Nathan Rice

WordPress, Genesis, and other web tech

WordPress, Genesis

and other fine discussions for nerds.

An Introduction to WordPress Action Hooks

Planet WordPress

If you're going to be doing any level of WordPress development, themes or plugins, you will invariably run into the need to take advantage of the WordPress Action Hook system. But the more I am able to talk to people in the community, the more I realize that people simply don't understand the concept very well, or at all. In fact, one of the biggest barriers to using what is referred to as a Theme Framework or creating their own plugins is the fact that they rely heavily on Action Hooks to …

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How To Redirect a Page Using Custom Fields in WordPress

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Today, I wanted to share a very quick tip that will allow you to insert an internal or external URL in a custom field for a page, and when a user visits that page, they will be redirected to the URL you put in the custom field. Why would you need to do this? Well, if you want to add a link to your navigation menu, instead of editing code, you could just create a new page, and have that page redirect your users to the URL you specified. I've had clients in that situation before, and this code …

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10 Sites That Produce Quality WordPress Content

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Sometimes, it's hard to find good sources of quality WordPress content around the net. The problem is, many times good sites go unnoticed because of a lack of good marketing. Sometimes, even, good sites get sold off to bad owners. It happens. I track a lot of WordPress content daily, so I'm happy to sort through the noise for you. My list is lean and mean, and I don't mind sharing. Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feeds and/or follow them on twitter too. Here are 10 sites I highly recommend if …

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5 Useful WordPress Functions You Didn’t Know Existed

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Deep within the source code of WordPress lies an endless list of useful functions just waiting for you to use them in your theme or plugin. The problem is, most people don't know they exist, probably because the Codex is ridiculously underdeveloped, and most people hate looking through source code. Luckily for you, reading the WordPress source code is a hobby of mine. So, I compiled a list of some of my favorites. Some are simple and can be used by pretty much everyone; others have less common …

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Browser Detection and the body_class() Function

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Yesterday, I wrote an article introducing and unwrapping the new WordPress body class function that will be included in WordPress 2.8. Today, I want to take it a step further by giving you a practical example of how you you can use the function to make things easier for yourself. One of the more frustrating things about coding for the web is the fact that different browsers often render the same code differently than one another. Wouldn't it be nice if we could apply certain CSS styles to just …

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