Author Archives: kathy

WordPress Filters Fundamentals

By kathy | Published: October 20, 2012

Ok, so you’ve read my previous articles on PHP basics and how to use WordPress action hooks. Now you want to play with the big boys and girls and try your hand at filters. Just a reminder that you are still essentially learning a new language. Be patient with yourself. It took me close to [...]

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Nav Menu Roles Plugin

By kathy | Published: September 18, 2012

Over the weekend I was working on a project and my client needed to be able to hide certain menu links from non-logged in users.  In the past I have just created 2 menus, one for logged in users, and another for logged out users.  Not the most convenient thing ever, but simple enough.  However, [...]

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Absolute PHP Basics for WordPress Newbs

By kathy | Published: August 3, 2012

“I’m just a designer. I’m comfortable with CSS but PHP scares me.” Yeah ok, well first off, if you are a designer…. instead of banging your head into a wall to learn a coding language, why not hire a developer? Some of my best clients have been designers. It is kind of a win, win. [...]

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