Has it been nine months already? My how time flies. Roughly nine months ago, I got a PM on IRC encouraging me to send my resume to WebDevStudios. Within 48hrs, I was officially joining the team. I feel confident in the statement that it is one of the best career moves I have made so Read More…
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Michael is a seasoned developer who loves helping build stuff for the internet. He brings over a decade of varied experiences working with both front and back end developer stacks.
His primary focus has been WordPress and PHP and all the components that go along with them. During the day, he is a Backend Engineer with WebDevStudios, helping clients get the best that they can out of their own websites.
WebDevStudios and a new title.
Since I realize I never blogged about it, and in case there are 2 people who read my blog who never see me on twitter, I joined WebDevStudios last September. This job effectively pulled me out of freelancing full time, and I am putting all my working focus on my time with them. It’s been Read More…
Load newer version of jQuery until WordPress Core has that version
jQuery version 1.9 was released today, and I wondered how one could use that version on my site until it was released properly with WordPress. I found out that the $wp_scripts variable holds the script version of registered scripts. Thus, I was able to concoct the following function for the wp_enqueue_scripts hook. Change the prefix Read More…
WordPress action and filter hooks described so those unfamiliar can understand
Action hooks Action hooks allow you to insert executable custom code at specific points during the page-load process. Filter hooks Filter hooks allow you to intercept and manipulate data and content, then return it to the same spot, for further processing.
Alfred.app Custom Searches for WordPress and Web Development
These are the custom Alfred.app searches that I have that help me with my web development, whether it be WordPress or in general. Feel free to use and add your own in the comments area or via twitter. Just send them to @tw2113 and I can retweet for you. Click the links to automatically add Read More…
Enable SoundCloud oEmbed on your WordPress site
Due to being in a mood involving musician promotion, I’m typing up this quicky tutorial about adding SoundCloud oEmbed support to your site. Simply add this code snippet it to your theme’s functions.php, a basic quick plugin that you type up as you read this post, or a “Must-Use” plugin. Once that is added, you Read More…