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WordPress Plugin Deployment Boilerplate

This outlines a standard list of WordPress Plugins you can start with for any common deployment. This list can act as a basic boilerplate leaving the user to pick and choose due to need. Google XML Sitemaps This plugin will … Read More

Cross Browser CSS Background Transparency

In a nutshell, this is what I used to achieve somewhat cross browser css background transparency: #content { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.3); } Then, you’ll of course need to make an exception for stinkin IE: In the case above, I’m using Microsoft’s … Read More

WordPress Upgrade Shell Script

There’s a couple examples online of shell scripts to upgrade a WordPress installation. However, I’ve ended up creating my own because every configuration (server and WordPress) is inevitably different, requiring you to roll your own. The script below handles a … Read More

How to Print Active WordPress Template File

I’ve needed to print the currently active WordPress template file and have forgotten it enough times now to finally document it as a post. During development, there’s usually always a time when you’ll want to detect the the template file that’s being … Read More

HTML5 Small Business Websites

HTML5 Small Business Websites is what we do at Red Bridge Internet. HTML5 may appear to be only the latest buzzword, but it is in fact a useful and will soon be a crucial technology for small business websites. Small … Read More

How to Get Image Thumbnail Filename in WordPress

I needed to get a post’s image thumbnail filename (only the filename) in WordPress recently and found that it wasn’t as straightforward as I would have thought. WordPress provides a few functions to get a post’s thumbnail such as get_the_post_thumbnail … Read More

How to Unassigns Categories from Posts in WordPress

Below are a couple snippets and descriptions as to how you can remove posts from a particular category: I think that you should do something like this: 1. List all categories from a post and assign then to an Array … Read More

Files to Remove After Drupal Installation

After an installation or upgrade you can and should remove the following files: install.php CHANGELOG.txt INSTALL.txt INSTALL.mysql.txt INSTALL.pgsql.txt LICENSE.txt MAINTAINERS.txt UPGRADE.txt I’m basing this on the post “Finalize the upgrade” from the Drupal documentation. I’m actually going to add a … Read More

How to Replace or Remove WordPress Howdy

You can either replace or remove the WordPress Howdy message in the administrative back-end by adding the following in your WordPress theme’s functions.php file: It was recently brought to my attention that this method of removing Howdy from the WordPress admin bar … Read More

WordPress Master Notes

Basically, I’m tired of chasing down my WordPress notes, code snippets, tips, etc.. I’m going to give a public blog post Master Notes page a shot. I figure it might help someone, it’ll keep me interested in adding to and … Read More