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ACF Widgets

Created: 2017.04.26

ACF fields are typically populated via page-level meta boxes. But, as of version 5, it is now possible to build ACF Widgets.

The catch is that Widgets are only supported from version 5.

New locations

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Outputting a raw excerpt

Created: 2017.04.17

How to remove those pesky paragraph tags.

The excerpt doesn't allow any HTML formatting, yet it is usually output wrapped in <p> tags:

Formatted

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CRUD

Created: 2017.04.18

Acronym to describe working with 'persistent storage'.

• Create
• Read
• Update
• Delete

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Custom theme requirements

Created: 2017.04.14

Requirements

Theoretically a custom theme could fulfil any niche need, and therefore deviate very far from the typical idea of the WordPress 'blog'.

At least, that's what I thought when creating a custom theme to manage my internal knowledgebase.

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Moving to the cloud, or not..

Since devoting more time to writing up my travel journals, I've become increasingly aware of the burden that are my travel photos.

MacOS + Dropbox

My photos start their life on a smartphone or a Canon G1x. From their they're transferred to Dropbox, and then synced back to my laptop.

I can view images in-folder or using Photos. I don't really like the MacOS solution, it doesn't have great organisation, it's really slow to sync between devices, it doesn't work on Android, and iCloud is expensive.

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Web performance

Created: 2017.04.15

• focus on the critical 3%, make the distinction between critical and non-critical
• mature optimization based on experience and benchmarking
• middle-end as a buffer: resources, architecture, communication, data exchange contract with back-end operating as a headless stateful API
• be aware that you are developing on souped-up hardware
• hands on optimisations, rather than blindly using tools
• avoid more than one copy of data-validation rules

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print_r vs var_dump

Created: 2017.04.18

I've always used print_r, but some tutorials use var_dump.

php var_dump() vs print_r()

The var_dump function displays structured information about variables/expressions including its type and value. Arrays are explored recursively with values indented to show structure. It also shows which array values and object properties are references.

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Soundcloud API

Created: 2017.04.14

Soundcloud API: Is it possible to get the 'playlist/set' data of my Favorites?

Have a look at the Subresources section in the docs: http://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/users

If you know the user id, you can get their tracks/playlists using the following. >

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Ninja Forms

Created: 2017.04.17

Upwork clients often ask for form customisations. They two main systems they mention are Ninja Forms and Gravity Forms.

Gravity Forms vs Ninja Forms – Two Leading WordPress Form Plugins Compared

Both Ninja Forms and Gravity Forms allow you to create forms with required fields, make use of field validation, and have the ability to perform calculations based on the data that the user has entered. Unlike Ninja Forms, Gravity Forms isn’t available in a free version. Instead, you’ll need to choose from one of the three paid options

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Critical Path

Created: 2017.04.14

CSS and the critical path

Stefanov talks about what is critical when viewing a page. He concludes that the HTML is the only critical component and everything else is sugar.

Unfortunately, many sites load the `` up with CSS, with the following results: