ThoughtCraft

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.

WordCamp Chicago 2011

WordCamp Chicago 2011

So I just got back home from the first day of Chicago's WordCamp 2011 held at the lovely Depaul University in downtown Chicago. Man, what a great experience - I just love the inspiration and the idea sharing that goes on at these conferences.

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Adding a redirect link from a post (or page)

Adding a redirect link from a post (or page)

I just had a client request that for his home page posts that were being displayed, have them link instead to a permanent page. The type of content that they were linking to was longer term and the posts that were being displayed were created just as excerpts.

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It's about time

It's about time

If you have to use Internet Explorer, at least make sure you're using the newest one.

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get_template_part and Custom Templates

get_template_part and Custom Templates

In building the Centegra physician directory back in WordPress 3.0, there was no real way to use WordPress to display out a listing or archive of your custom posts.

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My Web Design Workflow

My Web Design Workflow

I develop primarily on two mac computers, synced via DropBox. For local development I use MAMP.

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Displaying a custom header based on URL

Displaying a custom header based on URL

So I recently ran across a situation on Centegra's website where I had set up our header image to show an image based on the section or area it's in.

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