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Avoiding the XY Problem for Support Providers
The XY problem, when someone asks about Y, a possible solution to problem X, instead of their actual problem can be a real impediment for support providers...
Josh Pollock
24 Sep 2014
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Getting Better Support By Avoiding The XY Problem
The ability to get fast and effective support is one of the reasons to choose WordPress. With its massive popularity and incredibly supportive community,...
Josh Pollock
17 Sep 2014
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Creating A Mini-CSS Preprocesser For Theme Color Options
The WordPress Theme Customizer makes it easy for users to edit and preview theme options. Getting those options into front-end CSS on the other hand can be...
Josh Pollock
5 Sep 2014
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What Is the XY Problem and Why Is It Bad?
One of the things that makes WordPress so awesome is the willingness of members of the community to help others. No matter where you seek out help, one...
Josh Pollock
5 Sep 2014
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Adding Custom Fields To WordPress Programmatically
Learning the basic methods for creating and setting the values of custom WordPress meta fields programmatically is the first step to creating powerful...
Josh Pollock
26 Aug 2014
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Using the WordPress Custom Field User Interface
In the first post in this series, I covered what custom fields are and why they are important. I also gave an overview of the various ways to add them to...
Josh Pollock
19 Aug 2014
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Exploring WordPress Custom Fields and Why They're Important
WordPress' post meta table is an almost totally blank slate waiting for you to use it to power a content management site or a plugin. In this series I...
Josh Pollock
12 Aug 2014
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Creating and Submitting a Patch to WordPress Core
If you are someone who uses WordPress to earn a living and to tell your story, seeing a change that you wrote added to the WordPress code base is a pretty...
Josh Pollock
20 Jun 2014
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Getting The Most of Post Formats: Content Organization Tools
Recall what I said before about post formats not being an organizational tool? I change that up a bit: As long as you're marking your videos as videos,...
Josh Pollock
30 May 2014
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Getting The Most of Post Formats: Bulk Updating Post Formats
Now that I've convinced you of how cool post formats are with my previous posts in this series, you might be worried about having to go back through all of...
Josh Pollock
14 May 2014
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Getting The Most of Post Formats: Designing for Content Parts
So far in this series I've introduced you to what post formats are, and how to use different templates for different post formats in the loop. In this post I...
Josh Pollock
7 May 2014
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Getting The Most of Post Formats: Using Post Formats In The Loop
Learn how to effectively control the main WordPress loop to get the most of post formats.
Josh Pollock
24 Apr 2014
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