Automattic quietly introduced a new Jetpack feature in 2.2. Online documentation is still in process, and it’s not even listed in the changelog; but it’s something all theme developers can take advantage of right now. It’s called Featured Content.
Using the WordPress Theme Customizer to choose between excerpts or full content
In this Theme Customizer tutorial, we’ll give our users a choice of how they would like their posts presented on the blog page: excerpts, or full post content.
Adding a logo uploader to your WordPress theme with the Theme Customizer
Let’s create a logo uploader using the new Theme Customizer, which was released with WordPress 3.4. This will allow users to place an image in our theme’s header; if no logo has been uploaded, we’ll fall back to displaying the site title and description instead.
Working with Jetpack and wordpress.com accounts
I’ve written a quick article explaining how to best connect your Jetpack-enabled sites to wordpress.com accounts. View it over on wordpress.com.
Getting Started With WordPress Theme Development
WordCamp Montreal 2012 was held this past August 18-19, and on the Sunday, I gave a talk about getting started with WordPress theme development (slides are available here).
Adding a sub-menu indicator to parent menu items
It’s very handy from a UI perspective to indicate which menu items have a sub-menu beneath them. We’ll have to get dirty for this one.
Montreal Dev Meetup: Demystifying The Theme Review Process
I’ll be giving a talk this Thursday, February 2nd, at the Montreal WordPress Dev Meetup. In the spotlight, the theme review process…
Using XML to define translatable strings in WPML
FInd out how to use XML to translate those last pesky elements of a theme.
Getting the most out of WordPress premium themes
A WordPress premium theme can give your website a quantum leap, but make sure to do some homework first – they are most definitely not created equal.
WooThemes and doing it right
I’ve been a fan of WooThemes since discovering them a few months ago. Oddly enough, I find their flagship product kind of frustrating, but so far I’ve stuck with them; here’s why.