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August 9, 2015
Setting Up a Jekyll Blog - Part 4
So now that we know how to get started with building the structure of our site we can start styling. Since Jekyll is based on Ruby it makes sense that the preprocessor of choice is Sass/SCSS. I...
ReadAugust 6, 2015
Using Trello to Manage Your Blog Posts
So I have been trying to get in the habit of writing more but to do that it helps to have a bank of ideas. So I do not have to sit down and try to find something to write about. I've really liked...
ReadAugust 4, 2015
Change URLs On Your WP Engine Install
We recently switched to WP Engine which is an excellent choice for WordPress hosting. Managed hosting I believe is the best way to host a WordPress site. However it does have some quirks compared to...
ReadAugust 2, 2015
Is Apple Pay, Coin, etc. Helpful?
Are "card consolidators" like Apple Pay, Coin, etc. useful? I would say it depends on, it really depends on where you shop and if you are ok still bringing a backup card. I have been using both Apple...
ReadJuly 29, 2015
Setting Up a Jekyll Blog - Part 3
Jekyll uses a templating language named Liquid developed at Shopify. This gives you so extra abiliteis above that of plain old HTML. Such as conditionals, loops, access to variables, etc. which...
ReadJuly 25, 2015
Shortcode API You're Doing It Wrong
Few things first I am only using You're Doing It Wrong because WordPress core uses that internally so please do not take offense to it. Second for full disclosure I'm not a big fan of shortcodes in...
ReadJuly 23, 2015
WordCamp USA City Chosen
So the WordCamp USA city has been chosen Philadelphia Matt Mullenweg announced it today. I was really hoping for Chicago since it is close and I really like it up there. However Philadelphia I am...
ReadJuly 19, 2015
My 5ish Favorite Atom Plugins
So I have been migrating from using Sublime Text lately after using it exclusively for the past 3 or so years to Atom. So I figured I would document my current 5 or so favorite plugins. I am sure a...
ReadJuly 18, 2015
WP Better Attachments v1.3.11 Released
WP Better Attachments version 1.3.11 has been relased to wordpress.org. If you have a question feel free to ask it on the support forums or open an issue on Github. You can find the list of changes...
ReadJuly 18, 2015
WPBA Thoughts and Road Map
Thank you to all who participated in the survey about WP Better Attachments Re-write. It did help to reinforce a few things I already thought. Primarialy the cropping portion probably would be best...
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