Over my 25-30+ years of coding (including hobby stuff as a teenager), I’ve made my fair share of coding mistakes. In fact, everyone who has ever written code before has written lots of errors. That’s why we test so much. Even today, I still make mistakes, many of them the same as you. The difference…
“The Loop” is where most of your work is done. However, it isn’t a single file. Rather, it is the part of the file which WordPress send your content to. Here you will have your different files, archive.php, category.php, single.php, etc. These different files will all have their own loop. But these files will not…
Most all themes will have a sidebar file. This will provide the sidebar that usually controls where the widgets will go. Most themes have a single sidebar. Depending upon your theme, you may find your side bar to the left or the right of the main content. However, some themes have additional columns. These themes…
WordPress is an easy to install web application. A web application requires that the software be run from a web server. This is because it requires PHP and MySQL to generate the web pages. NOTE: You CANNOT launch your website from your local disk by clicking on the files. There are two main ways to…
When we talk about web languages, we normally define them by being either client or server side. This is based upon where the script will run, or as it is sometimes called – execute. Client Side Languages A client side language runs on the end users machine. JavaScript is the most common client side language….
[wpdm_file id=3] This quick tutorial will show how to send an email using PHP. There is a video demo below if you want to view that as well. Emailing from a server is a fairly common task. We can email for any number of reasons including: Letting an administrator know when something doesn’t work. Giving…
What is PHP PHP is a popular server side programming language that is fair easy to (initially) learn, but can be challenging to master. It is available on almost every web server. PHP Language Basics PHP code must live within it’s own special tags. This is where the server goes to get the info. If…
