Presentation I’ll be presenting at the April 7, 2014 Philly Burbs WordPress Meetup on Bare Minimum Git. A walk-through on how to get you and your team up and running with Git using a minimal workflow. This is an interactive talk so please bring your laptop. Summary Using Git has been an invaluable addition to my […]
Bathroom Clock Lifehack
My Wife is a Genius – The Bathroom Clock Every morning as I got ready for work, I’d bring my watch into the bathroom to make sure I was ready on time. Every once in a while I’d forget my watch and have to go get it. Despite this constant use, I wasn’t smart enough […]
WordPress Presentations
I’m interested in doing some presentations at the Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup and have been brainstorming ideas. I’m sharing my list here and I’m certainly open to feedback or recommendations. My Web Development Milestones Over the years as a web developer, there has been certain changes or tools I’ve adopted that have had a dramatic […]
Git Conflict Compiled Sass Files
I’ve been using both Git and Sass for some time now. These two tools have had a huge positive impact on my development. The issue that arises when combining Git and Sass is when checking in compiled CSS, it is common to get conflicts with other contributors on the Git repository. Don’t Check in Your […]
Command Line List Files in Tree View
List all subfolders with formatted output ls -R | grep “:$” | sed -e ‘s/:$//’ -e ‘s/[^-][^\/]*\//–/g’ -e ‘s/^/ /’ -e ‘s/-/|/’ From: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10402034-263.html
Google Authorship on WordPress.org
UPDATE: Google is removing author images from search results making this tip much less useful. As you can see, when you search “wordpress stop emails plugin” on Google, in addition to my Stop Emails WordPress Plugin on WordPress.org, you are treated to my smiling face. Feel free to try it yourself, https://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+stop+emails+plugin Google Authorship A great […]
Google Indexing 301 Redirect
While SEO is not my focus of expertise, it is an interesting field which impacts the work I do. I was surprised when fellow developer Dustyn Doyle pointed out to me that Google was indexing 301 redirects. Based on my research, I couldn’t find any of these 301 redirect links coming up in general searches; […]
Create Offline Copy of a Website
Sometimes you need to make a copy of a website for offline use. There are a number of offline website downloader tools I’ve found helpful for this task. Offline Website Downloaders Unix Command line wget -p -k http://www.example.com/ Mac Application SiteSucker Windows Application HTTrack Why Would You Do This? Using these tools has allowed me […]
Iron Code Studio WordPress Development
I’m excited to announce I’ve started my own WordPress development company, Iron Code Studio. In addition to my new development company, I will be continuing my role as Senior Developer at LaunchDM. Iron Code Studio specializes in custom WordPress Theme and Plugin development, specifically using the Studiopress Genesis Framework and the Bootstrap front-end framework. In […]
How to Name a File
Naming a file, while seemingly an easy task has a number of nuances to it. Here are some tips to improve your file naming. A rose by any other name, would smell just as sweet but would be more difficult to locate. Use all lowercase letters A combination of upper and lowercase letters in a […]