An alternative to a “skinnable” theme framework like Carrington (which indeed is awesome) is to integrate a design you’ve done from scratch. This is how I learned how to create custom WordPress themes. Note: this is a hacky method that involves lots of experimentation. But if you’re like me, and learn best when you’re playing … Read more
Best place is the uploads directory – it’ll be writable by the server, and it’s the defacto directory for storing any user-generated/uploaded files: $dirs = wp_upload_dir(); $path = $dirs[‘basedir’]; // /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/uploads
The settings are saved via ajax, with the action customize_save. In the wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php class, the callback for this ajax method is the save method (see source) This triggers the customize_save action, prior to updating each of the settings. Each setting is actually an instance of the class WP_Customize_Setting and saving the setting triggers the action … Read more
creating a custom script that writes to the static CSS file is a bad idea!!! you would need to regenerate the file each time you save any changes. a better solution would be to save all options in an array of options say for example: $MyCSS[‘background_color’] = #009988; $MyCSS[‘background_repeat’] = no-repeat; update_option(‘theme_settings’,$MyCSS); and that why … Read more
What you’re trying to do can be accomplished without ever editing the core files in OptionTree. Add your custom option type functions to your themes functions.php and the following code, as well. /** * Filter to add custom option types. * * @param array An array of option types. * @return array */ function add_custom_option_types( … Read more
Here’s one idea, that might need further testing: /** * Cropped header image with the same description/caption as the original image */ add_filter( ‘wp_create_file_in_uploads’, function( $cropped, $attachment_id ) { add_filter( ‘wp_insert_attachment_data’, function( $data ) use ( $attachment_id) { if( doing_action( ‘wp_ajax_custom-header-crop’ ) && is_array( $data ) ) { // Copy the original description to the … Read more
I haven’t done this personally, but it would be pretty easy. If you are building your comment form manually, just before the end of the </form> put: <?php wp_nonce_field( ‘comment_nonce’ ) ?> Then, just hook into the pre_comment_on_post action which fires when you submit a comment: add_action( ‘pre_comment_on_post’, ‘my_verify_comment_nonce’ ); function my_verify_comment_nonce() { check_admin_referer( ‘comment_nonce’ … Read more
What you need to do is compare the values of the meta field _wp_page_template, which contains the page template selected for a single page with the available page templates. For this you need to construct an array of used templates, because you want the templates used by all the pages, similar as shown here: Return … Read more
Is it enough to just create a child-theme – let’s say technically without adding anything else but the bare minimum style.css – to have the translation of the parent-theme being used automatically for the child-theme as well? Basically, the answer is NO, … but… there’s an option: Add a mu-plugin. This (MU-)Plugin does several things: … Read more
Here is the code I always use whenever I setup a new wordpress blog: CUSTOM ADMIN FOOTER TEXT // CUSTOMIZE ADMIN FOOTER TEXT function custom_admin_footer() { echo ‘<a href=”http://www.netconstructor.com/”>Website Design by NetConstructor, Inc.</a>’; } add_filter(‘admin_footer_text’, ‘custom_admin_footer’); REMOVE VERSION INFO FROM THE HEAD OF FEEDS // REMOVE VERSION INFO FROM THE HEAD OF FEEDS function complete_version_removal() … Read more