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Addition of SPAM checking to the WordPress Contact plugin
Around this time last year I was writing one of my first WordPress Plugins for a site I was working on at the time, allowing you to add contact details and an email contact form to the site.
Today I spent a bit of time making some adjustments to this plugin, stopping every now and again to debate whether or not to start it from scratch. more…
The Fordoing blog theme is almost done – at last!
If you read this blog now and again you may have spotted s few posts regarding the blog theme I’m putting together for Fordoing, and are probably wondering why it isn’t finished yet.
I wish it could be said that it’s now all done, however there are still a few remaining bits left to tidy up before we’re done. more…
Digging into WordPress unearths even more functionality
Having spent the best part of two solid weeks working with WordPress, I can honestly say that that I’ve learnt a lot more about certain features and methods of implementation.
Working on a new plugin has allowed me to dig further into the way it works and discover features that I never knew existed, including the ability to extend the taxonomies with additional custom fields. more…
How to append image dimensions as class names in WordPress
Following up on yesterdays post about progress on the Fordoing theme, today I found myself coming up with a solution to improve the way the theme works with images within content.
To do this it required the addition of class names to the inserted images specifying both the width and height of the image, in order to apply certain styles to images of a specified width. more…
Are WordPress Plugin authors going too far?
One thing that really bugs me about using other peoples WordPress plugins is how much they pollute admin panels and page markup.
A plugin that we were planning to use today had so much additional, unwanted content it was ridiculous and an alternative found.
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