WordPress multisite functionality is now integrated into WordPress 3.0. Currently, we must go through a non-trivial process to turn on multisite capability. However, there are already plugins that try to automate this process in one-click. As this process becomes easier and more streamlined, the multisite capability will likely see wider adoption. Here, we consider how…..
There are many new features in WordPress 3.0, and one of them is the new spiffy Twenty Ten default WordPress Theme. Twenty Ten is a great theme that you can have a lot of fun with. Here we build a variety of different looks for Twenty Ten using the Shiba Custom Background plugin. The Shiba…..
The Find Posts dialog box can be a very useful feature to add to your plugin. For example, when we attach images to posts (from the Media >> Library menu) we use the Find Posts dialog box to search for our target objects. In the dialog box above, we can search for post and page…..
The Shiba Gravatar Plugin allows you to cache gravatar images locally on your server as well as use your own set of gravatar images. In this release, we significantly streamlined the process for loading your own custom gravatars. This was based on Lane’s excellent feature suggestion of tying the custom gravatar system to WordPress galleries……
In Custom Post Type Permalinks – Part 1 we considered how to set different permalink options from the register_post_type function call. Here, we focus on how to create our own permalink structures. With the register_post_type function, we can easily set our custom post type permalink structure to look like this (assuming custom post type =…..
Custom post types is a very powerful feature in WordPress 3.0. With custom post types you can easily create post-like objects and automatically have menus, metaboxes, icons, permalinks, and much more added without having to code any of it yourself. Here we consider custom post type permalinks – how to set it, what the different…..
This theme is centered around my second bishonen character design. Bishonen is a Japanese term which translates to pretty boy. I am a big fan of anime (Japanese animation), particularly those that feature bishonen characters. I created this character on Carrara 8, using a combination of vertex manipulation and character head morphs for Michael 4……
The Media Library Plugin is now updated for 3.0. It was tested on WordPress 3.0 and 2.9+. If you are using WordPress 3.0, the plugin will now use the new custom post type feature to create and manage gallery objects. In particular, you will get a new Gallery menu to view and modify gallery objects……
Custom post types is a new and powerful feature in WordPress 3.0. Here, we consider how to add metaboxes to the new custom post type user interface. There are three general classes of metaboxes that we may add to our custom post type screen – Built-in metaboxes – These metaboxes are built-in to custom post…..
After we create a custom post type, we get a new menu item on our dashboard with the default post icon. We also get that same default icon when we go into the Edit and Add New screens of our new custom post type. Here, we consider how to set our custom post type icons…..
