Downtime
Hi, everyone. I’m sorry to say this site had some downtime in the past week. (24-Nov-2022 to 27-Nov). Thanks for your patience.
SQLite3 in php — some notes
I’ve been working on the SQLIite Object Cache plugin for WordPress, so I’ve had to figure out a few things about using SQLite itself and php’s SQLite3 extension. Here are some notes. There are various versions of the SQLite software around. It’s possible for more than one version to access the same database at the … Read more
Sonic search: notes on its use
I have been working on a WordPress search plugin to use Valerian Saliou‘s Sonic search backend. It is a lightweight alternative to backends like Elastic Search. Its straightforward approach to normalizing natural language queries makes it useful for searching WordPress content. And its speed and feature set lend themselves gracefully to autocompletion. Using Sonic in … Read more
Leaf peeping by bike
This is a sweet ride around seacoast New Hampshire and southwestern Maine. It combines mountains and coasts with a little urban riding in Dover and Portsmouth. The dirt road up to Mt. Agamenticus is in good shape.
Get started with WordPress Development
Someone asked how to get started developing with WordPress. Here’s my take on it. You gotta learn to use it first. These are steps to getting power-user skills. Hosting Buy an account on a budget hosting service. ~US$10 per month is a reasonable cost. It MUST support multiple WordPress sites. Sometimes these are called “subdomains” … Read more
Meds too expensive? Try this, it’s brilliant!
Every web site needs one post with a silly clickbait title. But this is good stuff. I take a med called a statin. I take the generic version, and I’m lucky that my health insurance plan covers the cost. But once the local CVS refilled it, and when I went to pick it up they … Read more
A birthday song
Here’s a song my brother Barney Jones composed for my recent birthday. I am lucky to have such a talented family. Thanks, Barney! Most of the material on this site is Creative Commons licensed. This isn’t. It is Copyright (c) 2023 Barney Jones. All Rights Reserved.
Names in WordPress settings API
To plugin developers WordPress offers the Settings API. It lets us define settings pages, sections within those pages and fields within the sections. WordPress Settings API We use WordPress options to store configuration variables for our plugins. The settings API lets us create pages in the WordPress back-end dashboard to allow users to enter and … Read more