http://wprocker.com WP Rocker - Fresh Links, News and Updates from WordPress wprocker.com http://wprocker.com/story/58988/ Prepare your earholes for the second-ever episode of WP Late Night, the WordPress podcast from Brad Williams, Dre Armeda, and Ryan Imel (that’s me!). This episode we discussed a number of recent events in the WordPress community, and even tried (kind of) to deduce the identities of the WP Hone.. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:45:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58988/ http://wprocker.com/story/58986/ Happy Tuesday! We’ve got two unique free themes for you today, and they are quite a study in contrasts. Our first theme, Splendio, dazzles with an unconventional yet stylish design from Design Disease that pops out of the box — literally. How you use this theme is limited only by your imagi.. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0600 WordPress.com http://wprocker.com/story/58986/ http://wprocker.com/story/58984/ For a recent project, I needed a way to add custom post and body classes on a per-post basis. Sure, I could have used a category or tag to style each post, but I hate creating custom categories and tags for the purposes of styling a post. So, I created a small plugin to let me add custom classes f.. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:39:00 -0600 Justin Tadlock http://wprocker.com/story/58984/ http://wprocker.com/story/58981/ A subject finally getting some attention in the WordPress community is i18n, or internationalization.Internationalization is the process of making an application ready for translation. Often this gets confused with localization, which is the process by which the text on the page and other settings a.. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:21:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58981/ http://wprocker.com/story/58982/ The first issue of The WPCandy Quarterly is in the printing queue as you read these words. Exciting, right? Since there’s nothing I can do to speed up the process (believe me, I would if I could) I’ve taken some time and looked back over the first issue’s development.One thing I di.. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:21:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58982/ http://wprocker.com/story/58983/ Ever find yourself wanting to query the “standard” post format within WordPress and not having much luck? It turns out there’s a Trac Ticket for this very subject. But for now, Alex King came up with a way for it to work with WP_Query calls. Go have a look at his code.You just fini.. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:52:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58983/ http://wprocker.com/story/58979/ The 15th of January through the 22nd finally saw its first WP on Tour go live. WPCandy mentioned WP on Tour here before, but it’s basically a bunch of WordPress developers (of all shapes and sizes) sharing a working space for a week.  This first edition saw 10 of us — yes, I was fortunate.. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:40:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58979/ http://wprocker.com/story/58980/ Check if a specific website is available Want to know if a specific website is available? cURL is here to help. This script can be used with a cron job to monitor your websites. Don’t forget to update the script with the url you want to check on line 3. Once done, just paste it somewhere and i.. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:01:00 -0600 CatsWhoCode http://wprocker.com/story/58980/ http://wprocker.com/story/58977/ In my previous post I explained how I used the Types plugin to create a new custom post type. That custom post type will be used to display a table of supported themes for my WordPress SEO plugin, and is therefor called wpseo-theme. Now the trick here is that I want users to be able to submit themes.. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:17:00 -0600 Yoast http://wprocker.com/story/58977/ http://wprocker.com/story/58975/ The WPCandy Quarterly is, as far as I know, the first-ever WordPress-centric magazine. Or rather, it will be when it begins shipping out to subscribers in the next week or so. On Friday I received the final print proofs, which wraps up the last necessary step before all the issue are printed and del.. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:50:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58975/ http://wprocker.com/story/58966/ In this episode of Pressbits I discuss the hesitance I sometimes see in folks to release their code as WordPress plugins. Listen, I dare you:If you would rather download it directly you can do that too, or subscribe to this show via RSS or on iTunes. If you would prefer a transcript, you can al.. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:42:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58966/ http://wprocker.com/story/58967/ This morning Collis Ta’eed announced on the Envato Notes blog that their price adjustment tool, previously available to Envato Elite authors on their marketplaces that reached $75,000 in sales, is no longer available. Normally prices on the Envato marketplaces are set by Envato during the pro.. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:34:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58967/ http://wprocker.com/story/58968/ Would you like to post videos to your blog while you’re on the go? Are you interested in a photography theme that’s also video-friendly? Well, look no further, because we have some news for you. The VideoPress upgrade, which allows you to upload and embed your own videos on your blog, no.. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:00 -0600 WordPress.com http://wprocker.com/story/58968/ http://wprocker.com/story/58965/ Today, I’m excited to introduce the latest additions to our collection of premium themes. Designed by Andy Rutledge, Currents, is a responsive, minimal yet attractive premium theme from WooThemes. Currents is perfect for news driven sites. The phrase, “less is more” couldn’.. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0600 WordPress.com http://wprocker.com/story/58965/ http://wprocker.com/story/58963/ In this, episode 30 of the WPCandy Podcast, we officially adopt a new format for the official show. In short, the goal is for the WPCandy Podcast to deliver a higher awesome per minute ratio, and be the “if you only listen to one WordPress podcast, listen to this one” podcast.But that&#.. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:59:00 -0600 WPCandy http://wprocker.com/story/58963/