Pingdom just published findings that WordPress is in use by 48% of the worlds top blogs in 2012.
I’m pretty happy with that finding, because I only do WordPress – it’s really not sustainable for a freelancer like myself to maintain skills in multiple platforms. I’m not often comfortable with the notion of putting all my eggs in one basket, but in this case it’s satisfying to feel that I made a good choice back when I started investing my time in WordPress! Read More
It came to light recently that a vulnerability exists in a script used widely by WordPress Theme authors, including those by Elegant Themes, which I highly recommend.
This is an easy bug to fix, but that requires users to update their WordPress themes (not just the core installation), and we know that site maintenance is an easy thing to postpone in a busy world.
Read More In a previous tip I mentioned using the Finder Sidebar for speeding up your workflow, but since the 10.6.7 update, the behaviour of the Finder Sidebar has changed.
Where we used to be able to simply drag an item out, in 10.6.7 the item simply snaps back to the sidebar (or ‘shelf’, as some call it).
SolutionsUnfortunately, there’s no mention of this in the OSX 10.6.7 changelog.
Bonus tip: You might like to seperate items in the list – there’s a handy method documented at Finder Sidebar Separators.
Finally! I’ve managed to get a satisfying development environment for WordPress on my local machine! I’ve had a semi-operational setup for a few years, but have just managed to meet all my needs!
I’m using XAMPP on Mac OSX to design my WordPress themes, and now my setup features:
If there’s one thing that annoys me, its trawling through a Save As dialog box in order to save the file to an appropriate location.
Save time with three simple but rarely mentioned strategies which can take the pain out of filing your documents. Read More