Including Magento blocks in a WordPress theme is straight forward, however, the internationalisation feature of both systems gets in the way. An example
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// File 1 - include_1.php function foo($a) { return $a*2; } // File 2 - include_2.php function foo($b) { return $b+9; } // File 3 - index.php include "include_1.php"; include "include_2.php"; |
File 3 would throw: Fatal error: Read More »
I recently wanted to integrate WordPress, Magento and a bespoke Zend application to work together. For the main part, this was easy. I put the Magento installation into a seperate Read More »
What is the Open Graph protocol The Open Graph protocol enables integrations of your web pages into the social graph. It is promenantly used by the Facebook Platform. Whilst the Read More »
Using custom taxonomy in custom post types means that you can add categories, or tags to your custom posts. This can be achieved with code like the following – added Read More »
I’ve been working recently on the portfolio section of this blog. It uses a custom post type I created that I’ve got installed as a plugin. One thing that always Read More »
Quite often recently when building WordPress themes for smaller sites (ones that have a brochure feel, but have a blog section), the design has included an area on the frontpage, Read More »
Since version 2.8, WordPress has included the SimplePie class at it’s core. For a while, SimplePie wasn’t being maintained by the developer, but the WordPress team took over and kept Read More »
I’m using Contact Form 7 on a website I’m building. Currently, Contact Form 7 uses shortcodes, meaning you can drop forms into posts. Something like
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You can’t use shortcodes Read More »
Recently, I was working with a WordPress theme that includes a “featured image” (added recently to WordPress). Instead of just displaying it on the frontend, I wanted to know how Read More »
I’ve recently added comments back into my blog. I know that Askimet will do the majority of the work in protecting me from SPAM, but I wanted to make sure Read More »
I’ve always got quite a lot of comment spam on the blog, and this is mostly for older posts that I assume are already dead and wouldn’t be commented on. Read More »
Since Twitter changed things, you’re probably better off looking at A WordPress Twitter stream, without the RSS… WordPress comes with a version of Magpie RSS as part of Read More »