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Importing posts with duplicate IDs

Created: 2017.04.17

After creating my pages, I realised that I was working off a new database..

I'd forgotten to import the old database, containing the existing posts.

I opened the new and old databases up in SequelPro and was unhappy to find that some of the IDs clashed.

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Template Tags vs Shortcodes

Created: 2017.04.16

Template Tags

Template tags are used within your blog's Templates to display information dynamically or otherwise customize your blog, providing the tools to make it as individual and interesting as you are.

Template tags files are stored in the wp-includes directory. The files have the suffix of "-template.php" to distinguish them from other WordPress files. There are 9 template tags files:

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Offline Codex

Created: 2017.04.13

Dash gives your Mac instant offline access to 150+ API documentation sets (including the WordPress Codex).

Dash

Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash stores snippets of code and instantly searches offline documentation sets for 150+ APIs (for a full list, see below). You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included.

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Migrating to multisite

Created: 2017.04.15

wp-config.php

Add this block, replacing NETWORK_DOMAIN.FOO:

define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );

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Disabling .DS_Store

Created: 2017.04.14

MacOS creates .ds_store files to store meta data about folders.

The preceding dot causes DS_Store files to be hidden from the user, even after showing hidden files.

However these files are flagged by the WordPress Theme Check plugin:

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Object literals

Created: 2017.04.13

How to Create a JavaScript Object Literal

True 'Object Literal' syntax

True 'Object Literal' syntax involves creating the object properties as you create the object.

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Installing Composer & PHPUnit

Created: 2017.04.15

PHP Testing, for Procedural Code

I have been looking at PHPUnit which seems like a great way of creating automated tests. However, it seems to be geared towards object oriented code, are there any alternatives for procedural code? You can test procedural code with PHPUnit. Unit tests are not tied to object-oriented programming. They test units of code. In OO, a unit of code is a method. In procedural PHP, I guess it's a whole script (file). While OO code is easier to maintain and to test, that doesn't mean procedural PHP cannot be tested. ...

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Building a CodePen

Created: 2017.04.13

CodePen is great, but an embedded shortcode is not great from an authoring perspective. Is there a better way to integrate snippet authoring into WordPress?

Ace

Ace is an embeddable code editor written in JavaScript. It matches the features and performance of native editors such as Sublime, Vim and TextMate. It can be easily embedded in any web page and JavaScript application.

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Adding Custom Fields To The WordPress Category Interface

Created: 2017.04.12

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XHR

Created: 2017.04.12

XMLHttpRequest (Ajax)