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
Posted in WordPress | Tagged droppin' knowledge on WordPress
Roll Your Own.gs
So I’m working on this top secret (shesh!) app for WP Framework. And during that process, I had to create my own custom CSS Framework. Unlike all the other CSS Frameworks out there, this framework allows you to define your own columns, widths, and gutters (margins). Thus, rollyourown.gs was born. It’s simple, and it works. Once I get ... Read More
Posted in My Projects
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
Posted in WordPress
The Beginning.
If you didn’t already know, I started my first company, Design by Craftsmen earlier this year. Since February, I’ve been working at DBC full-time and I have to say, there’s been some highs and there’s been some lows but overall, it’s been phenomenal! Before I get ahead of myself, I’m pretty sure you’re wondering what exactly ... Read More
Posted in Business | Tagged Design By Craftsmen
I’m pleased to announce the new release of WP Framework 0.3
I just released the latest version of WP Framework today. This release was essential for laying the groundwork for future features and innovations to come. And now that WP Framework is somewhat mature enough, I plan on dedicating more of my time towards actually building WordPress themes on top of the framework. They should serve ... Read More
Posted in WP Framework
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
Posted in WordPress | Tagged droppin' knowledge on WordPress
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
Posted in WordPress