Generally speaking WordPress is fast. And this is the case even with large websites with tens of thousands of posts. Mostly, speed depends on the theme and than on the plugins. But in many cases the slowest part is the WordPress core. Here is how to speed it up.
Previous tutorial gave explanations on how the upgrade backup works, what files to mark for backup and add to the list, what to avoid and what are the requirements for this to work at all. Here you will see the process in action and how easy is to use it.
xScape 1.4.5 adds new feature allowing backup of changed and added files. Dev4Press Updater will trigger backup before upgrading to new version. Setting files for backup is really simple and will be shown in the next video tutorial. But, what to set for backup?
Data retrieved by GD aZon FUSION plugin is got through Amazon Product API using CloudFusion library. Amazon has limited what types of data you can request and what kind of response you can get. Amazon don’t allow for all data they actually have to be used through API.
Page templates in xScape Framework Themes are working the same way as with any other theme. But, creating template is a bit different. As with all other templates, template has two files: one is loaded by WP, and other one is actual content of the page template.
By default, WordPress allows some limited post filtering options using taxonomies. If you have many taxonomies and you need to filter posts taking into account several taxonomies, and to filter by more than one term, well, there is no direct way to that with WP only.
Sometimes is very useful to be able and use existing WordPress rich editor within your plugins. TinyMCE editor built in WP can be easily reused and you can even set some elements. Following example will work in WordPress 2.8 and newer including latest WP 3.0.
If you are plugin developer, it’s very important to give as much info about the plugin updates as you can before the blog admins update the plugin to a new version. Also, some of the plugin control panels go into different menus, and it’s a good idea to have direct links on the plugins panel also.
When you create a complex form that will be used on page or anywhere in WordPress, there are some restrictions that you will not found documented, and will cause you a lot of problems if you are not aware of them and how to solve them.
