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Apply WooCommerce Product Add-on to all Products

By Chris Carvache On April 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In WooCommerce Tricks

I just recently started using the WooCommerce shopping cart.  Its incredibly simple to use and extremely powerful.  One of the best plugins for it in my opinion is called Product Add-ons.  Basically it allows you to add different fields to products.  This gives me the flexibility to create options like an additional charge for gift [...]

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Using PHP Output Buffering

By Chris Carvache On April 23, 2012 · Add Comment · In PHP Development

PHP is an easy language to learn and use.  With all the frameworks and applications available, developers are able to accomplish tons of cool things in a relatively short amount of time.  One of the coolest things I find myself using more and more is output buffering.  Whenever I start a new project, I usually [...]

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Using Filters to Stop WordPress from Changing Your Code

By Chris Carvache On April 16, 2012 · Add Comment · In Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Tutorials

WordPress is a fantastic CMS but, sometimes it can be totally quirky.  For example, when dealing with code snippets, WordPress will sometimes change your code to the point where it is unusable by the user.  On this iteration of the site, that ended up happening to a pretty extensive degree.  Here’s how I got around [...]

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Using WordPress Custom Fields to Integrate with Other Plugins

By Chris Carvache On July 16, 2011 · Add Comment · In Wordpress
The other day, I was at a client's studio showing them a real world example of how to build a custom Wordpress theme. The design was simple so it was a perfect crash course. Everything was going smoothly until we decided to integrate one of the slideshow plugins into the theme. The idea was simple: have the client be able to select a custom image slider on a per page basis. This could have been accomplished via shortcodes but given the layout of the site, an ugly CSS hack would need to exist in order to make it work.
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jQuery AJAX Page Template

By Chris Carvache On July 14, 2011 · Add Comment · In Front End Development
Whenever I make an AJAX powered page, my jQuery skeleton looks pretty much the same. I have a load function, bind some event handlers and usually make an AJAX request or two. I got tired of typing the same stuff out all the time so I created a pretty slick template. Here's what I'm starting off with now.
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Staying Productive When Coding (Top-Down Approach)

By Chris Carvache On July 13, 2011 · Add Comment · In Productivity
For some, coding can be the most fun part of the job. For others it can be the design aspect. For others it can be landing the deal. Either way, all three are crucial steps to completing a project. However, being that coding is 100% logic regardless of language or framework, a logical approach should be taken to maximize how productive you are with your text editor / IDE. After all, the faster you can code, the higher your hourly rate is and the more time you have to spend outside of working.
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WordPress Plugin Activation Email

By Chris Carvache On June 16, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Marketing, Plugin Development, Web Design & Development
While writing some code the other day, I started thinking about marketing. More specifically, I thought to myself, "How would I get someone to remember me and my company after I created a plugin?". More importantly, how would I get them to tell their friends. We all know that referrals are the BEST source of new work. That said I thought I might go the extra mile.
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WordPress Plugin Template

By Chris Carvache On June 10, 2011 · Add Comment · In Plugin Development, Wordpress
I have written a few Wordpress Plugins. All of them follow suit to some degree: the commented template header, creating some globals and initializing a few menu options. Being that I love to do things in the most time efficient way possible, I came up with a pretty good starting ground that I can constantly reuse. All I need to do now is change a few things and I'm ready to start writing the real code. Keep reading to see the code...
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Using Session Variables and Domain Aliases to Change the WordPress URL

By Chris Carvache On March 12, 2011 · 6 Comments · In PHP Development, Web Design & Development, Wordpress

Alright, so I ran into an interesting situation the other day.  Here’s the scenario… A client of mine needed a website redesign that basically combined two sites into one.  She had two almost IDENTICAL sites that only differed slightly.  Aside from a couple of different pages and some price changes on the courses she offered, [...]

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Automatic WordPress Updates with SVN

By Chris Carvache On October 20, 2010 · Add Comment · In Wordpress

I just saw this article and wanted to let people know about it.

Anything in my opinion that saves time is a winner!

http://simpledream.net/2010/10/19/wordpress-auto-updates-svn/

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