I have recently (yesterday) taken the plunge into building my websites with Genesis. I’m not exactly sure why I’ve been holding out. Most likely because I had built my own kind of framework and really like some specific things I had built into it. The problem is that I just don’t have time to work […]
Create your own conditional tag
Have you ever wanted to do something based on a specific set of conditions. Sure you have and you’ve probably used the WordPress Conditional Tags at least once or twice. Conditional Tags are extremely useful functions that check a set of conditions for you. They work like this… if ( is_single() ) { // Do […]
Use shortcodes in the WordPress text widget
Ever have this really cool shortcode that you wanted to use in your sidebar? You paste it in the text widget and save your changes but when you view your page you just end up with the shortcode itself? The reason for this is simple. The WordPress text widget doesn’t parse shortcodes by default. So […]
Creating custom tables in your WordPress database
When you create a WordPress plugin, you can usually store and retrieve all of your plugin data using the WordPress options() functions. Sometimes, though, you need a more robust storage solution for the data gathered by your plugin. When you need to store large amounts of data, or you need to have more control over […]
Adding dashboard-like screen options to your plugin administration pages
On Monday, I explained how to add help tabs to your plugin administration pages. Today I’m going to explain how to add the screen options tab to those same pages. If you aren’t familiar with what the screen options tab looks like, here are some screen shots: As you can see from the […]