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= Configuration = | |||
* The encoding of your blog van be set in Settings -> Reading. Of course utf-8 is recommended. This is saved in a '''blog_charset''' option in the wp_options database table. | |||
= Creating a new Article = | = Creating a new Article = | ||
* Don't copy via Firefox the contents of an old post; this results in a broken layout. The best way is to edit the old post you want to copy, and copy its HTML code directly. | * Don't copy via Firefox the contents of an old post; this results in a broken layout. The best way is to edit the old post you want to copy, and copy its HTML code directly. | ||
= Widgets = | |||
* Widgets are the equivalents of modules in Joomla: small snippets of HTML that you can stick in your WP page at various placeholders. | |||
* To manage widgets go to: Appearance -> Widgets. | |||
= Plugin Development = | = Plugin Development = | ||
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* If you use register_setting to update some plugin options on the back office, be very careful. All options get updated all the time even if you did not specify a form field for them, and validation is basically nowhere (the sanitize_callback thing is a joke: there's no documentation about it, so no way of knowing how it works). | * If you use register_setting to update some plugin options on the back office, be very careful. All options get updated all the time even if you did not specify a form field for them, and validation is basically nowhere (the sanitize_callback thing is a joke: there's no documentation about it, so no way of knowing how it works). | ||
== Options == | |||
* Use '''update_option''' if you want the option updated regardless of the existence of a previous value; use '''add_option''' if you only want to change the option if it does not exist before. | |||
Latest revision as of 02:25, 2 May 2010
Configuration
- The encoding of your blog van be set in Settings -> Reading. Of course utf-8 is recommended. This is saved in a blog_charset option in the wp_options database table.
Creating a new Article
- Don't copy via Firefox the contents of an old post; this results in a broken layout. The best way is to edit the old post you want to copy, and copy its HTML code directly.
Widgets
- Widgets are the equivalents of modules in Joomla: small snippets of HTML that you can stick in your WP page at various placeholders.
- To manage widgets go to: Appearance -> Widgets.
Plugin Development
- Although WordPress is great, the plugin development framework is totally broken. It is possible to do whatever you need to do, but the code is 100% ugly and there is no real way of getting your stuff done in a beautiful way. This is just spaghetti PHP code as its worst, a tons of stuff hacked together without any general visions.
General remarks
- If you use register_setting to update some plugin options on the back office, be very careful. All options get updated all the time even if you did not specify a form field for them, and validation is basically nowhere (the sanitize_callback thing is a joke: there's no documentation about it, so no way of knowing how it works).
Options
- Use update_option if you want the option updated regardless of the existence of a previous value; use add_option if you only want to change the option if it does not exist before.