Helpful Page Functions for WordPress
Over the past month I have been working on a large project that has taken up a lot of my time, but I wanted to quickly share two small functions…
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Access Another Database in WordPress
When accessing the database in WordPress, you need to use the global variable $wpdb. This will take the constants you set in wp-config.php to connect to your database and…
Jetpack Plugin for WordPress: Soar or Fall?
Automattic.com just released a collection of plugins as one “super-plugin” called Jetpack. As they explained it, the goal was to bring eight of the most requested features available…
Creating a Child Theme in WordPress
I have received a lot of emails in regards to users having to modify one of my Premium themes to get it looking or working exactly how they want it.…
Magazine Basic Updated for WordPress 3.1
I just submitted Magazine Basic v2.7 to WordPress.org. Hopefully it will go live shortly. For now, you can download the theme directly from http://themes.bavotasan.com/our-themes/basic-themes/magazine-basic/. Once it is available on…
Add Logo to Admin WordPress Plugin
I have revamped my first plugin to make it a little easier to use. If you have tried it before and weren’t impressed, please give it another go. I’ve included…
WordPress 3.1: Internal Linking
I spent a lot of time discussing WordPress 3.1 at last night’s Montreal developer_meetup(), and someone brought up a great point about the new internal linking feature. As it stands,…
WordPress 3.1: The New Admin Bar
I have been playing around with the latest release candidate for WordPress 3.1 and some of the new features are pretty cool. I really like the admin bar and I…