I actually use free online development environments to test, such as c9. It allows very quick installation and setup of wordpress. You can easily try different plugins/codes without endangering your files. Moreover, if you mess any thing up you can always delete that installation and create a new one. Another great feature is the cloning … Read more
Development environment
How to have yearly versions of same site with different content (like yearly conferences)?
Using Git for theme code/plugins could be a good option while you can use a common db in order to be sure that you all have the same data entry. This way you can easily update everyone local repository or review past code and you can keep relating with your collaborators without expecting different layout … Read more
WooCommerce – buying as well as selling
Good question, there are a number of approaches and it depends on what you want to achieve. I often do; add_action( ‘plugins_loaded’, array( ‘someClassy’, ‘init’ )); class someClassy { public static function init() { $class = __CLASS__; new $class; } public function __construct() { //construct what you see fit here… } //etc… } A more … Read more
As per your requirement, Just create two categories like cat1 and cat2. After that, you can assign categories from the Post A and Post B. Then WordPress creates the default URL Like this: Post A: example.com/cat1/post-a Post B: example.com/cat2/post-b
Create brand-new re-designed site without affecting live site?
I would not give them control over the actual name of the post type. What if they rename it to revision or attachment? Big time site wreckage potential there. I’d say stick with the more “trivial” things; basically, only those things that don’t go into the database: labels, rewrite settings (although that could be potentially … Read more
I’d recommend the following: (no affiliation) https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/ For some reason I’ve had odd experiences with the search and replace db plugin recently. Also, I’d avoid using the defines in your wp-config.php file as some plugins do not use it and show strange behavior. Better to update the wp-options table for those two options if at … Read more