Finding and choosing plugin frameworks

Finding and choosing plugin frameworks

I built my own admin framework for ZENPRESS and it worked very well. But it was very much pre-Ajax and I’d like to use Ajax features in my admin areas, particularly for list and group selections. So I’m looking at some packaged admin frameworks to see what...
The strange rite of code names

The strange rite of code names

So here it is. Time to begin a new coding project. Do I worry about what framework I’m going to use? Do I consider defining a feature set? Do I even have a clue what I’m going to build? Or is all of that far less important than the choice of code name? If...
IFTTT, WordPress, and XML-RPC

IFTTT, WordPress, and XML-RPC

I have another pro-bono non-profit site I support, where I set up an automatic feed for news items. When an item is given a particular tag in Pocket, it’s picked up by IFTTT and then posted as a post on the destination WordPress site, which becomes a short...
Playing whackamole with development software

Playing whackamole with development software

Development can sometimes feel like a game of Whackamole. You find one thing that doesn’t work, fix it, and then move on — only to find that the next thing also doesn’t work. Today, I’ve spent a good part of my day trying to finally get my...