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My personal GitHub challenge

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

.. and how I managed to accomplish one of my personal challenges for this year 🙂 In December 2014 we were working on a big and very interesting project (here is a case study if you are interested in – Tourism website with booking and…

Tagged with: Aptana, Asana, challenge, GitHub, WordPress
Posted in Personal

On Emoji and the Anatomy of a Critical Security Bug

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

As you know Emoji is the one of the major features in the WordPress 4.2. Many of us were disappointed because of the focus on an icons for the one of the two biggest features, really? Well, not really…

Tagged with: Emoji, security, WordPress
Posted in WordPress

WordPress Themes – the good stuff

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stanko Metodiev — 1 Comment ↓

This February I gave my first presentation at WordPress Bulgaria User Group. The presentation was about WordPress themes. I shared my experience regarding some bad and some good themes, a few useful tips and code samples and I gave a few tips for creating a good WordPress…

Tagged with: presentation, WPBGUG
Posted in Events

Simple Blog Authors Widget plugin

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

In February this year WP Tavern published an article about adopt-me tag – a plugin tag which you could add to your plugin(s) in case if you want to give it to another developer. Personally I really like idea of having this tag, because it provides an option…

Tagged with: adopt-me, Simple Blog Authors Widget, widget, wptavern
Posted in Plugins, WordPress

Sofia I Love You

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

I posted this video in my Bulgarian blog about two weeks ago, but I wanted to share this video with everybody who is planning to come to WordCamp Europe 2014 (#WCEU). Come to WordCamp Europe 2014, visit Sofia. We are…

Tagged with: Sofia, Videos, Vimeo, WordCamp Europe
Posted in Events, WordCamps

Install ack on Ubuntu

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

If you are developer and a *nix OS user you probably already know how useful the grep command is. I’m using it almost all the time while I’m working, because it’s really useful and saves me time during the development…

Tagged with: ack, grep, Ubuntu
Posted in Linux, Tips and Tricks

How to Translate a WordPress Theme

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

There are many sources where you could find instructions for how to translate WordPress theme. Of course the first place where you should start is the WordPress Codex – Translating WordPress. There you could find all the information you need…

Tagged with: mo, po, pot, themes, translation
Posted in Tips and Tricks, WordPress

Huawei E173s and Ubuntu

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Stanko Metodiev — 3 Comments ↓

I had big issues with my Huawei E173s and mobile Internet using Ubuntu. This USB stick saves me many times when I’m at some Coffice and if there is a problem with Internet connection or the coffee doesn’t have wireless…

Tagged with: E173s, Huawei, modemmanager, Synaptic Package Manager, Ubuntu, WiFi
Posted in Linux, Tips and Tricks

Lenovo E540 and Ubuntu Wireless and rtl8723be problem – Updated

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Stanko Metodiev — 21 Comments ↓

By the end of 2013 my laptop was old and slow I had few problems with it, so I decided to made myself a present for my birthday and for the Christmas. I did some research and I find the…

Tagged with: launchpad, Lenovo E540, modprobe, RTL8723BE, Ubuntu, WiFi, Wireless
Posted in Linux

Rhythmbox Tray Icon in Ubuntu Notification Area

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

А few years ago when I was a Windows user, I used Winamp for listening to music. To be honest, this was, and still is, one of my favourite tool. I remember my first reaction when I installed my first…

Tagged with: Linux, Rhythmbox, Ubuntu, Widnows, Winamp
Posted in Linux, Tips and Tricks