Category archives: WordPress
On using WordPress Theme Frameworks
In my last post, Kel from BadCat design brought up a very important question about theme frameworks that needs to be discussed: On the same path… If you have a child theme (I’ll use Ian Stewart’s pro/paid Thematic child theme called Power Blog, as the example) and want to customize that – what do you do? ... Read More
Does your theme have children?
When working with WordPress theme frameworks or any parent theme, sometimes you might want to figure out whether a child theme is active or not. Here’s a quick function that’ll do exactly that: function has_kids() { if (STYLESHEETPATH !== TEMPLATEPATH) return true; return false; } if ( has_kids() ) { // do stuff } This function works whether you call it from a ... Read More
Page Specific Loading
Vladimir Prelovac just posted some neat tips for plugin developers over on mashable. Here’s one that I really think needs more attention: #8 WordPress plugins can sometimes be a real resource hog. To make sure your plugin isn’t, you need to localize the usage of resources, by loading them only when you need them. You can use the ... Read More
Droppin’ knowledge on WordPress: How to preset widgets to widget areas
I thought this would be the perfect time to introduce a new type of post I’ll be writing here at ptahd.com. Droppin’ knowledge on WordPress. Tips, tricks and lessons learned using WordPress. Everyone needs knowledge dropped on them about WordPress. Here, I’ll break it down so everybody’s in the loop! So, how do you preset widgets ... Read More
What is the Future of WordPress themes?
Last month, Ian sent me simple question: What is the Future of WordPress themes? I wanted to reply but my answer ended up being too long (500 word limit). Instead, I’ll answer his question here: What is the Future of WordPress themes? First off, Noel has an extraordinary post on what he thinks about the future (of ... Read More
So we need a new term to describe widgets
There’s been an interesting discussion on Justin Tadlock’s blog about replacing “sidebar” in WordPress. It originally spawned 10 months ago by Ian Stewart, but no progress has been made. It seems as if Justin already choose what he feels is correct for his Hybrid theme, but whatever that is, he’ll probably have to change it ... Read More
On localizing your WordPress Themes and Plugins
I have to say, my views about localization and making your theme/plugin transalatable in different languages are completely aligned with Andrew Ozh’s post “echo __(’I Hate Localizing My Plugins. How About Something Different?’);.” The process of localization is a bit tedious and WP Framework hasn’t been localized because of this. Although it will eventaully become localized, that’s something ... Read More
A quick word on WordPress Child Themes
We all know and love the godfather of the child themes movement, Ian Stewart from Themeshaper. Yes, I’m calling him a godfather. He’s constantly advocating the promises and benefits on why you should be using child themes right now to customize your WordPress theme, and he’s right. You should. However, child themes aren’t the end ... Read More