Tag Archive: AJAX

Debugging AJAX

I can debug my JavaScript using console.log(), which also displays code errors. I can debug my PHP code using print_r() (which I prefer because it’s leaner; many use var_dump()). Since I have PHP’s display_errors directive enabled, and usually I declare error_reporting( E_ALL ^ E_STRICT ) or error_reporting( -1 ), so errors are output within the browser.*

So I can immediately read ... 

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Blurbette Plugin: Copy Metabox

In this chapter, I’ll create the metabox enabling a user to copy any post to a new Blurbette. This action shouldn’t force the user to leave the edit panel, so copying ought to take place via AJAX. And, for good measure, why not track whether a post has already been copied to a Blurbette, and link to it?

My plan is ... 

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Blurbette Plugin: Widget

Creating a widget is very simple, because WordPress provides a WP_Widget class you can simply extend and define. Four methods are required:

__construct(): the constructor which simply defines some strings and calls the parent method, form(): presents the draggable widget form in the admin panel, update(): operates when the form is updated, widget(): performs the output in the sidebar.

I’ll discuss each of the four ... 

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Blurbette Plugin: TinyMCE Control

This time I’ll define a TinyMCE Control class that must be instantiated.

The last one, the Shortcode class, works fine without instantiating because all its properties are one-offs, and its public elements are available to all scopes (global and function).

This class defines a ‘thing’ that has unique properties, and there might be more than one of these ‘things,’ so it must ... 

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