When you're working with custom post types, sometimes the post title isn't a title. It might be a person's name, a building number, or a course code (just to take a few examples from universities). So it's great that WordPress has a simple filter that makes it easy to customize … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gem: enter_title_here filter
Upcoming events for 2016: WPCampus, Content Strategy Summit, HighEdWeb
Tonight (and about once a month from now on), I'll be at the College Station WordPress Meetup. We're going to build a site from scratch as a demo for newbies. The second, smaller conference room will be available for advanced developers to chat. Locals, I hope to see you … [Read more...] about Upcoming events for 2016: WPCampus, Content Strategy Summit, HighEdWeb
Category (or taxonomy) drill-down pages
WordPress category archives are very inclusive. They list all the posts in a category, including all the child categories. This is also true for all other hierarchical taxonomies. If you have a deep hierarchy, it might make more sense to have your users drill down until they … [Read more...] about Category (or taxonomy) drill-down pages
WordPress Hidden Gem: Closed meta boxes filter
Sometimes, rather than hiding a meta box via screen options altogether, I want the box to be closed until the user opens it. WordPress has a filter that lets you add box IDs to the list of things that should be closed. The filter names are different for each post type. If you … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gem: Closed meta boxes filter
WordPress Hidden Gem: screen option defaults filter
I love the fact that a lot of the meta boxes on the WordPress Edit screens are hidden by default. Did you know that it's really easy to specify which boxes should be hidden? This is great if you're building sites for clients with lots of plugins that add meta boxes, but you want … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gem: screen option defaults filter
Redirect imported content to WordPress URLs
Are you importing posts from another CMS? Do you want to avoid an .htaccess file with a million redirects? Of course you do! Step 1: store your old pages' paths in a custom field during your import. Step 2: adapt this little function to your site. When a user lands on a 404 … [Read more...] about Redirect imported content to WordPress URLs
Better 404 error messages for private posts and pages
When a non-logged-in reader visits a private WordPress post or page, she gets a 404 "not found" error message, as if the post didn't exist at all. That's great if you don't want the world to know that the post exists, but what if you're doing something less clandestine, like … [Read more...] about Better 404 error messages for private posts and pages
A better color scheme chooser for Genesis
Most Genesis themes come with several color schemes. However, most of the time, these feature one prominent color. The built-in color scheme chooser is therefore a simple dropdown list of color names: Red, Green, and so on. When I started talking to the Berkeley College of … [Read more...] about A better color scheme chooser for Genesis
Where has Stephanie been for the last year?
To sum up in one word: depression. There are lots and lots of other symptoms and side effects wrapped up in that. Chronic fatigue. Insomnia. (Often in combination; what fun!) Medication changes, with all the shenanigans that entails. Apathy. Lack of focus, also known as "brain … [Read more...] about Where has Stephanie been for the last year?
Pro tip: a “women in…” industry panel should include, y’know, women.
Denver ComicCon's Women in Comics panel on Saturday featured... no women. Let's have the allmalepanels Hasselhoff of approval, folks: When asked about this, the convention's PR rep responded with a prime example of how not to respond to questions about your problematic … [Read more...] about Pro tip: a “women in…” industry panel should include, y’know, women.
