Medill WordPress Users

Alternative to MAMP/WAMP

SB Anderson — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:18:52 +0000

Have just started experimenting with this alternative to MAMP and WAMP — DesktopServer. The free version seems to be on equal footing with functionality — and lets you create custom local URLs for each of your sites.

And it looks like the install is less bloated than the W/MAMP [...]

CSS table awesomeness

SB Anderson — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 22:19:16 +0000

I wanted to write a thing on <table>s and it turned into… A Complete Guide to the Table Element :: http://t.co/eOIsFUQSLR

— Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) September 19, 2013

Let your students know their post is live

SB Anderson — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:49:38 +0000

If you work with drafts from students and then publish, here’s a bit of code for functions.php that will send the author an e-mail once the post is live.

function wpr_authorNotification($post_id) { $post = get_post($post_id); $author = get_userdata($post->post_author); $message = " Hi ".$author->display_name.", Your post, ".$post->post_title." has just been published. Well done! "; wp_mail($author->user_email, [...]

Google Docs / WordPress workflow

SB Anderson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:39:28 +0000

Good overview of how to integrate the Docs to WordPress plug-in into your WP workflow. Layer in EditFlow — and in the case of the Bangor Daily News, hooks to the print production CMS — and you’ve got a pretty impressive (and cheap) CMS for your newsroom. Here’s William Davis of Bangor giving [...]

Nice new set of basic WP tutorials

SB Anderson — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:45 +0000

The Knight Digital Media Center has to together a nice basic set of tutorials aimed at WordPress newbies. “While the focus of some tutorials is on technology and journalism, most are general enough to be of use to anyone.”