The amount of traffic that I get coming to this site seems to really be taking off with one service offering in particular…Comicpress. For those not familiar with, let me first start off by saying Comicpress can be a task to learn and build, unlike other WordPress Plugins such as BBPress and Buddypress, Comicpress seems to just be a big pain to get the grasps off, the settings panel is ugly and way to bulky…the amount of templates and php files that you will maintain are seemingly endless and the documentation of where to find certain features is extremely limited.…
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My Beef with ComicPress
WordPress Dashboard Customization Series: Change Enter Title Here Text
Some People take customization to the next level in WordPress. This is likely due to the fact that WordPress really becomes your livelyhood for some people, making it easier to use not only can save you time but can also save you money and energy. Some changes make perfect sense, such as changing the default WordPress Logo or Changing The WordPress Dashboard Footer Text. But what about the changes that very little of you will actually care about? One of the aforementioned changes is the ability to change the default text that appears when you go to create a new…
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WordPress Dashboard Customization Series: Change Footer Text
One of the great things about WordPress is how customizable it is. In a career field where customization and simplicity is everything, WordPress stands out because you can virtually alter everything. One of the small changes that I frequently make when customizing the Dashboard Panel for my clients is to change the footer text. Changing the footer text is great if you want to throw a kick back link to your own website or to another area for additional information. Below I will provide a code snippet that will come in handy if you ever want to make a change…
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My Favorite WordPress Plugins – Part 1
As a developer and a self described, “Heavy User” of WordPress, I get the opportunity to test drive a bunch of cool WordPress Plugins from time to time. What’s great about this business is that while websites have similar content they are not usually identical, this provides an opportunity as a self educated WordPress Developer to come up with creative and innovative solutions that will take WordPress to the bleeding edge of its limits. Some of my favorite plugins I use on my clients websites, others I hold back for myself. However In this article, I am going to share…
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My Favorite WordPress Plugins – White Label CMS
As a developer, it is often my job to create a usable wordpres installation that will allow my clients to easily update content with little help from me. This is why I use White Label CMS. White Label CMS helps me to declutter WordPress and to create a more custom experience. This program will allow you to do many things including: Changing WordPress Logo on Login Page, Changing the Admin URL from wp-admin to login, Adding Custom Dashboard Widgets to the front page – Great if you want to add your own support/contact information to your clients Dashboard, also very…
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Zombie Classification: Blog, Wordpress Plugins
My Favorite WordPress Plugins – Advanced Custom Fields
One of my favorite wordpress plugins is Advanced Custom Fields. Advanced Custom Fields is an extremely powerful plugin that offers what the name suggests.. This plugin allows a developer to create custom fields that can be used on different content related areas of your site. You can add Custom Fields to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types of all kinds. This makes a simple user interface that will allow you to add and remove fields from the aforementioned forms, allowing better customization and ease of editing going forward. Let’s face it, WordPress isn’t just about “Posts” and “Pages”…
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Favorite WordPress Plugins – My Ftp
MyFtp is a plugin that i found one night after being completely tired of having to switch back and forth between my FTP server and the WordPress Dashboard for .php and Custom WordPress Template Updates. The plugin that is not currently being developed, was designed to allow you to upload and edit files that are only in your FTP folder, this is good for theme development, plugin development, stylesheet modification etc… This program is extremely powerful however security is always going to be an issue. If you are in a pinch and need to modify files on the go…
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Zombie Classification: Blog, Wordpress Plugins
New Portfolio Item
Hey Everyone, I just added a new piece to my portfolio, a Buddypress site designed for a Philadelphia based Architecture startup, TheDesignatedSketcher.com. Head on over to the portfolio page to check it out, or you can visit them at http://www.thedesignatedsketcher.com. This project was a ton of fun to work on, it presented many challenges due to the custom nature of the platform previous to my taking over the development. The code was in an awful spot due to the amount of custom PHP and WordPress modifications, however I decided to streamline the code and build out something that was minimal…
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Changing Length of WordPress Excerpt
I was building my current version of my website out today and one of the items that I had to search for was the ability to change the length of my post excerpts, A post excerpt is basically a preview of your full content of your post which by default is set to about 55 words unless your theme alters this. The reason an excerpt exists is so that you as a reader can decide if this is something you want to read about when going through the preview, you then can click read more to go to a full page…
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My Beef with ComicPress
WordPress Dashboard Customization Series: Change Enter Title Here Text
Some People take customization to the next level in WordPress. This is likely due to the fact that WordPress really becomes your livelyhood for some people, making it easier to use not only can save you time but can also save you money and energy. Some changes make perfect sense, such as changing the default WordPress Logo or Changing The WordPress Dashboard Footer Text. But what about the changes that very little of you will actually care about? One of the aforementioned changes is the ability to change the default text that appears when you go to create a new…
Read more ›
WordPress Dashboard Customization Series: Change Footer Text
One of the great things about WordPress is how customizable it is. In a career field where customization and simplicity is everything, WordPress stands out because you can virtually alter everything. One of the small changes that I frequently make when customizing the Dashboard Panel for my clients is to change the footer text. Changing the footer text is great if you want to throw a kick back link to your own website or to another area for additional information. Below I will provide a code snippet that will come in handy if you ever want to make a change…
Read more ›
My Favorite WordPress Plugins – Part 1
As a developer and a self described, “Heavy User” of WordPress, I get the opportunity to test drive a bunch of cool WordPress Plugins from time to time. What’s great about this business is that while websites have similar content they are not usually identical, this provides an opportunity as a self educated WordPress Developer to come up with creative and innovative solutions that will take WordPress to the bleeding edge of its limits. Some of my favorite plugins I use on my clients websites, others I hold back for myself. However In this article, I am going to share…
Read more ›
My Favorite WordPress Plugins – White Label CMS
As a developer, it is often my job to create a usable wordpres installation that will allow my clients to easily update content with little help from me. This is why I use White Label CMS. White Label CMS helps me to declutter WordPress and to create a more custom experience. This program will allow you to do many things including: Changing WordPress Logo on Login Page, Changing the Admin URL from wp-admin to login, Adding Custom Dashboard Widgets to the front page – Great if you want to add your own support/contact information to your clients Dashboard, also very…
Read more ›
Zombie Classification: Blog, Wordpress Plugins
My Favorite WordPress Plugins – Advanced Custom Fields
One of my favorite wordpress plugins is Advanced Custom Fields. Advanced Custom Fields is an extremely powerful plugin that offers what the name suggests.. This plugin allows a developer to create custom fields that can be used on different content related areas of your site. You can add Custom Fields to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types of all kinds. This makes a simple user interface that will allow you to add and remove fields from the aforementioned forms, allowing better customization and ease of editing going forward. Let’s face it, WordPress isn’t just about “Posts” and “Pages”…
Read more ›
Favorite WordPress Plugins – My Ftp
MyFtp is a plugin that i found one night after being completely tired of having to switch back and forth between my FTP server and the WordPress Dashboard for .php and Custom WordPress Template Updates. The plugin that is not currently being developed, was designed to allow you to upload and edit files that are only in your FTP folder, this is good for theme development, plugin development, stylesheet modification etc… This program is extremely powerful however security is always going to be an issue. If you are in a pinch and need to modify files on the go…
Read more ›
Zombie Classification: Blog, Wordpress Plugins
New Portfolio Item
Hey Everyone, I just added a new piece to my portfolio, a Buddypress site designed for a Philadelphia based Architecture startup, TheDesignatedSketcher.com. Head on over to the portfolio page to check it out, or you can visit them at http://www.thedesignatedsketcher.com. This project was a ton of fun to work on, it presented many challenges due to the custom nature of the platform previous to my taking over the development. The code was in an awful spot due to the amount of custom PHP and WordPress modifications, however I decided to streamline the code and build out something that was minimal…
Read more ›
Changing Length of WordPress Excerpt
I was building my current version of my website out today and one of the items that I had to search for was the ability to change the length of my post excerpts, A post excerpt is basically a preview of your full content of your post which by default is set to about 55 words unless your theme alters this. The reason an excerpt exists is so that you as a reader can decide if this is something you want to read about when going through the preview, you then can click read more to go to a full page…
Read more ›
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Best Comment System for WordPress
The Best WordPress Comment System is something that I can answer with one word. Disqus. Disqus is my go to Comment System of choice and I recommend it for all of my clients. The ease of integration, the ability to login with social networking profiles and to keep all comments in a centralized place really make this a no brainer. For those of you not familiar with Comments on Wordpres let me give you a little insight. WordPress is a platform designed for blogging, and bloggers love comments, which is why WordPress has it’s own comment system. The built…Read more ›
Zombie Classification: Articles, Blog, Wordpress Plugins