This is a simple step by step guide to creating a form that will capture data and store it in a mysql database on your server from within a wordpress post Note: the below example is a live, working form on this page Step 1: Create a simple form for a petition, contact request, or […]
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How to use Ajax in a WordPress Post
I recently put together an Ajax autocomplete example using PHP and Mysql so I could post it on my blog, but after getting it working outside wordpress on an independent page I had trouble getting it into wordpress. I had used plugins in the past which allowed for php code to be used with shortcodes, […]
Allow Email as Username within WP-Members Plugin
Today I figured out how to let people use their email to login instead of their username to the WordPress driven site called Jacked Pack. I had already installed the WP-Members plugin in order to add custom registration fields to the WordPress account page (for the “HUGEness profile”), but when I tried installing the WP […]
How to Add the Sidebar to WordPress Twenty Eleven Theme Single Posts
This is my first post since splitting off my technical posts into a new blog focused in that area. Part of the process was setting up a new wordpress blog, and of course I wanted to try a new theme, the Twenty Eleven theme. After I began importing a few posts I realized that there […]