Posted by Dan Romanchik on Dec 26, 2011 in
WordPress
I am in the process of creating a WP site that is part of a family of WP sites. Each site has its own database, but I need to include information about posts on the secondary sites on the main site. To do this, I have to open the database of secondary site in question [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Aug 4, 2011 in
WordPress
I manage about a dozen WordPress sites and really love the ease with which you can update it. Basically, all you have to do is click a few links, and your WordPress installation automatically upgrades itself. I’ve performed dozens of updates, and despite the admonition to back up your site, they’ve all gone without a [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Mar 2, 2011 in
Web Design,
Web Development,
WordPress
Magicians are known for making things disappear. Well, web developers can be magicians, too. Let me explain. One of the websites I’m currently working on uses WordPress as a content-management system, and the theme I’m using is a cusomization of the Thesis theme. (I’m not particularly enthralled with Thesis, but the client is, and what [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Dec 24, 2010 in
Web Development,
WordPress
I’ve developed a WordPress plugin that implements a simple membership database. It allows you to add, delete, and edit member information as well as print out a membership directory on a WordPress page or in a post using a shortcode. Click on the Member Database Plugin link above to get more info and to download [...]
Tags: member directory, plugin
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Sep 29, 2010 in
Web Development,
WordPress
I’m currently working on website that is using WordPress as a content-management system. I’m doing all the coding while my partner is doing all the design. One of the elements of the design is that she wants to display different images in the sidebar of different pages. I figured that the best way to do [...]
Posted by Dan Romanchik on Sep 10, 2010 in
Web Development,
WordPress
I’m currently learning how to develop custom themes for WordPress. Part of that is learning how to do custom widgets. Often, adding code like this to an open-source project is difficult and not fun. I’m happy to report that this is not so with WordPress. I Googled “custom wordpress widgets” and found the article “Creating [...]