As many of you may know, I’ve recent went and purchased a partially used late 2011 MacBook Air. I’ve had it all weekend and I’ve been getting used to how it works and how to interact with it all. The MBA is intended to be my primary work machine from here on out, even when 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.
Untested: Track image views in slider with Google Analytics
Be forewarned, this is not tested at all, but theoretically, it should work. This is also going to be rather generalized and assume you know how to use/install jQuery sliders and have Google Analytics installed. Resources used Google Analytics snippet from arplis.com Google Analytics itself from Google Flexslider from WooThemes I came across someone on Read More…
The plugin idea garden
So, last year, I posted A request for WordPress plugin ideas and it got picked up on WPCandy. This resulted in a flood of unanticipated feedback and ideas, and I have to admit, I haven’t touched a single one of them. There always seems to be other things needing done or bills to pay and Read More…
Please Use Me, I’m awesome for WordPress
I have an idea for a post series that I want to write, featuring WordPress functions/classes/hooks/APIs that are not necessarily well known about features, but are actually pretty awesome. However, my list at the moment is still pretty small(and listed below). My intent with each post is going to be to talk about the featured Read More…
A new asylum
I just wanted to post quick that I am going to be making Michaelbox a webdev/WordPress/freelance/career blog only. Late last night I set up a new blog over at WordPress.com and will aim to do any and all “personal” blogging through it. You can find it below and in the sidebar. The Pirate Asylum Some Read More…
Welcome aboard Support Channels
More what you’d call “guidelines” than actual rules Edit: Forgot to link this in the original posting: “Help Vampires: A Spotter’s Guide” by If you have ever interacted with me on IRC, you know I spend a fair amount of time in the WordPress end user support channel, as well as jQuery so far in Read More…