I’ve been writing WordPress plug-ins for a while now — I launched my first plug-in a little more than 3 years ago. I’ve been involved in web site accessibility for about seven years. Naturally, when I started writing WordPress plug-ins, making them accessible was part of my goal. But accessible software extensions have two aspects: the interface, and the output: and I don’t have complete control over either. Is it possible to make a plug-in with accessible output, guaranteed, every […]
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Two new content development plug-ins for WordPress
At the end of October, I took a very needed vacation. Naturally, I couldn’t just go on vacation, so while I was taking a break I developed two new WordPress plug-ins: My Content Management and Content Progress. These are plug-ins designed primarily for developers, really — although a novice user can probably get something out of them, even so. They aren’t terribly complicated; they’re just designed as plug-ins which are used for developing new web sites. About My Content Management […]
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My Calendar version 1.9.0 has been released! Download My Calendar Version 1.9.0 Note for upgraders: During the automatic upgrade process, My Calendar makes a copy of your stylesheet and re-installs it in place of the copy in the package. However, if you are uploading the plug-in manually, this process will not happen. You should either move your current stylesheet into a custom styles folder or choose not to upload that stylesheet in order to retain your styles. There has been […]
Continue reading “My Calendar Version 1.9.0 is almost released” »Book Review: WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials
WordPress 3 Plugin Development Essentials by Brian Bondari and Everett Griffiths Read more about this book at Packt Publishing » or Buy it at Amazon At root, this book is an excellent overview of the techniques and issues which will be encountered by any developer — however experienced — when they are authorizing a plug-in using the WordPress plug-in API (Application Programming Interface) in WordPress 3. In particular, I appreciated the emphasis on organization and coding best practices. I’ve worked […]
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As an accessibility consultant and passionate standards advocate, I’m generally in the position of appreciating the concerns of the minority. As a WordPress plug-in developer, I have a much harder time with it. In fact, as a WordPress plug-in developer, I find the vocal minority very, very frustrating. So I’m just going to whinge a little bit. You can stop reading now if you’re going to be a dick about it. I recently released a new version (version 2.3.x) of […]
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