Aliso the Geek

A coder in love with WordPress

Monthly Archives: February, 2010

WordPress template tags auto-complete Sugar for Espresso

Here’s a WordPress Sugar I made for Espresso. For the non-Mac or non-coders: Espresso is a web developing program that I’ve been trying out. It’s been the only thing sweet enough to get me to switch from Coda. Extensions for Espresso are called Sugars.

ColorBoxes: my latest WordPress plugin

ColorBoxes is my latest WordPress plugin, allowing users to easily insert alert-style messages at the top of any page or post. Just like SimpleMap, this plugin was born out of a need on a client’s website. I needed a foolproof way for these alerts to be made without going into the HTML editor and making <div> tags with custom classes.

10 great resources for WordPress developers

In the spirit of learning new WordPress development techniques, I thought I’d share the ten resources I use the most. These cover a lot of best practices that are a great baseline for solid plugin & theme development. Here they are, in no particular order.

Mass Effect 2 in review

Mass Effect 2 is the long-awaited sequel to Mass Effect, a fantastic RPG from Bioware. The wait was well worth it! Here’s my review of this amazing new chapter of the Mass Effect story.