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Articles, tips, and resources for WordPress-based development.

Remove an Enqueued Stylesheet in WordPress

November 30, 2015 / Tom / 0 Comments

When working on a pre-existing version of a site, you may need to check if a style is already loaded. This, in and of itself, is not that difficult, but if it’s using an older version of a dependency, then it can get a little more complicated.

For example, let’s say that you’re building a plugin for an existing site. The existing site uses something like Font Awesome, but it’s using an older version.

Font Awesome

The requirements call for some updated icons that aren’t available in the existing version. Furthermore, the version of Font Awesome maybe be the minified version or not so we need to check for that.

Source and Distribution Directories in WordPress Development

November 23, 2015 / Tom / 0 Comments

When organizing assets in a project, it’s common to see source and distribution directories. Sometimes these are organized a little different, but they generally serve the same purpose.

Overtime, I’ve moved from one form of organization to another. And I’ve found it to be easier to handle during deployment and maintenance of a project after release.

So here’s a rundown of how I used to organize my files and how I’m currently doing so now.

An Interview with iThemes on Self-Employment

November 20, 2015 / Tom

iThemes is a WordPress-centric company that focuses on providing a suite of tools and themes for bloggers.

Some of these tools include things like BackupBuddy, Exchange, and Sync. From their site:

Since 2008, we’ve been creating WordPress plugins, themes and training for freelancers, marketers, entrepreneurs, designers and developers. We want to take the hassle out of running WordPress websites.

At the beginning of 2015, iThemes launched an effort called WProsper. The goal of of the effort is to help others “do well, do better with WordPress and iThemes.”

A Digression on The State of WordPress

November 19, 2015 / Tom / 0 Comments

For many of us, we spend our time heads down on projects trying to deliver solutions for a customers. That’s a Good Thing™, as far as I’m concerned.

But every now and then, I think it’s also a Good Thing™ to take stock of where we – as a development community are – where we’re headed, and the things that we’re able to observe about ourselves.

We need to observe where we are (and from where we’ve come).

Now and again, I’ll write about my own opinions about WordPress (the software, the community, the economy, etc.). I don’t always have a direct point, though.

Sometimes it’s just a smattering of thoughts about what I’ve seen. You know, like a digression. And that’s what this post has shaped up to be.

Paperback By Array Themes

November 18, 2015 / Tom / 0 Comments

Earlier this year, I talked about why I recommend Array Themes. I’m also proud to call myself a partner of theirs.

If you haven’t read the article, that’s okay (I don’t expect people to read everything here). The gist of why I’m such a fan and why I’ve selected them as my theme partner include the following:

They offer impeccable design for a variety of authors.
They have beautiful typography.
They follow the WordPress Coding Standards.
They sell within their own shop, WordPress.com, and ThemeForest.
They create themes for almost any niche of blogging.
They offer exceptional quality in a marketplace crowded by those with products that often fall flat.
…And more.

Additionally, Array offers a free plugin compatible with their themes that enhances native functionality.

So, if you’ve missed it, that’s why I’m proud to call Array a partner of this site. But that’s not what this post is about.

Instead, I’m excited to share their latest release (and offer you something special for it!).