Creating your own customized WordPress user role is simple to do and gives you the power to define exactly what a user will do on your site. For example, we give our clients access to almost everything except the ability […] Read More »
Tag: PHP
Theme Development From Scratch w/ Underscores & Foundation
I recently watch a presentation on WordPress.tv given at WordCamp Orange County 2014 on the topic of creating your own theme using Underscores and Foundation. After I had finished the video, I tried out this technique of theme building myself, […] Read More »
Debugging WordPress
All programmers know that debugging can be one of the most frustrating parts of any development cycle. Debugging can be extremely easy or extremely difficult – and a lot of that depends on the tools available to help the process […] Read More »
Creating a WordPress Widget
In last week’s tutorial, we Added a Widget Area to our WordPress site. For this tutorial, we will be looking at creating your own custom widget to put into that area. Creating a widget is similar to creating a plugin, […] Read More »
Adding a Widget Area to WordPress
Adding your own widget area to your WordPress site allows a great level of customization to specialized pages. Say for example you want to include a sidebar for a particular page (say a “Meeting Minutes” page for a business) that […] Read More »
File Uploads
Making a script that allows for file uploads is a common problem for many web developers just starting out, and can sometimes be a little tricky for those just starting out. Another problem comes from the wide variety of different […] Read More »
Variable Variables in PHP
Variables are the cornerstone to all programming. Any programmer will tell you that variables are their best friend, their lover, any number of other weird things… When you need something you simply call $something, and there it is! One of […] Read More »
Dynamic Variables in PHP
In PHP, and especially when using Database operations like mysqli functions, you will want to create dynamic variable names. Luckily PHP makes this an extremely mundane task to accomplish. First let’s take a look at a simple example so we […] Read More »
The Elvis Operator
The magic that is the Elvis Operator was only recently introduced to me. The Elvis Operator (which is a modified, shortended version of the ternary operator) allows you to clean up your code vastly by reducing the size of simple […] Read More »
Create Your Own WordPress Shortcodes
Creating your own short codes in your WordPress site is easy and allows clients to perform tasks that would otherwise require writing in code. This lets them perform complicated operations via short codes, freeing up your own time for more […] Read More »