GPL as an anti-competitive tool
For some the GPL is a religion for others it is a business model. I have long been concerned that …
Category Archives: Wordpress
How to render a blank WordPress page
I want to create a REST endpoint on my WordPress site. This is to be consumed by a computer so …
Extending the WordPress application framework with Formidable Forms
In my previous post I discussed how WordPress fulfils many of the needs of an application development framework but I noted …
Understanding WordPress as a web application framework
I have decided to use WordPress as my preferred web application framework. This is because it is free, simple, elegant …
Excel CSV is not UTF-8, fix it with Notepad++
Excel CSV is ANSI encoded (the CSV specification does not define an encoding). Many web applications are UTF-8 encoded. If …
How to enable a discussion group by email
This year’s pro-bono project is to work with a parents and teachers association and it is throwing up some interesting communication …
Writing a WordPress plugin for multisite
I use Michael Simpson’s excellent template for writing WordPress plugins. At present it does not explicitly support multisite plugins. This …
CSS: How to “sandbox” a DIV – a lesson in futility
I am writing this article in the spirit of the scientific principle that negative results should be published (but there …
Simplifying WordPress farm deployments using symbolic links
I have previously posted on how to create a WordPress (Multisite) farm on a Bitnami server. A big problem when …
Installing Newrelic server monitoring
In a previous post I explained how to install Newrelic server application monitoring for WordPress. I now realise that this …
