The .htaccess file is one of the most powerful tools available on your Apache server (this only works on Apache, so Windows users must find their fun somewhere else). It allows you to provide a way to make configuration changes […] Read More »
Tag: Web Development
WordPress User Roles
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 »
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 »
CSS Columns (Part II)
In last week’s tutorial on CSS Columns I went over the basic creation of columns using the CSS3 properties column-count and column-width. These can be used individually to create columns just fine, but as was mentioned last week the best […] Read More »
CSS Colums
One of the most highly requested features for modern websites is a column layout. Clients want to be able to display their content in 2, 3, 4, etc… columns. There has been a big resurgence in a “print-style” for websites […] Read More »
Vagrant Development Environment
I have done a previous tutorial on creating a Local Development Setup Using MAMP. Although using MAMP works well, it has been recommended to me to use Vagrant as my local development environment. Much more experienced developers praise Vagrant, so […] 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 »