Month: August 2012

  • PHP5 Visibility and WordPress

    tl;dr – PSA about PHP5 visibility and it having the potential to change what we love about WordPress. Ergo: use it correctly. —- Leading projects like BuddyPress and bbPress, I tend to work closely with the WordPress team and mirror the development paradigms as much as it makes sense to. We’re doing tandem development, after all —…

  • WordPress as an Environment

    As WordPress has matured over the past few years, my perspective has shifted to think of it as the environment I develop in. I no longer really associate myself as being a PHP developer, a front-end or back-end developer, an architect, or a designer. This both scares and delights me. To be a good WordPress…

  • Beeeees!

    A highlight from my bbPress presentation at WordCamp San Francisco 2012. [wpvideo tG3NrSDs]

  • Custom Plugin Header Image Label

    Back in December of 2011, Matt and friends added the ability for WordPress plugins to have really pretty header images. For BuddyPress, I went through a few design iterations before settling on the header image pictured at the bottom of this post. I wanted it to be minimalistic and unique, so I took an hour…