“Hooks are probably one of the most under-documented features in WordPress. It can be a real challenge finding the correct hooks to use for the job.” -Williams, Brad; Damstra, David; Stern, Hal (2015-01-06). Professional WordPress: Design and Development. Yep. I recalled that from the book but only after I visited Brad’s…
Posts by Mike Griffin
Blogging for Search “Find-ability”
Yep. I’ve said it. Almost every credible SEO discussion says it: “A site has to blog almost daily to get any kind of recognition from Google.” But this leads to some really silly stuff. And I think I subscribe to most of it. I got into the subscriptions by the same…
A Man with A Mac. Fun ☺
I think I like to use HTML emoji code in the headline because I know that when it crosses over to my Facebook Page, it shows up as html code not the image that shows up on the web. I that as a little fun with visitors. Things are going well.…
A Hosting Service Using PHP 5.3.3 in 2015?!?
So I got the go ahead to close the project I talked about in “Show Post in Category or Custom Field“. I uploaded the Plugin and the new Template file to the server and WTF? Syntax errors. Who woulda thunk it? Yeah, in PHP 5.4 the shorthand syntax for PHP…
♥ Move from GoDaddy | Laughing Squid to Namecheap
I just recently completed a move for a client. Here are the steps: Create a Namecheap Account, https://www.namecheap.com/myaccount/signup.aspx Move the domain from GoDaddy to Namecheap: Follow Namecheap’s how-to https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/876/83/how-to-transfer-a-domain-from-godaddy. This causes no downtime to the website because the client is using a third party DNS, Laughing Squid. Buy a shared hosting account at Namecheap: https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/shared.aspx. Use FTP…
WP_Query: Show post from a category OR custom field
[Revision to Use PHP Code Syntax Highlighter] I picked up a job this week that has an interesting requirement: Show (1) the same post in multiple groupings where the filter is by a custom_field and (2) set the sort order for that post in each of those channels. Today I’m…
Updated OTUS to Mobile Friendly & a Nice Child Theme for Blogging
It’s hard to believe I was so lazy. I got a notice last April 21st that OTUS was NOT mobile friendly. I was still getting more than 3000 unique visitors per day which is more than enough to fund a commercial site that has something to offer. But OTUS had nothing…
New Craigslist WordPress Ad – Great Looking Sites On The Cheap
Now that I’m caught up, I decided that it was time to do some advertising. Word of mouth is great, but it makes sense to start reaching out. I’ll start with Craig’s list in Boston and then add some other cities. Next, I’ll try out some of the Freelance sites.…
Why Do So Many [Tech Savvy] People Dislike WordPress Sites? something about ugly?
For years – and I mean YEARS – I stubbornly refused to use WordPress as the basis for an entire website. Mostly, I “think”, it was because all of the tech savvy coders I worked with poo-poo’d using WordPress AT ALL but were “OK” with me using it as the…
WordPress is PDG IMHO ☺ and it didn’t start out that way
I ran across this today. THINGS I WAS UNPREPARED FOR WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT WITH WORDPRESS. It’s a great read for a Newbie like me who is just starting a WordPress consulting business. I have YEARS of experience USING WordPress and FIXING WordPress as “the blog” portion of websites but…