Jake Spurlock

Category: WordPress

  • Create a list of categories and tags in WordPress

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    This is more for personal use I suppose. Once upon a time, I needed to create a unified list of categories and tags for a post. I went about it the wrong way, getting all of the terms  for both, merging them using array_merge() and then looping through the list to get generate an unordered…

  • WordCamp Salt Lake 2012

    WordCamp Salt Lake 2012

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    Gave a talk at WordCamp Salt Lake a few months ago, and thought I would link to the slides. I created them using the slide framework that was developed for Google I/O. My talk was titled Bootstrap, Responsive Theme Development. I talked a lot about generic HTML/CSS things, with a few WordPress specific tricks. Turned…

  • Use wp_trim_words to limit words in WordPress

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    Using wp_trim_words allows us to limit the title and excerpt, and anything else really, to a particular number of words. How practical a name. You can define the number of words to limit them to, and also define what you’d like the “more” text to be. via Use wp_trim_words to limit words in WordPress.

  • YouTube Embederrator

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    Needed a simple WordPress function to provide a way to build a YouTube video embed. This is a nice little trick. All you need to do is add a custom field that has a key of Big_Video and the value of the ID of the YouTube video. [php] function js_youtube_embed($width,$height) { global $wp_query; $big_video =…

  • The CMS

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    One of my favorite things about WordPress is its extensibility. We’re on the same platform today as yesterday, but have built new tools for writers and editors. Featured and pinned articles get expiration dates, so editors don’t have to go back and manually un-feature things. Selecting a post layout is as simple as clicking a button. Automated resizing…

  • Raptorize It

    Raptorize It

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    An awesome jQuery plugin that unleahes a Raptor of Jurassic proportions… Well, technically it’s Cretaceous proportions, but we’ll let that slide for now. We’ve all been here before… You’re sitting at your desk, coding up a 500 page site, knee-deep in Extreme Cheddar Doritos sipping on a liter of Code Red Mountain Dew when you realize…this page…

  • Normally a fan of WordPress, but moveable type is pretty neat too.

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    Normally a fan of WordPress, but moveable type is pretty neat too.

  • WordCamp Vegoose

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    Just a little wrap up from WordCamp Vegas that was this last weekend. I had a great time, I am always impressed with the WordPress community. Open, caring, and would literally give you warm cookies just for driving down to Vegas. This trip was a lot of fun. The conference was great, lots of really…

  • The WordPress Loop – WordCamp 2010

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    WordCamp 2010 The WordPress LoopView more presentations from Jake Spurlock. Thanks for all that were in attendance for your great conversation. Also, download all of the source code here: Schtuff.txt

  • WordCamp Utah 2010

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    WordCamp Utah 2010 will be held August 28th at University of Utah, in the Skaggs Biology Building. This is a great opportunity to spend a day with local WordPress developers, users, and fans of all kinds! Presentations will cover a range of topics, with two tracks running throughout the day. Just getting started or looking…