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My Book, WordPress and Ajax, Finally on Amazon

WordPress and Ajax e-book

My first book, WordPress and Ajax, is finally available on Amazon.com.

I was very excited when I found out the book was listed on Amazon.com. The book’s designer (Vivien Anayian from VG Universe Design) was equally thrilled and a pleasantly surprised as well.

The book currently retails for $19.99, which is pretty cheap for a programming book. If you fancy checking it out, head to Amazon and give it a go…. Continue reading…

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WordPress and Ajax 2nd Edition Released

WordPress and Ajax e-book

For several months I’ve been slaving away on releasing an update to my “somewhat” popular e-book WordPress and Ajax.

If you’re interested in WordPress development, please check out the new additions to the book…. Continue reading…

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WordCamp Philly 2010

This past weekend I had the privilege of attending WordCamp Philly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

I’ve been working at WebDevStudios (a New Jersey based company) since June of this year and finally got a chance to meet my co-workers for the very first time (they are as nuts as I am).

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Photo of my co-workers and me. Photo by co-worker Chris Cochran (not pictured)

The guys I work with are just absolutely awesome…. Continue reading…

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My First Book, WordPress and Ajax, Released

WordPress and Ajax Cover

My first ever book, WordPress and Ajax, has been released. You can find my dedicated site for the book at http://www.wpajax.com.

The book labels itself as an in-depth guide for using Ajax with WordPress.

While geared towards existing plugin/theme authors (beginning or advanced), this book will also assist those new to WordPress who have been thinking of making the programming plunge.

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WP Grins Lite

This WordPress plugin is a “lite” version of the very popular WP Grins plugin by Alex King.

The plugin allows smilies to be inserted in the comment area of a WordPress blog.

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WP Grins Screenshot

Difference Between WP Grins and WP Grins Lite

The original installation of WP Grins requires the heavy overhead of the Prototype JavaScript library.

WP Grins Lite uses the much lighter-weight jQuery library…. Continue reading…