Looking for a simple way to embed a Github Gist in your WordPress website?
I spent some time reviewing the available plugins in the WordPress plugin repository, so I thought I’d share my findings. Continue reading
When writing a WordPress plugin recently, I wasn’t sure whether a translatable text/string is considered safe, or if it needs to escaped before being output.
Here’s a simple example:
At first glance, that code looks like it should be safe, however what would happen if the string was translated to contained an angled bracket (< or >)?
That would result in invalid HTML code. Or even worse, what if the translation file contained a malicious <script> tag?
Yesterday was Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k day, so Jen and I got on our bikes and went for a ride.
We must have got distracted, because we ended up riding for 2.5 hours in the Melbourne sunshine! In typical Melbourne style, the sunshine was interspersed with plenty of cloudy (cold) periods.
All in all, it was a lovely morning, although next time I think I’ll be taking a jumper with me!
Are you a WordPress user? Make sure you do your body a favour and participate in Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k day 2012.
Page templates in subdirectories, new in WordPress 3.4 by Andrew Nacin.
WordPress 3.4 will have a brand new theme in it – Twenty Twelve.
The initial version of which, has just been added to the development version of WordPress. The commit message explains the philosophy of Twenty Twelve:
Initial import of the Twenty Twelve theme, by Drew Strojny. This time around we’re trying something different than the previous twenty-something themes, a much more minimalist approach that affords easy use as a CMS in addition to being blog-forward. More information will be on wpdevel soon. Props drewstrojny and lancewillett.
Source: Trac Ticket #19978
I have set up a Twenty Twelve Demo Site here: http://twentytwelve.jamesc.id.au/
I’m very interested to see how it pans out!
Update 7/2/2012: The Twenty Twelve Development Team has posted an update:
This is not yet a fully working theme — we’ll be adding in more features and lots of missing styles over the next 3–4 weeks. Including post formats, comments, archives and page templates, more in-post styling, and a nav menu rework so the main content comes ahead of the navigation.
Update 2/3/2012: The Twenty Twelve theme has been delayed, and will no longer be part of WordPress 3.4. It will be in WordPress 3.5 (scheduled for later in 2012).
In case you missed it, WordPress 3.3 was released this morning.
What’s new you may ask? The best way to find that out is to visit the new About WordPress screen in the dashboard Continue reading
Last Wednesday was the first Amazon Web Services User Group Melbourne Meetup.
Simone Brunozzi (AWS Asia Pacific Technology Evangelist) kicked the night off with an informal presentation covering EC2 Security Groups, ElastiCache, SQS, and several other questions from the 35-person audience. Continue reading
WordPress 3.2 RC2 was released on Friday.
Cloud solutions such as Amazon Web Services can be a cost-effective way for businesses to obtain a highly scalable online presence.
However, for performance (and privacy) reasons, many Australian business owners require their website and other data to be physically hosted in Australia.
As an Australian user of AWS, one of the recurring conversations I continue to have with other Australians is if (and when) will Amazon Web Services add an Australian region to their service offerings? Continue reading