I will be speaking at WordCamp Kansas City on July 11-13, 2014. My presentation is called “Using Sass in Your WordPress Projects”. If you are in the KC area I would highly encourage you to attend.
Speaking at WordCamp Kansas City 2014
Using Filters to Extend Restrict Content Pro Email Notices
Restrict Content Pro is a membership plugin for WordPress. A client wanted us to add some new functionality to the plugin. Here’s how we did it without breaking the plugin.
Fixing WordPress Posts Not Displaying on Facebook
The other day I ran across an issue where a WordPress site’s posts weren’t displaying correctly on Facebook when I pasted in the URL. Usually when I paste a link in the status update bar of Facebook it will automatically pull in the post’s title, short excerpt, and a thumbnail. For some reason this particular […]
Build a Membership Site at the Fort Collins WordPress Meetup
Updated: Here is the PDF of my presentation from the meetup on Building a Membership Site with WordPress. Tonight at the Fort Collins WordPress meetup I will be presenting on setting up your own membership site with WordPress. A membership site lets you trade your expertise on a subject for recurring monthly revenue. WordPress offers […]
Testing, Not Assumptions
Last night I got an emergency email from one of my clients. A new section of their website wasn’t working correctly. I quickly checked the site and discovered that a new feature that had been implemented a few days back was malfunctioning. I looked through the code, but everything seemed fine there. I updating any […]
Submit Your WordPress Site to Google in 5 Minutes Flat
After you create your new WordPress site, it is important to let the world know it exists. One of the best ways to do that is to submit your sitemap to Google. What is a sitemap? A sitemap is an easy way for Google to crawl your site and know what pages and posts you […]
5 Tips and Tricks for Gravity Forms
I use Gravity Forms on almost every project I work on. It can build basic contact forms quickly and easily, but it can do so much more. I’ve put together a few tips and tricks I’ve learned over the past couple years working with the plugin. Feel free to add your own in the comments. […]
Fort Collins WordPress Meetup 2014 Kickoff
The Fort Collins WordPress Meetup is back for 2014! Our first meetup of the year will be on January 28 at 6:30 PM at Pateros Creek Brewery. We will be discussing the free Jetpack plugin and answering your WordPress questions. You can RSVP here. Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin built by the development team […]
Presenting at WordCamp Denver 2013
On Saturday, November 16, I’ll be presenting at WordCamp Denver 2013. The title of my talk is FTP Commando to Git Hero. During my presentation I’ll cover my journey over the past year implementing version control and deployment into my WordPress development workflow. Here is an outline of my presentation: Discuss some of the pitfalls […]
Day One Notes from CSS Dev Conf 2013
I’m currently attending the CSS Dev Conference in Estes Park. Yesterday I sat through a day of presentations from the best and brightest in front end development. Here are a few highlights. Zoe Gillenwater Zoe spoke on the power of one and the importance of learning. She also discussed the need to push ourselves as […]