Coding

Coding and code related posts. Thoughts on Wordpress, Magento and coding in general.

  • Re-thinking “Uncategorized” in WordPress

    —

    in ,

    As WordPress users soon come to realise after setting up their website, a few defaults are loaded in. These defaults include a test “Hello World” post with a comment from Mr. WordPress, a “Sample Page’ with some text and instructions and the “Uncategorized” category, amongst the various default “Links” data and “Blogroll” category. Having given…

  • Matty Theme QuickSwitch featured on The Sweet Plugin of the Day

    —

    in ,

    One thing I enjoy almost as much as developing with WordPress is reading about WordPress development and the goings-on within the WordPress community. WPCandy, a website I’ve written a few posts for, is my main go-to resource for community news and current happenings within the WordPress community. Ryan, the editor at WPCandy, broadcasts a video…

  • What a blog redesign means to me

    —

    in ,

    Today’s question, folks, is; “What does a blog redesign mean to you?”. Lets dive right in, shall we? For me, a blog redesign means quite a lot. It means the opportunity to hone my skills, experiment with new ideas and techniques and put a fresh coat of paint and a new engine behind my blog.…

  • A theory on approaching difficult tasks

    —

    in ,

    Whichever industry you work in, whether you work for yourself or a company and whatever your job description, there are days where things just aren’t going your way. No matter how long you sit at your desk, tapping your pencil, the solution to the problem at hand just isn’t apparent. As a developer, the problem…

  • Custom URL rewrites in WordPress – A Getting Started Guide

    —

    in ,

    I’ve been tweeting quite a bit recently about custom URL rewrites in WordPress. After a few hours of trial and error, I’ve managed to get my specific custom URL rewrites working. After reading through several tutorials online (the majority of which used the same examples to explain only a portion the information I was looking…

  • Theming for Magento — Part 03 – Theming Basics

    —

    in ,

    Right. We’re in part 03 of our “Theming for Magento” tutorial collection. Time to get down to some theming. A quick word on conventions Magento, like many other content management systems, likes to follow conventions. Adopting these conventions when designing your theme, as well as during the theming process, can greatly minimize the amount of…