WordCamp Chicago has come and gone, so I figured I would post a very brief recap and a few photos. As with all other WordCamps it comes down to meeting other people and hanging out with fellow WordPress fanatics. The sessions were good, but the people made it well worth attending. [Read more...]
I’ll be working the Genius Bar this weekend at WordCamp Chicago. If you happen to be walking around Saturday morning, come stop by! I am on duty from 10-12pm at lobby, “under the big TV”.
Upcoming WordCamps
Just wanted to let everyone know I’ll be attending WordCamp Chicago (end of July) and WordCamp San Francisco (mid August). Can’t wait to have a few beers with the WordPress and Genesis crew!
Removing menus in WordPress 3.1+
Removing menus from the dashboard has always been a pain in the ass. It usually involved digging through $menu trying to find what you want to unset.
Until now! Well, almost now. WordPress 3.1 has two new nifty functions: remove_admin_menus() and remove_submenu_page(). Removing menu items is now as easy as…
add_action('admin_menu', 'remove_admin_menus');
function remove_admin_menus(){
remove_menu_page('edit.php'); // Posts
remove_menu_page('upload.php'); // Media
remove_menu_page('link-manager.php'); // Links
remove_menu_page('edit-comments.php'); // Comments
remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=page'); // Pages
remove_menu_page('plugins.php'); // Plugins
remove_menu_page('themes.php'); // Appearance
remove_menu_page('users.php'); // Users
remove_menu_page('tools.php'); // Tools
remove_menu_page('options-general.php'); // Settings
}
WordCamp Phoenix
Things have been pretty quiet on the blog the past few months, mainly because I’ve been really busy 
This weekend I’ll be taking a break and heading west for WordCamp Phoenix. If you’re going to be there let me know and we can meet-up!
We’re here! WordCamp Austin
Arrived this morning at Cospace in Austin, TX. Could not ask for a better weather today.
Below is my presentation.
Blogs and People I recommend following:
Calling WordPress devs. Common mistakes needed.
I’m going to be speaking at WordCamp Austin this weekend. My presentation is titled Oops! Common WordPress mistakes (and more).
Let’s face it, much of our learning is done by trial and error. Wouldn’t it be awesome if someone would just tell us the errors and save us the time? We’ll take a look at common mistake by WordPress beginners and intermediates alike – and the correct solutions. Additionally we will also throw in some helpful tips and Q&A.
I have a whole list of mistakes to talk about already, things such as not registering CSS & JS correctly (putting it in the header.php), including template files, things of that nature. However, this is where I need your help! Luckily for me (grin), I have a whole hour to speak. So I need more!
I’m putting the call out to my fellow WordPress gurus.
What common WordPress mistakes do you see often?
Any mistakes/ideas given will of course be credited in my presentation/slides.
Speaking at WordCamp Austin
I’m going to be speaking at WordCamp Austin on Saturday, December 4th, 2010.
The presentation I will be giving is titled Oops! Common WordPress mistakes (and more).
Let’s face it, much of our learning is done by trial and error. Wouldn’t it be awesome if someone would just tell us the errors and save us the time? We’ll take a look at common mistake by WordPress beginners and intermediates alike – and the correct solutions. Additionally we will also throw in some helpful tips and Q&A.
I think it’s going to be a great WordCamp. If you are going to be attending let me know, we’ll meet up and grab some drinks!
Matrimony Theme Released
Today, I have finally released a WordPress theme I have been working on, dubbed “Matrimony“. Matrimony is one of a very few WordPress wedding themes out on the internet.
About a month ago I set out to make a website for my own upcoming wedding and about that time I signed up to be an author on ThemeGarden. I decided to release the theme for public download/purchase so others could have a slick wedding site as well .
From the ThemeGarden Matrimony description:
Matrimony is an elegant WordPress wedding theme. It comes with custom widgets, header images, multiple color styles, and all PSDs. The countdown widget lets you countdown to a specific date and the header image widget allows you to place different images in the site’s header. Five different color schemes are available to choose from: blue (default), brown, green, purple, and pink.
Matrimony’s simplicity makes it the perfect WordPress wedding theme for your special day.
You can read more about Matrimony on the ThemeGarden or view the demo.
Lastly, Matrimony is a child theme for the Genesis Framework, so if you do not own a copy of Genesis make sure you purchase it.
WordPress 3.1 Feature Summary
WPbeginner has done a great job of rounding up all the proposed features for WordPress 3.1. In a nutshell, we can look forward to:
- internal linking
- admin bar (similar to WordPress.com)
- ajax admin
- separate network dashboard
- quick press template tags
- UI improvements for themes
- post templates
- cool taxonomy tweaks
If you want all the details for these features head over to WPbeginner.com. The 3.1 release date is mid December.
