Plugin support post 7, and plugin development hiatus
It’s time for a new support thread for my WordPress plugins. Please use the comments section of this post for any support questions. Due to my current schedule, I plan to respond to questions mainly on...
View ArticlePlugin support post 8, and Shashin 3.2.6
Please use the comments section of this post for support questions for my WordPress plugins. As I mentioned earlier, my plugins are on development hiatus for the foreseeable future, but I’m still...
View ArticleHandling WordPress meta data and post revisions
I’ve worked with WordPress post meta data and meta boxes extensively in the past, but it’s been a while, and I’m using them in a current project, so I looked online for a refresher. There’s a lot of...
View ArticleThe case against Singletons in WordPress
Eric Mann wrote a thoughtful and detailed argument for using the Singleton pattern in WordPress development. Given the particular nature of the WordPress development environment, his reasoning is...
View ArticleDependency injection for WordPress plugins
In my last post, I criticized the use of the Singleton pattern in WordPress, and presented dependency injection as an alternative. But I presented it in only a very general way. Eric Mann provided...
View ArticlePost to Post Links II WordPress plugin update
I’m starting a round of revisions for all my plugins, and creating screencasts for them. I’m also gradually moving plugin support over to the wordpress.org support forums (instead of using comment...
View ArticleWordPress plugin updates
I’ve added handling for unpublished posts to Post to Post Links II – see the new “Handling Unpublished Posts” section of the documentation page. I’ve updated Extensible HTML Editor Buttons with a...
View ArticleWordPress: community and architecture
In his recent post The Dire State of WordPress, James Shakespeare predicted doom for WordPress if it doesn’t undergo radical architectural change. Henri Bergius followed up with a similar argument in...
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WordCamp Nashville 2013
Mike Toppa presenting "Clean Code" at WordCamp… View at Picasa Mike Toppa presenting "Clean Code" at WordCamp Nashville 201320-Apr-2013 11:18, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7000, 5.6, 68.0mm, 0.017 sec,...
View ArticleShashin 3.4 Beta: please help test
The beta version of Shashin 3.4 is ready. It has a lot of front-end design changes, which means its needs testing in a variety of browsers. So if you’re comfortable installing WordPress plugins...
View ArticleShashin 3.4: responsive design and social sharing
Shashin 3.4 is now available for download at wordpress.org. It has great new features for sharing your photos, and for responsive design (so your pictures will look good on any size display). Check out...
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Get some more coal, it’s time to fire up the old blog engine
I haven’t been blogging for ages – it’s time to fix that. Let’s start with a recap of last night. The monthly philly.rb meetup at the Comcast Center: how good were the presentations? They were just as...
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WordCamp Lancaster
Giving my talk at WordCamp Lancaster Giving my talk at WordCamp Lancaster01-Mar-2014 15:11, HTC EVO, 2.0, 3.63mm, 0.05 sec, ISO 222View at Picasa I’ve lived in the Philly area more than 10 years,...
View ArticleDiscontinuing WordPress plugin support
I posted a message in the WordPress.org support forums a couple months ago saying that I was temporarily discontinuing support for my Shashin plugin. I was single-parenting for over a month, and...
View ArticleThe case against Singletons in WordPress
Eric Mann wrote a thoughtful and detailed argument for using the Singleton pattern in WordPress development. Given the particular nature of the WordPress development environment, his reasoning is...
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Rails and WordPress, BostonRB and WordCamp Boston
I recently moved from Philadelphia to Boston, and my house is currently overflowing with half-unpacked boxes. Despite all the craziness of moving (or perhaps because of it…), I was a speaker at...
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Mike’s Talk on Dependency Injection for PHP
Mike Toppa speaking at Boston PHP Yesterday at the Boston PHP meetup I gave a talk on Dependency Injection for PHP. It went really well and I got a bunch of great questions at the end. Our speaker Mike...
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WordCamp Nashville 2016: The promise and peril of Agile and Lean practices
Presenting “the promise and peril of Agile and Lean practices” at WordCamp Nashville 2016 I’ve spoken at WordCamp Nashville every year since it started in 2012, and it was an honor to be invited back...
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