If you think you can, you can. If you think you can’t, you’re right.

• Andrew: I love it when the moon waxes
• Me: What does that mean?
• Andrew: Waaaaaaaaaxes (making hands bigger), Waaaaaaaaning (making hands smaller)
• Me: Who taught you that?
• Andrew: Miss Jodi
• Me: I learned that in college astronomy and you learned that in preschool. That’s crazy.
• Andrew: What’s astronomy.
• Me: Basically studying things in the universe, planets, stars, space.
• Andrew: Yup. And now you’re a dad.
• Me: And now I’m a dad.

@jasontucker when is the vid from tonight going live? I want some @brandondove love #ocwp

2012.07.09 9:40 PM via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@benlobaugh

Ben Lobaugh

There was a bit of anticipation around my talk on the WordPress Endpoint API at last week’s OCWP Dev Meetup. Ben, one of our buddies from Seattle could scarcely contain his excitement.

To be totally honest, the Endpoint API was one that I hadn’t fully grasped the power of until the post by Jon Cave (a.k.a duck_) went up on Make WordPress Plugins. I spent the afternoon coding up a little demo of how the API could be used, which I turned into a plugin. If you’re just looking for the code, you can find it on github. The plugin creates a custom post type called ocwp-members, with one pre-defined custom field for a member’s blog link. It then adds an endpoint to that post type that redirects the visitor to the member’s blog. It adds some neat click tracking pulled from AdSanity and a link to the endpoint in the post content through the the_content filter. It’s a simple plugin, but demonstrates a few neat things you can do with the api. You can find Jon’s article here and more WordPress awesomeness at Make WordPress.org in the link in Jason’s tweet below. If you have a copy of “Professional WordPress Plugin Development”, written by Brad Williams, Ozh Richard and Justin Tadlock, you can check out pages 417-421 for more information and code samples.

Watching @brandondove speak about #wordpress and http://t.co/BXUhG7JA about endpoints #ocwp http://t.co/OAW4F2Pi

2012.07.09 7:18 PM via txtReplyRetweetFavorite

@jasontucker

Jason Tucker

To get the full explanation of what the code does, check out the video below.

When I set out to build the plugin demo, I wanted to try a new dev tool (plugin) that Otto talked about about on WP Late Night (if you don’t listen to this WP Candy podcast, you really should) a few weeks back. The plugin, appropriately named Pluginception, creates and activates new, empty plugins with the click of a button. As Stephen pointed out, it is a plugin to quickly deploy working code via small recyclable plugins.

#ocwp Quickly isolate & make behavior recyclable. Pluginception is novel! @brandondove you are my hero. :-) http://t.co/HkYI2nXA

2012.07.09 7:42 PM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@Steveorevo

Stephen Carroll

I mentioned it in the video, but thought the warning deserved a mention in print as well:

DO NOT USE THIS IN PRODUCTION. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.

@brandondove @Steveorevo Oh dear. Please reinforce that Pluginception should not be used on live/production sites. It's a hacker/dev tool.

2012.07.09 8:12 PM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@Otto42

Samuel Wood (Otto)

Have you used WordPress Rewrite Endpoints? If so, what did you do with them? If not, does this give you any ideas where you could use them?

@inmotionhosting What is going on? Sites are down all over...

2011.10.29 2:03 PM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@kwjtweets

Karl Jankowski

Seems like service outages have happened more and more often these days. This time it seems to have started about 10 hours ago as reported by Karl and rippled throughout the network.

@brandondove @kwjtweets @inmotionhosting and here :[ can't even access inmotionhosting.com #notgood

2011.10.30 12:21 AM via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

@antoniotahhan

Antonio Tahhan

When I tried to restart apache via cPanel, I couldn’t reach the server. I can’t SSH in. Worst of all, InMotion’s site is down so their live chat support channel was inaccessible. Luckily I have them on speed dial because this has been such a common occurence lately. I dialed in and talked to support right away. They told me that they’re experiencing network wide problems (duh) and they’re working on it, but unfortunately couldn’t give an ETA for when things would be back up.

@inmotionhosting @inmotioncares Your website is down and my site hosted by you is down. Help!

2011.10.30 12:21 AM via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@Dan_Hatfield

Dan Hatfield

It looks like we’re not the only one who’s been frustrated by the frequent unexplained outages.

@inmotionhosting InMotion's entire network appears to be down, including my server.

2011.10.30 12:33 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@jkwkc

Ken Williams

@inmotionhosting All of my sites on inmotion are down -- as of 3 am

2011.10.30 12:33 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@globe_guilfoil

John Guilfoil

@inmotionhosting how long before we get our sites working?

2011.10.30 12:43 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@riteshbhatt

ritesh bhatt

I just got pingdom notification (12:48am) that our site has come back online. Hopefully the rest of these folks websites are coming back too.

Honestly, I want to love InMotion Hosting so much. I know some folks who work there on a personal level. They’re big supporters of WordPress and WordCamps, hell, they’ve sponsored our WordCamp in Orange County for two years in a row now. We’ve got multiple clients hosting dedicated servers with them based on our recommendation. Unfortunately, I just can’t continue to recommend their hosting service with a clear conscience. I would love to hear what’s going on at InMotion that’s causing these failures. If anyone has any more information about why their hosting service has gotten so flaky, I’d love to hear it.

Do you host with InMotion Hosting? If not, where do you host your site?

Check out the responsive theme I built for @thethemefoundry called Anthem with photography by @rgbmonster: http://t.co/teKQcceR

2011.10.27 11:03 AM via Twitter for MacReplyRetweetFavorite

@ryanessmaker

Ryan Essmaker

When I first saw the theme, I thought it looked clean, and being that I know Drew, I pushed out a tweet for it. Then I started looking at it a little further. Responsive design is gaining so much popularity these days and The Theme Foundry has been consistently approaching the their designs with a fresh perspective. Props to Ryan for his great work on this theme.

@thethemefoundry Pretty. Definitely my first pick for a new theme for my personal blog.

2011.10.27 10:44 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@timwilsie

Tim Wilsie

I feel exactly the same way as Tim. I have struggled to find a clean theme that feels personalized. By simply adding a quick photo of me to the logo area, I was able to do exactly that. Once I saw it, I knew I had to have it.

New responsive WP Layout from @thethemefoundry - demo site has some of my photos to show off the layout's sexiness http://t.co/VXvv1mDW

2011.10.27 10:45 AM via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@rgbmonster

Mr.Sanchez

The theme demo features some playful, full-size photos by Mr. Sanchez that show the effectiveness of big photography.

On a side note, I’m trying out a new plugin to create this post. It’s called Dashter, and it has huge potential. It’s built by my buddy Dave Cole from the #ocwp.

Julie’s sick and we were supposed to go to the Imagination Movers concert tonight at 5PM.

Anyone in the LA/OC area want some tickets to see the Imagination Movers live on stage tonight? I’ve got 4 tickets and a parking pass. Tickets were $40 (I’ll sell them for $35), parking was $15 (I’ll throw parking in).

We saw the show last year and… it was awesome (for parents and kids alike).

Photo Credit: Brad Penner