Theme Hook Alliance First Pass (1.0-draft)

After I published my previous post detailing the proposed Theme Hook Alliance, I decided to put virtual pen to virtual paper and started the themehookalliance project over on github. A couple of train rides later, I feel like I’m ready for folks to start commenting on it. So please, if this effort interests you in [...]

Posted by Doug on July 2nd, 2012 | 6 Comments Posted in WordPress

WordPress Theme Hook Alliance

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Konstantin Kovshenin posted an interesting piece decrying WordPress theme frameworks1 and the extra amounts of work that they (can) require to get working Just The Right Way. Essentially, his complaint comes down to having to re-learn a system of hooks and filters in order to be cognizant of, if not competent with each of the [...]

Posted by Doug on June 29th, 2012 | 26 Comments Posted in WordPress

My Philly Tech Week “Intro To WordPress Plugins” Presentation

As a part of Philly Tech Week, we held a WordPress-related class at the Inquirer/Daily News building on North Broad in Center City. It was a good event and well-attended. Video may well be forthcoming, but for those looking for an earlier crack at the presentation I made, here’s the slide deck from my talk [...]

Posted by Doug on April 26th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in WordPress

Elbee Elgee 1.3.2 Approved; 1.3.3 Incoming

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I’ve released Elbee Elgee version 1.3.2 to the WordPress.org themes repository. The update got a clean bill of health and should be showing up in your WordPress Updates screens as soon as the Powers That Be mark it for “sync”. This is a small update that addresses the menu issues some folks were seeing involving [...]

Posted by Doug on December 13th, 2011 | 28 Comments Posted in Elbee Elgee, Open Source Software, WordPress

My WordCamp Philly 2011 Presentation: “Adding A Social ‘Stache To WordPress: BuddyPress, bbPress And Beyond”

The official WordCamp Philly blog has it right: #WCPhilly 2011 was a great success. We had awesome speakers, awesome sponsors, great volunteers and a ton of very enthusiastic WordPress users turn out for a wonderful weekend. My presentation is embedded below. Warning: contains dangerous levels of mustache. Adding a Social 'Stache to WordPress: BuddyPress, bbPress [...]

Posted by Doug on November 7th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Blogging, WordPress

Elbee Elgee Version 1.3/1.3.1 Aka “The Tabbed One”

After a healthy delay, I’ve released Elbee Elgee 1.3 to the Dot Org Theme Repository. I’ve added a few things worth noting. Tabbed Admin Options The first change that I’m rather proud of is the inclusion of tabbed admin interface elements. While the code powering this setup could use some optimization and simplification, this tabbed [...]

Posted by Doug on October 19th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in WordPress
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