Articles tagged ‘WordPress

Theme Inheritance

WordPress 2.7 will allow child themes to override the templates of its parent theme. In this article, I explore the ramifications and possible applications of this change.

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The State of the Art

WordPress 2.6, Tarski 2.2, the WordPress theme directory, PHP and JavaScript development.

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Detect Current Page Template

Detect the template in use by the current page—no SQL required.

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Adding Custom WordPress Hooks

How to add custom API hooks to your WordPress theme.

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The WordPress Community Does Not Exist

Or at any rate, it’s so vague a term as to be essentially vacuous.

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Raising Requirements

Why the next version of Tarski will require a recent version of WordPress.

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Sandpits

Sandpits in childhood and in web development.

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Surprises

Tarski 1.2 and the pleasant surprise of people volunteering to help with your project.

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Foot in Mouth

A response to some slightly foolish comments about customisation in WordPress themes.

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The Nesting Instinct

People love to customise their websites. We should be helping them to do so.

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Pressed Words

The wonders of WordPress, including clever code, a clean interface and fantastic functionality.

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