WordPress

Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
September 4, 2013

Case Study: Website Design by Market Segment

One challenge we face time and time again is a client's desire to feature everything on the home page. When a content manager has…
August 14, 2013

Swiftype: Better WordPress Search

It's well known that the search functionality built into WordPress isn't awesome. The Swiftype Search plugin changes that, improving on the default search in…
August 13, 2013

Tribe Events Conditionals

I've used the Event Calendar Pro plugin on quite a few sites. They just released a totally re-written version of the code, which is…
August 9, 2013

Meta box vs WordPress widget sidebars

Looking for opinions on using the standard WP sidebar vs meta boxes for 'aside' type info... I've got a current project in development that…
July 30, 2013

Goodbye to a great client

It's a bittersweet day as KPCW radio in Park City will be going live tomorrow with a new website. They'll be implementing NPR's 'Core…
June 20, 2013

WP Migrate DB Pro

The one thing that makes developing in a local environment hard is keeping databases synced. This (paid) plugin for WordPress can do it right…
December 19, 2012

Replace Navigation Text with Icon Font

Looking to replace a navigation item with an icon font in WordPress? This little snippet placed in functions.php will do just that: add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu',…
July 19, 2012

SVG & PNG Image Test

While I have yet to get my hands on either an iPad or Macbook Pro with a retina display, it's clear that high resolution…
April 2, 2012

What Template File am I Viewing?

When developing a custom theme I often find myself needing to know exactly what template WordPress is currently using to display the page. I…
March 21, 2012

There’s no F11 key for awesome website

A colleague of mine and I used say, there's no F11 key for awesome design. This means good design takes work, and while your…