OS Windows 7 x64 Using PhpStorm excellent non-free IDE, a lot of focus on speed and productivity Xdebug debugger, a lot of useful functions to dump, trace stack, profile WinSCP secure file transfer, folders sync, remote editing, backup Uniform Server WAMP stack, portable, up to date components Internet Explorer Collection easy way to have multiple … Read more
Okay, I’ve had two big projects where I’ve been in control of the server enough to namespace and rely on autoloading. First up. Autoloading is awesome. Not worrying about requires is a relatively good thing. Here’s a loader I’ve been using on a few projects. Checks to make sure the class is in the current … Read more
The plugins are loaded right before theme (yes, I’ve been looking for excuse to use this): However it is wrong to think about either as point of code execution. For most cases everything should be hooked and executed no earlier than init hook. According to Codex widget registration with register_widget() should be hooked to widget_init. … Read more
I got around this problem by doing the following steps. Find out screensize we will call this <screenwidth> and <screenheight> for now. I made my browser fullscreen. I used Chrome for this as the header bar disappeared and I got the full screen height for my screenshot. This is not necesary however. If you have … Read more
You should look into wp_enqueue_script() and wp_enque_style(), they’ll handle the assembly and placement of the script/style tag, and the dependancy order – inside of your header (via wp_head()) or footer if you like to load your assets at the bottom of your page. So, for your example, something like add_action( “wp_enqueue_scripts”, function(){ wp_enqueue_style( ‘mythemelightbox’, get_template_directory_uri().’/lightbox2-master/lightbox2-master/src/css/lightbox.css’, … Read more
I would start with this question: Is the functionality related to presentation of content, or with generation/management of content, or of the site, or of the user identity? If the functionality is not related specifically to presentation of content, then it is squarely within Plugin Territory. This list is long: Modifying core WP filters (wp_head … Read more
You need a custom walker for the nav menu. Basically, you add a parameter ‘walker’ to the wp_nav_menu() options and call an instance of an enhanced class: wp_nav_menu( array ( ‘menu’ => ‘main-menu’, ‘container’ => FALSE, ‘container_id’ => FALSE, ‘menu_class’ => ”, ‘menu_id’ => FALSE, ‘depth’ => 1, ‘walker’ => new Description_Walker ) ); The … Read more