I am also a writer. A front-end developer. A gardener. A small-town Alabama kid just trying to figure out whatever it is that that folks are supposed to figure out on this journey. Welcome to my little home on the web.
Updated: Yes, this was an April Fool's prank! It has to be at least slightly believable to fool you, right? Also, I wanted to make sure Jeff at WP Tavern had a really hard time figuring out what was real and fake news today. :) I’ve been taking steps over … Continue reading →
I posted a new tutorial on ThemeReview.co today on when and how to prefix code in WordPress themes. It’s also relevant to plugin development.
A couple of months ago, Emil Uzelac launched a theme review service. After finding out that I had talked about doing this a few years ago, he asked me to join. I pretty much immediately accepted his offer. It was a no-brainer. We’re both admin/senior reviewers for the WordPress.org theme … Continue reading →
Have you ever heard of that “JSON REST API” thing folks in the WordPress community seem to be talking about, looked around endlessly for a decent explanation, and finally gave up, muttering “WTF?!?” at the computer screen? Fear no more. Brian Krogsgard has you covered with the only explanation that, you know, actually makes some kind of sense in that sort of human logic that we tend to like when someone explains something to us.
I just added featured image support to forums in the new forum plugin I’m building. Loads of other improvements have worked their way in, but it’s nice to be able to spruce the page up a bit with images. … Continue reading →
I’ll be doing a live AMA (Ask Me Anything) on WPChat later today at 7 p.m. EST (UTC -05:00). That’s when the main event happens. However, it will be kept open for another 24-36 hours for people from different time zones. You can read more about it on the WPChat Thread.
The above is a quick screenshot of the user directory for the forum plugin I’m building. Each column item is clickable so that you can drill down even more. … Continue reading →
 As I promised, I plan to keep you all updated with some eye candy for the new forum plugin. This is the manage topics/threads screen in the admin. … Continue reading →
 This is just a quick preview of the forum plugin I’m working on. I thought it was about time to start sharing what I’ve been up to over the last couple of months. … Continue reading →
Yesterday, WPMU DEV published an article on WordPress theme frameworks, calling it the ultimate guide to choosing one. I was happy to find that my own Hybrid Core Framework was listed among some great projects. It even garnered some nice scores in the rankings (overall score of 4/5 stars). It’s … Continue reading →