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Every client site has different needs. I keep getting better at tailoring WordPress to meet the unique CMS needs of clients. I would like to lead a discussion to talk about some of the things I’ve learned and hear how … Continue reading WordPress as Custom CMS →

Making the internet a good experience for everyone is hard, but there are some additional challenges you face when users don’t fit the usual stereotypes.  Accessibility is the term used to describe making the web usable for those with disabilities. … Continue reading Lessons From Making Millions of Websites More Accessible →

Piklist is not your standard plugin… it’s a system for adding power to your website.  Turn WordPress into a full-featured Contact Manager, Order Management system, customer portal and anything else you can think of. Piklist provides all the pieces you … Continue reading Building Powerful Websites and Web Applications with Piklist →

Rarely do you find a developer tool that the fashion-conscious would envy: a tool that functions and inspires. It is capability bundled with simplicity, a web tooling environment that gets you started with apps like WordPress and combines five products … Continue reading WebMatrix: uber geek in designer clothes →

Rewrites can be a tricky thing to deal with in WordPress, however they’re key to organized URLs and SEO optimization. I’ll review some of the basics of rewrites in WP, the Apache rewrite module, and implementing custom rewrite rules. If … Continue reading Rewrites Review →

One of the best things about WordPress is its beautiful admin UI. As developers, we should take advantage of what is built-in and also strive to have our additions look as though they are native, erasing the line between where … Continue reading Making Custom Content Management Disappear into the WordPress Admin →

Presentation for theme designers and plugin developers on how to leverage custom post types taxonomies and thumbnails to achieve elegant functionality for common elements like photo galleries, slideshows, press releases, downloads, pulling related posts/content and more. How to implement simple … Continue reading Accomplish More With Core →

Writing documentation can be the least fun part of writing your plugin or theme. But it’s an essential step in teaching your users how to use your WordPress product. This presentation will cover how developers and business owners can produce … Continue reading Killer Docs for Killer Devs →

Most complex WordPress plug-ins and themes need to add new features to WordPress administration, from special post meta boxes, to new widgets, to whole new administrative options and pages. When you build your administrative extensions, do you stop and ask … Continue reading What would core do? Extending with class and consistency →