Shiba Plugin and Theme Updates for WordPress 3.5
WordPress 3.5 was released a few days ago, and we have started testing and updating our plugins. This post shows our current progress, and we will update it as we move along. Please post 3.5 bugs on...
View ArticleHow to Add the WordPress 3.5 Media Manager Interface
A tutorial on how to add the new WordPress 3.5 media manager interface into our own plugin or theme.
View ArticleHow to Add the WordPress 3.5 Media Manager Interface – Part 2
How to make some simple customization to the WordPress 3.5 media manager interface.
View ArticleMobile Responsive Galleries and Images
Different approaches for responsive galleries and images, including their pros and cons.
View ArticleWordPress Theme Customizer Javascript Interface
Here, we focus on understanding the javascript nuts and bolts of the WordPress theme customizer interface. This will allow us to - Extract and change theme customizer settings. Extract and change theme...
View ArticleHow to Selectively Load Plugins for Specific Pages
In a previous article, we considered how to selectively disable certain plugin functions, in order to enhance page speed. I.e., only run expensive plugin functions on page content that needs it....
View ArticleHow to Create Dynamic User Agent Groups in w3tc
Currently, in the w3tc plugin, we can create user agent groups by specifying agent names, e.g. android or iphone. By using this function, we can create different caches for different sets of devices....
View ArticleHow to Translate blogs.dir CDN Files in w3tc
My main site has a WordPress Multisite setup that is divided based on directories. For example, My dog articles are in http://shibashake.com/dog/ and My art galleries are in...
View ArticleDebugging the w3tc Page Cache
Recently, I had a strange issue where some pages on my multisite were being cached, and others were not. There seemed to be no clear pattern as to what got cached and what failed the cache test. At...
View ArticleHow to Add the Media Manager Menu to the Theme Preview Interface
WordPress 3.4 added a great theme preview interface that allows us to easily customize theme options (colors, images, menus, and more), as well as quickly view those updates on a theme preview frame....
View ArticleShiba Skins WordPress Theme
Shiba Skins allows you to assign images, colors, and more on a page by page basis. Theme customization options are saved into a skin, which we can then be applied to a specific post or to a group of...
View ArticleUsing CDN Cnames with w3tc and MultiSite
Recently, I started using Cnames for my CDN setup. This allows my static CDN content to have a pretty url that is tied to my own domain. Here I discuss how I set-up a Cname for my Media Temple dv...
View ArticleShiba Plugin and Theme Updates for WordPress 3.6
We are currently testing and updating Shiba plugins and themes for WordPress 3.6. This post will contain updates of our current progress.
View ArticleShiba Widgets 2.0
The key feature added in Shiba Widgets 2.0 is the ability to render widgets in posts using shortcodes. [Full Shiba Widgets description] Below are a list of standard widgets including their specialized...
View ArticleGoogle Authorship – Good or Bad for Search Traffic?
One of the things that I truly enjoy about online interactions is that we are more free from the biases and prejudices that are associated with physical appearance. In the real world, We form first...
View ArticleShiba Gallery 4.3
This is a very big update, so please try things out on a test site first. Feel free to post bug reports here or in the main Shiba Gallery article. New features for Shiba Gallery 4.3 – 1. Client...
View ArticleHow to Expand the WordPress Media Manager Interface
This is an advanced tutorial on how to expand the WordPress media manager interface with new options. In particular, I want to expand the drop-down menu in the media manager menu so that I can do...
View ArticleShiba Media Library 3.7
The main addition to this release is an expansion on the media manager search interface- Posts, pages, and custom post types can now be searched for and added into galleries from the media manager...
View ArticleGenesis Skins 1.5
Genesis skins allows you to flexibly create and assign skins to different posts, pages, or other custom post types. We can assign skins to an individual post or to groups of posts through the use of...
View ArticleHow to Make Poll Daddy Objects Mobile Responsive
Currently, the standard Poll Daddy objects that I use are fixed width and not mobile responsive. Here are some simple CSS styles that I use to make Poll Daddy objects responsive to small devices. 1....
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