8Jun
in WordPress
New in WordPress 2.8
I’ve downloaded to give a quick test the new WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1, that according to the release post, will be released full version on Wednesday if no bugs are reported. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘development’
10Mar
in minipost
Installed fonts in Win, Mac & Linux
Interesting chart showing Pre-Installed Fonts in Linux, Mac, and Windows
5Mar
in minipost
Free PHP IDE with WordPress support
CodeLobster is a free PHP IDE, that as of version 3 has WordPress syntax autocomplete.
27Feb
in WordPress
Starting with BuddyPress and WordPress MU
Although there are specific softwares for social networks, WordPress MU, the multi user version of WordPress, has the potential to be transformed into a social platform. WordPress MU is what powers the WordPress.com blogs, handling millions of blogs so you can get an idea of its power. But WPMU doesn’t offer the social network functionality out of the box.
Enter BuddyPress, the social network plugin for WordPress. We will learn how to setup BuddyPress on top of WordPress MU. Read more
26Feb
in Inspiration, Technology, WordPress
17 CMS for your eCommerce project
eCommerce is not new. It is now one of the most important applications of internet along with e-mail, e-learning, chat and social networks. However, in the last few years a whole new world started in eCommerce CMS. New contenders like Magento challenge the long time champion osCommerce and even a medium CMS like WordPress and a hardcore CMS like Plone have their eCommerce plugin.
The following list doesn’t attempt to be perfect neither showcase the best CMS. It is merely a review of the most popular eCommerce specific CMS out there, both open source and paid ones. In the end, there’s a list of eCommerce plugins for some generic CMS like WordPress, Drupal or Plone. Read more
23Feb
in jQuery, WordPress
Folding menu for WordPress pages using jQuery
Let’s talk about a simple technique to create folding or collapsible menus for the WordPress Pages widget. A while ago I was doing some coding for a IT Solutions site and they had a large ‘Services’ page with an introduction and 6 sections. They needed a parent page for the intro and 6 child pages and they didn’t wanted to show all the pages and subpages at once. I thought this would be an excellent job for jQuery and a collapsible or folding menu.
We’ll be creating here a folding menu using only jQuery, no CSS no special markup, and enqueueing the script with the recommended technique for WordPress. Keep reading to see the solution…
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31Jan
in Technology, WordPress
WordPress code templates for Aptana
What’s you IDE of choice when it comes to web development? I use Aptana Studio which absolutely rocks when it comes to web development. By default, Aptana doesn’t have a PHP editor but you can install it after you install the default Aptana installation from the Aptana\My Aptana menu option. A page will open with some plugins you can add to Aptana and this is where you will find PHP support.
So, what about WordPress? does Aptana supports WordPress? well, Aptana has HTML, CSS, PHP autocompletion and it also support libraries like jQuery. To enable jQuery autocompletion open the References panel and under the Global References section check (if it’s not checked already) the jQuery 1.2 or 1.3 support; you will instantly get jQuery autocompletion. However, WordPress autocompletion is not yet supported so I’ve been writing a bunch of what Aptana calls Code Templates to assist me while coding a WordPress theme or plugin. It’s no rocket science, all you have to do is (having Aptana PHP installed of course, since WP is written on PHP) go to Window\Preferences. Then, on the tree, go to Aptana-Editors-PHP-Code Templates
Like I said, I’ve started writing some templates, so you can download these WordPress code templates for Aptana 1.2 and import them to the Code Templates. The Code Templates are variable based so, for example, you can write (see the image above) the hook name to add an action to, and it will append the hook name to whatever function name you add (it’s the way I write action and filter functions). I’ve included the WordPress loop by Justin Tadlock, explained in great detail on its website, as an example of a large code template, and you can trigger it typing the_loop on the Aptana PHP editor. Other code templates like the ones triggered by _openfile and _savefile (for opening and saving a file in a WordPress option page) make heavy use of variables.
I wonder why there’s still no IDE that supports WordPress syntax, given that it has become so widely spread on the last two years. We can only expect that 2009 will be the year where an IDE add WordPress syntax. Maybe Aptana is the one, it has been growing amazingly in the last year and I hope it will continue doing it.
I wonder, do you know of any IDE supporting WordPress? which is your IDE of choice? I will be adding more WordPress Code Templates for Aptana so stay tuned!
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