While working on a project recently, the client wanted to display a custom header graphic for a specific ection of their site. This was complicated by the fact that there were a few places where the header needed to be changed; a static page that’s used as a landing page for the content, the category…
You spend time building your site. You spend time researching your topic. You spend time writing your post. Then, you get lazy… Instead of adding your post to a specific category, you just leave it on the default and it shows up as “Uncategorized.” Ugh. It may just be me, but I find that really…
After WordCamp Las Vegas in January 2009 a group of us started up our own branch of Beer n Blog. It jumped out of the gate with some really solid numbers. For the first 4-6 weeks we were averaging somewhere near 40 attendees and there was some honest to goodness blogging going on along with…
A friend of mine sent me the following message on Facebook today: I have a buddy of mine that is an aspiring WordPress dev. I was curious if you had any linkage or inside info on perhaps ways for my buddy to find work. While I don’t have any inside information, I can tell you…
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending WordCamp Boulder. Just like last year’s WordCamp in Denver, it was organized by the guys at Crowd Favorite. They had done a great job last year and I expected nothing less this time around. This year’s event had two main tracks, but also included a 3 set…
I’ve been web developer for quite a while and still get a kick out of that moment when you hit save, refresh the browser window and see your code come to life. A minute ago, this functionality wasn’t there. Click, there it is. I love that! I’ve been messing around with the WordPress 3.0 beta…
Last year I had such a great time hosting, attending and presenting at WordCamp events all over the country. I think I ended up at 9 events last year. It looks like this year isn’t going to be all that different. I’ve already booked travel for several WordCamp events, and have mapped out several others…
A few weeks back I attended WordCamp New York. While there I was asked to take part in a discussion on canonical plugins for WordPress. I had heard of the concept but not the terminology. In case you are in the same boat, to make a plugin canonical would be to mark it as the…
Warning: Long Post Ahead! As I’m sitting on the plane heading back home, it’s hard to sort out all the great parts of the past 3 days. I started out on Friday by flying to Phoenix for WordCamp and then hopping right back on a plane to head to New York to be part of…
I have lived in Las Vegas for the past 7 years and I have said on many occasions since then that I don’t think I could live anywhere else after living there. One weekend trip to Portland later and I believe I may have to amend that statement. In a word, Portland is awesome! This…
