Dani McDaniel

Surprisingly GravityForms hasn’t implemented the placeholder feature yet. I know they have plans on doing so soon, but we need a solution while we wait for that. I came up with this quick solution using only GF filters and jQuery. - Dani McDaniel

WordPress' is_single() is a function with two possible results: True or False. Depending on certain outside variables WordPress determines what value to return and then proceeds based on your lead. - Dani McDaniel

Unfortunately at the moment there doesn’t seem to be a quick way of converting a published standard post into a shiny new custom post type, at least not from the administration area. After a little investigation work using phpmyadmin and the nooshu WordPress database, I discovered it’s actually quite easy. Be warned though, it’s easy to break your blog by editing the database directly, so make sure you back everything up. I take no responsibility for what happens if you break something! - Dani McDaniel

This is a utility for converting lots of posts or pages to a custom post type (or vice versa). You can limit the conversion to posts in a single category or children of specific page. You can also assign new taxonomy terms, which will be added to the posts' existing terms. - Dani McDaniel

A simple way to change a post type in WordPress. Any combination is possible, even custom post types. Page to Post Post to Page Page to Attachment Post to Custom - Dani McDaniel

WordPress 3 comes with the ability to create Custom Post Types, which makes it very simple for us developers to extend WordPress and use it as a proper CMS for any business need. Apart from the default Posts and Pages, we can now create custom types to better suit our content, and make it easier for users to update the site. - Dani McDaniel

The Taxonomy Widget Plugin enables users to create widgets in their sidebar that display all terms of any given taxonomy. Users can choose between 3 different templates including two types of lists, a term cloud or a dropdown menu. - Dani McDaniel

To me, custom post types cannot be divorced from custom taxonomies. Two of the criteria that I consider before creating a custom post type is: - Dani McDaniel

So it's friday, I've been coding all day and I thought I'd share some of the cool snippets I've come across and/or developed today. I've mostly been working with Custom Post Types and Taxonomies, so let me share some of that goodness. - Dani McDaniel

BuddyPress Plugins Repository - Dani McDaniel

Recommended BuddyPress Plugins Collection - Dani McDaniel

We’ve all worked hard to establish that WordPress is a great content management solution, but what about it’s social networking aspect? Today, I want to walk you through the basics of using BuddyPress, a social networking system built on top of the WordPress platform. Learning how to use this will add a really valuable item to your field of knowledge, especially as clients want social integration more and more every day. - Dani McDaniel

Welcome to the most comprehensive, easy to use manual to installing and using a BuddyPress network on the web! - Dani McDaniel

If you’re going to develop your own custom BuddyPress component then a great starting point is the “Skeleton Component”. This is a bare-bones component that will provide a solid starting block for you to develop your component from.. - Dani McDaniel