look at some I’ve been working on and the evolution of a particular user interface that evolved from a first pass, to discussion, then from mockup, to implementation.

Writing a Plugin (and Doing It Live!)

February 15, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Earlier this week, Pippin Williamson (of Pippin’s Plugins) sent out the following tweet:

What's a plugin that @nocross and I could build during #wcmia and release for free? #WordPress

— Pippin Williamson (@pippinsplugins) February 13, 2013

Neat idea, right? Have he and Andrew Norcross – a fellow WordPress developer – create a plugin during the course of a WordCamp that could be released for free.

So I tossed my idea into the ringer:

@pippinsplugins @norcross write a plugin that identifies all comments that have *not* been replied to by the post author.

— Tom McFarlin (@tommcfarlin) February 13, 2013

You can actually read the entire conversation here.

This has been a plugin that I’ve wanted for a long time, and I assume anyone who’s actually maintained a blog for a significant amount of time would do the same.

As it turns out, I’m going to be joining Pippin and Norcross in writing a plugin for exactly this. And we’re gonna do it live.

Comment Images 1.8 – A Major Update

February 14, 2013 / Tom

Late last night, I released Comment Images 1.8 along with two smaller updates to resolve any outstanding issues (some of which were already reported by users – so thanks for that!).

Comment Images 1.8

Here’s a run down of everything that’s new in the last version of the plugin.

jQuery Konami Code: Add The Cheat Code To Your Site

A Look at The UI Design Process in WordPress Plugins

Tipsy Social Icons Now on GitHub

Writing a Plugin (and Doing It Live!)

Comment Images 1.8 – A Major Update

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