Author Archives: Josh Harrison

WordPress Plugins as Frameworks

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Josh Harrison

I noticed earlier today an interesting video in the WordPress.tv feed. Marc Lavallee & Wes Lindamood: Plugins are Blueprints talk about how they use plugins as a starting point to get to an end. I like what they had to say. It reminded … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Boss Plugin Update 0.7

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Josh Harrison

Last night I took some time to make some minor updates to my Yahoo Boss plugin. No features were added – just fixed a few bugs and cleaned it up some. Here is a list of the changes: Options page … Continue reading →

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My Own Freelance Switch

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Josh Harrison

Last week, I began my career as a full-time freelance web developer. This is something that I have been wanting to do for quite sometime and I am really excited to get this portion of my career going. You’re probably … Continue reading →

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Translators Needed for New User Approve Plugin

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Josh Harrison

The New User Approve plugin has been updated to include support for localization. If you’d like the plugin localized, please contact me. Continue reading →

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wp-config Tips and Tricks

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Josh Harrison

A short Ignite style presentation to simply outline what can be done with the wp-config file in WordPress. Continue reading →

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WordCamp Seattle

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Josh Harrison

For the past few months, me with a group of other volunteers have been trying to get the groundwork laid for WordCamp Seattle. Up to this point, it has been a great experience. I have met some great people and … Continue reading →

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New User Approve Plugin Updates

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Josh Harrison

Last September I release a WordPress plugin that allows an administrator to approve new users after they register for your site. I built the plugin for a private blog that I have and I wanted control over each member of … Continue reading →

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Building a Quick Search Engine

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Josh Harrison

For a while I’ve been wanting to create a specialized search engine for a project I have been working on. Given the limited amount of time I have, I clearly had to piggyback on current technologies. Search engines today do … Continue reading →

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Upgrading WordPress the Easy Way

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Josh Harrison

I have finally discovered the best/easiest way to upgrade your WordPress install, especially if you have multiple installations of the blogging software. You must use SVN to make this happen. To upgrade all you have to do is change the … Continue reading →

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Twitter And Picklewagon

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Josh Harrison

For those of you who are subscribed to my blog or visit it on occasion, you have more than likely noticed that I have my Twitter updates posting to my blog. This is being done automatically using the Twitter Tools … Continue reading →

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