I have been working with Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. for the past several months on their brand new web presence. It officially launched a couple weeks ago and is still a work in progress with many cool expansions in the works. Channel 9 has a monthly show called Web Camp TV that recently featured Jaffe
How to retrieve a usable date format from the Telligent REST API
Telligent’s Community Server has a REST API that allows developers to tap into almost every aspect of the database. While creating an importer for WordPress I was attempting to backfill posts with the correct publish date. Telligent provides the publish date through a field called PublishedDate, however in its default format the date is not
WordPress: Enable the theme editor for Multisite
Let me start out by saying that I do not recommend using this method. I am writing it down to remember later if needed. There are some very good security reasons why editing themes is not allowed in WordPress multisite. In this particular instance the theme editor was required as there was literally no other
WordPress: Add action links to plugin listing
Have you ever seen a WordPress plugin with action links in the plugins list and wondered how it was accomplished? It is actually quite simple to do. WordPress has a hook for that. Deep within the bowels of WordPress you will find a filter named plugin_action_links. This filter accepts an array containing a list of
Recap of 2013 WordCamp Victoria
I love the WordPress community and I particularly look forward to attending various WordCamps because it is like a fun family reunion. The WordPress community is spread out all over the globe, but at WordCamps people come from all around to meet together, network and share knowledge about WordPress. WordCamp Victoria was no exception to