Confession: Nose Graze has never used the Ultimate Book Blogger plugin. That’s because the creation went like this: Start the Nose Graze blog. Build my own system for formatting book reviews and archives using Advanced Custom Fields. I literally did this on day one of […]
Category: Coding
I Love GPL Because…
First, a little background for those less familiar with GPL: WordPress is licensed under something called GPL. There’s a lot of text in that licensing document, but the gist of it is this: You are free to view and edit the code. You are free […]
Automatically Apply an EDD Discount Code Based on Cart Contents
This tutorial can probably be achieved with the Discounts Pro extension (affiliate link). And while I’m all for supporting the folks at EDD, sometimes you just don’t feel like shelling out money for something. I struggled for a silly amount of time with whether or […]
Automatically Send New Email Subscribers an EDD Discount Code
This tutorial uses ActiveCampaign and Easy Digital Downloads. It can probably be achieved with other platforms, but my guide doesn’t reflect that. On my new Novelist plugin website I wanted to send all new email subscribers a 10% off coupon code as a thank you […]
How WordPress Theme Templates Work
WordPress themes are composed of pieces rather than a single file (as you may see in Blogger). These pieces are composed of multiple different files that are made up of HTML, CSS, and PHP code. Depending on which page you’re viewing on a WordPress site […]
Underscores vs Genesis – Which One to Use When Creating Your Own WordPress Theme
This is a question I see a lot from new theme developers. Should they start with a framework? A parent theme? Use Underscores? Start from scratch? What’s the deal? Before we get into that, let’s make sure you’re familiar with the difference between Underscores and […]
How to Create Your Own Custom UBB Plugin Field (Book Setting)
This is a PHP coding tutorial. I’ve done my best to make the guide as easy to follow as possible, but I still recommend that you be fairly comfortable with code (or at least FTP) before attempting this. The Ultimate Book Blogger plugin already has […]
Build Your Own Damn (WordPress) Website! (Because you’re sick of people doing it for you.)
In 2014 I released my first ever e-course on how to code your own WordPress theme from scratch. The course did really well and got some fabulous reviews: “Highly recommended to any aspiring designer or web-developer.” “Well worth the money. Highly recommend.” “I’ve taken several […]
Create an Image Select Control for the WordPress Customizer
I recently found myself in need of an image select field in the Customizer. The Customizer already has some great options built in like radio boxes, select boxes, and so on. But I wanted images to give users a more visual representation of their choices. […]
Tutorial: Using the Customizer to Add Settings to Your WordPress Theme
Since I’m working on migrating all my theme settings to the Customizer I thought I’d start a tutorial series on how to create your own settings. In this tutorial I’m going to be building custom settings into a Twenty Twelve child theme, but of course […]