I recently worked on a WordPress project to make a site for an exhibition event (vendors in booths gathered in one place). The client wanted to have floor map that would show which booths were taken, and which were still available (there were over 130 booths). Normally, this would require a graphic that would have… Read more »
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Redirect to Dashboard after login with WooCommerce enabled
Recently, I had to work on a site that had a few things going on: It had some users with custom roles, and capabilities Those users had a simplified dashboard WooCommerce was enabled. The problem was that when those users logged in, WooCommerce would redirect them to the “My Account” page, instead of their simplified dashboard…. Read more »
Advanced Custom Fields Google Maps Tutorial
Update (Oct. 31, 2016): Google Maps now requires that you have an API Key in order to add maps via ACF. The tutorial reflects this new requirement. One of my go-to plugins is Advanced Custom Fields. It is versatile, and makes adding custom fields to posts, pages, custom post types, and even user profiles a breeze…. Read more »
Move WordPress from MAMP to a Server
There are many ways in which you can migrate your WordPress site from MAMP into its final home, to make it “live”. The way I’m going to show, has worked well for beginners. What you will need: Access to the cPanel (or similar) on your server Migrate DB plugin (or similar) in your local installation… Read more »
Integrate Isotope with WordPress, Part 2 (Categories)
A few months ago I wrote a post on how to integrate Isotope with WordPress. Since then, I’ve received some requests on showing how to limit it to one category. In this tutorial I will show how to add the Isotope code and scripts to a template, filtering the posts that belong to one category by… Read more »
Integrating Isotope with WordPress
Isotope is a very powerful jQuery plugin that allows you to create sortable, filterable (I’m sure that’s a word) masonry layouts (although you can have other layouts as well). Isotope is free for personal use (a commercial license costs $25, and an organizational license $90). In this tutorial I will show how to add the Isotope… Read more »
Advanced Custom Fields Image Object Tutorial
Update (10/11/2016): I added some escaping to the examples. Better safe than sorry. When creating an image custom field in Advanced Custom Fields, it gives you the option of setting the “Return Value” as an “Image Object”.
My new best friend: ajax_query_attachments_args
I’m working on a site were users will have extra fields in their profiles, among them, a user picture. To achieve this, I used Advanced Custom Fields. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! The problem was that when a user went to upload or chose a file for their picture profile, it showed all media files, from… Read more »