Jun 15
2011
Client Management Plugin
I’m undertaking the development of a Client Management plugin for WordPress. This is a personal project that should help in keeping track of clients, projects, price quotes, payments and invoices. All this will of course be housed on a personal server to keep sensitive data safe.
Jun 6
2011
A Happy Accident
Even breaking a lens can have a positive side to it. For me it was the re-introduction of playing around with my Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens. I’ve overlooked it for too long.
Jun 6
2011
The New Lowcows.com
Along with a major overhaul of how Lowcows.com runs as a business a new website was needed. While it’s a project for my own benefit I knew the only way to get just what I was after was to treat myself as my own client. From start to finish, every aspect of the new site was done by hand – and I think that really made the difference.
Apr 22
2011
Rebranding Lowcows.com
Changes are coming to Lowcows.com. Time to rebrand, restructure, and add a partner. What does this mean to my clients – nothing except more services and quicker turnaround times.
Apr 10
2011
WordPress Theme Options – Round 2
Re-exploring WordPress Theme Options to make using WordPress features easier to use as options. Looking for a way to add input fields for things like pages, posts, categories, tags and authors and why I think it’s a good addition.
Apr 9
2011
WordPress Categories, RegEx and the Parent/Child Relationship
I couldn’t seem to find a WordPress function that would return an array of all categories in their parent/child relationship order – so I went ahead and coded a way. If you know of a better way, please share. If not, enjoy the code.
Apr 5
2011
DMG Projects – Free Widget Download
DMG Projects is a WordPress widget that will allow you to showcase a page or post on your website. The original idea was for this widget to display a ‘Featured Project’ but because of its flexibility it can be used to showcase nearly anything. Free widget download!
Apr 4
2011
WP Widgets API – Adding Classes and Unique IDs
Adding unique IDs to your multiple use widget can make it extremely easy for your users to style the output. Using the WordPress Widgets API to access the property declarations of the WP_Widget class is the way to go. Learn from some sample code on how to add classed and unique IDs to your output.
Apr 3
2011
Re-coding Some Plugins
I wasn’t happy with two of the plugins that I developed to manage a few things on this website. I had plans to revamp both of them but wasn’t sure exactly what to do with them. Since they were pretty similar and lacking some well needed features, I went ahead and re-coded them from the ground up.
Mar 28
2011
DMG WordPress Theme Options
Looking to add easily add options to your WordPress themes? Look no further – the DMG WP Theme Options (version 2.0) is now available for download. Powerful and feature packed, yet a snap to use. Have a look, try it out and peek at the manual on the page as well. Let me know what you think.
