SoCal WordPress Meetup JanuANY 2014

Natalie MacLees asked me to speak and made fun of my hair, bad coding and more. RUDE!

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1. Hi. I’m Alex
 I like WordPress and Natalie MacLees Made Me Cry Until I Published These Slides.
2. Random Knowledge add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode'); Did you know that you can’t place shortcodes in widgets by default? // Add Shortcodes to widgets by placing the below code info functions.php
3. STOP IT!! define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); It’s generally a “bad practice” to edit a theme or plugin using the ‘edit’ option. Here’s how you can prevent that nonsense… You would also add this to your theme’s functions.php file // Prevent Clients From Blowing schtuff up!!
4. Versioning? Use Version Control! It will save yo zzz! You’re welcome! I Use Git. What is it? ! 1. an unpleasant or contemptible person. aka me
 2. distributed version control designed for working with teams Bitbucket - Free, unlimited private repositories for up to 5 users ! Github - Free public repositories ! Gitlab - Free hosted public/private repositories, offers self hosted solution ! - SourceTree and Tower are great Git GUIs for Mac. I Love SmartGit for Windows, also available on Mac
5. Get a WYSIWYG Editor for Widgets Sometimes it’s handy to be able to edit a text widget with the same editor as you would with a page or post http://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/ Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
6. My Fave Plugins/Resources? Glad you asked! I LURVE PLUGINS! BEST WITH MILK!
 All my faves on WordPress.org (http://profiles.wordpress.org/digisavvy) ! 1. WP DB MIGRATE PRO 2. Advanced Custom Fields 3. Jetpack 4. Backupbuddy 5. Image Widget, from Modern Tribe 6. What the File 7. Developer 8. http://wptest.io/ - Dummy Content. The Best set of dummy content imo. 9. http://generatewp.com (WordPress code snippet generator) 10.Advanced WP Facebook Group 11. DesktopServer - http://serverpress.com