Category Archives: WordPress

Customize admin menu colors in WordPress 3.2 (the easy way)

The updates to the admin UI in WordPress 3.2 are pretty great. I love the new interface. The only thing I didn’t love was the loss of the blocky header and footer of the admin section—that was the easiest and fastest way to customize the look of the admin area for client’s sites (or for [...]

I’m going to WordCamp Chicago!

A couple of days ago, my plane tickets were purchased and my hotel reservation was made. I’m headed to WordCamp Chicago! Brave New Media, the company I work for, is sending me along with our other (awesome) developer, Jerry Kramer. I’ll definitely be tweeting throughout the event, and you can expect a post or two [...]

WPMU Dev Copyright Infringement: Looking at the Code

I’ve followed all the hubbub online about WPMU Dev‘s copyright infringement on Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin. There are some people taking sides, and I haven’t vocally been one of them until now.

Email obfuscation in WordPress

For those who don’t know about the antispambot() function in WordPress, it automatically obfuscates email addresses so it’s safe to use mailto: links. It turns email@example.com into email@example.com . Cool, huh?

Introducing Bolts, a WordPress Parent Theme

I could endlessly tinker with Bolts, adding one more feature or making one more change before release, but then it would never reach 1.0. So, without further adieu, here it is: Bolts 1.0 It’s not perfect, but nothing ever is. Please enjoy using it, and I welcome any and all feedback! The fact that Bolts is [...]

Mastering the TinyMCE Styles Dropdown in the WordPress Visual Editor

I’ll just come out and say it: I write my blog posts in the visual editor. Yes, it may be blasphemy for a developer to do that, but I just don’t care. I like seeing the post I’m writing come to life as I’m writing it. Since I’m such a fan of the visual editor, [...]

WordPress Settings API Tutorial Follow-Up

I received a lot of feedback on my Settings API tutorial (thank you so much!) and a few people found some bugs. There was also confusion on how to reference these options in the theme. Well, I have an updated class file and answers to your questions in this post!

Bolts issue tracker now up and running

I’m now even closer to reaching Bolts 1.0! I’ve gotten some feedback for Bolts Beta, and it’s been very helpful. In the spirit of really squashing every bug and optimizing every feature, I’ve put up an issue tracker site to, well, track the issues. Visit the Themejack Tracker Update 6/4/11: We’re setting up Themejack at [...]

Bolts WordPress Parent Theme: Beta Release

For the past several months, I’ve been working on developing a parent theme to use for Barrett Creative’s upcoming premium themes, as well as for client and personal projects. It’s called Bolts (as in “nuts and bolts”) and it’s meant to make theme development swift and simple. It’s got some cool extras built in, like [...]

New WordPress Sugar for Espresso

Update 11/15/11: The sugar is now compatible with Espresso 2! Download version 2.0 below. (Thank you for this, Diego!) Update 3/7/11: I’ve updated this to include several functions that were missing from autocomplete. Download version 1.3 below. Here it is! I finally updated my Espresso sugar for WordPress 3.1. I rewrote the functions list to include [...]