WordPress Template Hierarchy Explained
I did a quick screencast on what the WordPress Template Hierarchy is and why understanding it is one of the first steps to becoming a good WordPress developer.
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Writing & Reflections
Thoughtful writing about systems, stories, frames, and questions. Essays, project notes, and reflections on making, learning, and living with more care and clarity.
My solution to quickly syncing .bash_profile on multiple machines
You know that feeling when you're setting up a brand new server and it's not set up the way you've spent years tweaking it to be?
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Full listing of all WordPress functions
Because I'm a huge nerd and my google search results failed to bring up anything resembling a true listing, I thought I would throw together a little curl, grep and sed magic.
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Debugging server problems step by step
I had recently moved a customized WooCommerce site from MediaTemple GS
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Screencast: Intro to Git
Thought it'd be nice to demo how to set up and get your own repository going with Git.
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My thoughts on WordCamp Grand Rapids 2012
Some thoughts I had on my way home from WordCamp Grand Rapids 2012:
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Grand Rapids slides!
Here are my slides from my talk on WordPress and Version Control from WordCamp Grand Rapids 2012 August 18th.
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Demystifying the black box that is objects and arrays
Something I hear all the time and that was initially the biggest learning for me was understanding the data and the structure of objects that we have to interact with.
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Incremental Array Changes
Something that I've come across recently as I start to build dynamic queries is changing the arguments array ever so slightly.
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