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WordPress 2009/02/20 2 min read

echo __(‘I Hate Localizing My Plugins. How About Something Different?’);

Most of the time, I quite like coding WordPress plugins. Nonetheless, in the programming flow, there is something that I hate: all the localization process that takes place at the end of a project. That is, making sure I didn't hardcode a string that won't be translated, creating or updating the .pot template files ("OK, for the 1000th time, how…

Money 2009/02/12 1 min read

How To Estimate a Programming Job

Interesting read of the day: How to estimate a programming job, when you have to quote for a client. I'm freelancing occasionally, depending on spare time and interest I have in the project I'm contacted for, and quoting is definitely the aspect that I dislike the most. I definitely will try to set a "quoting pattern" similar to the one…

Gallery 2009/02/03 1 min read

Zenphoto, As Easy As 1 2 3

Zenphoto 1.2.3 is available. But why is this something that I'm highlighting, you may ask? A couple of years ago I went for Coppermine but I never really liked it, so I was recently looking for something fresh. I was pointed to zenphoto, which I immediately found much better. Still, while coding my custom theme, I encountered a number of…

CSS trick: scrolling background image. Simple CSS technique that can be pushed to pure leetness (scroll this page all the way down). Love it.

2009/01/15 21h45 #

Found today via del/pop: Twitdom, an online catalog (listing Twitter apps), using only WordPress and a few plugins. On the same topic, don't miss Wingee and Free Shipping which are quite impressive.

2009/01/05 20h35 #

The almighty DD32, who is responsible for a number of WordPress features including the plugin updater and installer, has put up a quick documentation of the WordPress Plugin information API (used to fetch informations from the official plugin repository). WordPress hackers: bookmark it. (And, ho, by the way: happy new year everybody:)

2009/01/05 9h28 #

My Life 2008/12/21 1 min read

Hamburger With Foie Gras

I feel totally ashamed for such a crime of Lèse majesté against the unmatched gastronomy of my country, but hey, it was funny and rather tasty: Hamburger Rossini, eaten at restaurant Le Floors, Paris (Google map)

My 6 year old son, Oscar, now knows about Santa Klaus. I wonder how long I should wait before I give him away the God thing, too.

2008/12/21 14h02 #

WordPress 2008/12/15 5 min read

A Journey Through Five Years of WordPress Interface.

With the recently launched WordPress 2.7, bloggers now marvel at how clean, beautiful and usable is the new interface. But do you remember what it used to be a couple of months ago? For those who started using WordPress years ago, can you remember what your admin area looked like? Since I have an archive of all versions of WordPress…

WordPress 2008/12/12 1 min read

When Was This Function Added Or Removed From WordPress?

Getting to know if a function is deprecated, when it was introduced or when it was dropped is important for coders who want to maintain plugins and theme through several WordPress versions. For them, I've updated my WordPress Functions Implementation History Tool Now covering 45 versions of WordPress through 0.7.1 to 2.7 and more than five years of WordPress history!