Grant Landram and I had the pleasure of representing freshmuse this weekend by attending the 2012 Vancouver, BC WordCamp as speakers. Grant and I bookended the day as the first and last speakers. .@GrantLandram is kicking off the first session "Tips to Grow your Professional #WordPress Biz" at #wcyvr http://t.co/um8SmUd4 — Ben Lobaugh (@benlobaugh) October

WP_Query is a magical object in WordPress. WP_Query allows you to quickly and easily build a query for any type of object in the database, however that power is also sometimes its downfall. WP_Query adds “magic” into the SQL query it generates. If you are at your wits end with everything looking right when you

A friend recently ran into some issues setting up a new WordPress website. It was a big hairy ordeal that could have been avoided by keeping in mind a few simple steps. I am going to share with you the initial steps I take whenever I setup a new WordPress website. This is not an

I will be talking about Interacting with External APIs. A blurb about my talk follows: There is a lot of talk these days about taping into the resources available through external APIs (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc). Much of the functionality needed to interact with APIs is already included in the core through the HTTP class.

I am sitting in first class ( surprise upgrade! ) drinking a 12 year Glenlivet Scotch ( oh the free perks! ) and using the in-flight Gogo wireless service ( first time. it is neat ) to write this post recapping the 2012 Las Vegas WordCamp. The first supper I had the honor to once