For many small business clients pages wind up being the most important WordPress post type. Many of them don’t even want a blog, just a nice looking site where they can update the content periodically, i.e. the contact page, the services page etc. So for these clients it’s often a little confusing to have “Posts” [...]
The Simplest WordPress User Access Log Ever
June 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Those of use who develop using pods often find we use it for everything. So here’s a quick tip on using PodsCMS to create a custom user access log. Step 1: Set up the Pod I’m assuming you’ve already installed/activate both the PodsCMS and Pods UI plugins. If not, please do so before starting. Create [...]
WordPress Hack #3
May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a function that really should be in WordPress core by now. And maybe it is and I just can’t find it. But to get the source url for a post thumbnail you have to hack. Here it is: /** ** ** Parameters: ** Size (optional): The width/height of the source image. Accepts either a [...]
WordPress Admin Makeover Coming in 3.2
May 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
I somehow had missed that WordPress 3.2 was going to feature a makeover of the WordPress admin theme. The new theme looks sharp. Here’s a preview. Let’s hope this doesn’t create issues with plugins.
Genesis Framework, Not Too Shabby
May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So, I’ve posted elsewhere that I’m not a huge fan of theme frameworks. The short version: I’m not sure we need anymore hooks and filters than WordPress Core already provides and my time is better spent learning those hooks than learning some trendy theme hooks that merely obscur or repackage those core WP hooks. However, [...]
WordPress 3.1: Query Multiple Custom Fields
March 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So I just implemented for the first time the new WordPress ‘meta_query’ structure that was added to WordPress 3.1. I must say, it works swimmingly. Here’s my query: -> To look up events that start after the current date and then order those events ascending by starting date: $tday = date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’); $args = array( [...]
Flutter to Custom Post Types
December 6, 2010 By 4 Comments
So I’m working a project right now where I’m converting a WordPress installation from Flutter to the native WordPress custom post type functionality. The reasons for the switch are numerous. For one, it’s always good rule of thumb to use as few plugins as possible. The fewer plugins, the fewer php warning messages, the fewer [...]
Registration Forms: What’s New in 1.5
October 26, 2010 By 36 Comments
Last week I released version 1.5 of my Simplr Registration Forms plugin. The new version includes some big fixes and requested features. Particularly, this version now supports WP Multisite and has a few addition profile fields that can be added to the default form. It also includes better security, via WP nonces, and better field [...]
WordPress Real Estate Plugin in the Works
July 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
Update: If anyone wants an email when this plugin is ready just leave a comment here. Or shoot me an email at mike(at)mikevanwinkle.com. Or subscribe to my feedburner. Hmmm. So what they hell have I been doing with my time lately. Not blogging, clearly. Well first there’s the day job, I’m trying to keep it [...]
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