AJAX has become all the rage in the past couple of years and for good reason. AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a way to have a “conversation” with the server and display the results without reloading the page. This technique allows us to refresh “Like” counters, add items to a shopping cart, create dynamic forms and...
I think it was Shakespeare who once said, “To sidebar, or not to sidebar, that is the question.” Shakespeare was a smart dude. He knew that the best way to go about making a major life decision was to stop, take a moment to think through the potential consequences of that choice, and speak it...
While there are plenty of articles about translating WordPress, very few of them go into specific details of how this is done and managed on a day-to-day basis. What happens when you change something in the code? What happens when you add new strings? What happens when you update a plugin to a new version? These are...
Managing a WordPress Multisite network can be a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be if you have the right tools. But what are the best tools for Multisite? There’s always a lot of discussion on the WPMU DEV forums about this very topic, so I asked our support crew and developers what...
Upgrading your website’s theme to the latest version is highly recommended, not only because it ensures you have all the latest features, but you’ll also be up-to-date with any security patches. There are many ways to upgrade a WordPress theme. In this post, we’ll look at a few different methods, from automatically upgrading to ensuring...
We’ve been covering quite a few WordPress web development topics recently, so you’ve probably already heard about hooks, actions, and filters. These are an essential part of the using the event-driven architecture used by WordPress. And they are your path to creating your own custom “version” of WordPress to suit your needs. In a Nutshell Hooks,...
Contact Form 7 is a fantastic free plugin for adding contact forms to a WordPress site. But despite its ease of use and reliability, it’s missing a lot of features out-of-the-box. I recently showed how you can style Contact Form 7 with the help of plugins. In this post, I’ll show you how to extend Contact...
