Tag Archives: WordPress

Thoughts on Post Meta Boxes in WordPress

I’m generally of the opinion that the screen for adding content should be as simple as possible in a CMS.  It’s one of the reasons I really like the new Distraction Free Writing in WordPress 3.2 (sneak peek if case … Continue reading

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First Thoughts: Distraction Free Writing in WordPress 3.2

This is my first attempt at testing distraction free writing, a feature that is currently targeted for WordPress 3.2.  It’s still in a very early form, but I’m excited to see where it goes. Here is what it looks like: … Continue reading

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DC Web Content Mavens January 2011

The other night, the DC Web Content Mavens(isn’t that a great name?) presented on “Drupal and WordPress as CMS”. I was invited to co-present with Andrew Nacin and Joel Sackett. It was great to get the chance to talk about … Continue reading

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#WPTest in DCresults

Today the WordPress DC group met for a couple of hours of testing WordPress 3.1. Andrew Nacin, John P Bloch, Thad Allender, Ben Balter, Alex Byers, Anthony Braddy and I spent a couple of hours, finding, fixing WordPress. Nacin also … Continue reading

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Documentation! My WordCamp NYC 2010 presentation

The slides from my lightning speech about the state of WordPress documentation today and where it is going are available as well as my Don’t be a Wanker, Write your Documentation speech. If you happen to catch a mistake (such … Continue reading

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aaron.jorb.in 4.0

I ran aaron.jorb.in 3.0 (a thematic child theme) since Mar 23, 2010 and it was time for a change. In conjunction with my presentation at WordCamp Portland, I built this new twenty ten child theme. There are a couple features … Continue reading

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Users / Roles / Capabilities

I presented on August 30, 2010 to the DC WordPress group on the topic of the Users / Roles / Capabilities system in WordPress.  I presented a small number of slides, and wrote four simple plugins to demonstrate some specific … Continue reading

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