WordPress Plugin Development Workshop at RMI - Recap

February 17th, 2009 Posted in Open Source, css, php, wordpress

This past Saturday, yes I know it was Valentine Day, but we spread the WordPress love, I ran yet another WordPress workshop at RMI ( Rich Media Institute ), it was great to see almost everyone from the theme design workshop show up, plus a few new faces. This was the second in a series of workshops I’m running at RMI this year.

Other workshops to look forward to , WordPress 2.7 - all the ins and outs, WordPress 2.7 Admin Skinning/Customization. i am also planning on running a FREE Workshop on WP2.7 Admin Theming at PHUG end of Feb or early March.

For this workshop, the goal was to convert a PHP script that loads random Flash SWF ( view here ) files into a functional WordPress plug-in. Sounds easy, and it was! You can download the original PHP script here and the WordPress plug-in here. The plug-in is fully functional, but still requires some option under the admin area. Play arounf with and let me know what you think.

Here’s the slide presentation from the workshop.

As promised here is a list of some plug-in development resources:
Simplified AJAX For WordPress Plugin Developers using Jquery
“Desenvolvendo Plugins para WordPress” by Rafael Dohms (in Brazilian Portuguese)
12 part “How to Write a Wordpress Plugin” at DevLounge.net by Ronald Huereca (PDF)
How to create WordPress Plugin from a scratch
Using AJAX with your WordPress Plugin, also at DevLounce.net
How to Write a Simple WordPress Plugin at ATD

Posts from past workshops:
http://backspacestudios.com/blog/index.php/wordpress-25-workshop-at-rmi-recap/open-source/
http://backspacestudios.com/blog/index.php/vecta-lova-free-wordpress-theme/open-source/