Code

Developers: Turbocharge Heroku Deploy Hooks using Torpio

…t our own body and POST it. Since we want to be able to use this same script for multiple apps, the script does a bit of translation from the Heroku app slug to the NewRelic app ID. We can then use the same webhook URL and script for every app. That’s it! This is a very simple example of the sort of thing you can do with Torpio. They have some great examples in their getting started guide and excellent developer docs. If you need to integrate one…

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Team

Add Plugin Settings to WooCommerce, Part 2

…Notes Adding your own settings tab is made much easier by the helpers WooCommerce gives you in the form of the abstract settings page, helper functions to output and save settings, along with several useful examples in WooCommerce itself. If you want to take a look at the full code, here’s a version you can install as a plugin to activate it and see how the code generates the tab and settings….

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WP Development

Magento/WordPress Development and Deployment

…ings” > .gitignore && echo “.project” >> .gitignore git add .gitignore git commit -m “Initial commit” git push -u origin master Step 2b: Connect to an Existing Remote Repository Otherwise, to connect your local Git repository to an existing remote one that already contains commits, move to the command line and do the following from within the extension project: git remote add origin git@github.com:youraccount/Widget.git git pull git checkout maste…

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WooConf 2016 Recap

…ockie, and Claudio Sanches, all of whom do really fantastic things with WooCommerce. After quickly becoming close to one another, https://twitter.com/WooConf/status/718117497782853632 we had a great chat about the future of WooCommerce, plugin development, and theme development 🙂 Following lunch, it was my turn to speak after Max and Justin gave it a go at last WooConf (though unlike Justin, I wasn’t brave enough to go on stage with the flu!). I c…

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GitHub Repository Not Found Workaround

…d: $ git merge upstream/master Note the remote url protocol https://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife.git rather than git://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife.git. Over the HTTPS protocol everything works as expected, I just have to provide my GitHub username/password, which I did not have to do when the git protocol was working. If I hear back from GitHub support I’ll update this article with any further information. Update: Resolution from GitHub I sup…

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Privacy Policy

…ocol API secret, securely passing Google Analytics access token to your WooCommerce site, refreshing the access token when needed, and revoking the access token when requested).  The WooCommerce Google Analytics Pro plugin application does not access, use, store, or share Google user data.  The WooCommerce Google Analytics Pro authorization connection service’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere…

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Social Login

WooCommerce Social Login

…nformation could be used at tons of sites, from PapaJohns.com to Nordstrom.com. To combat this, many stores now offer social sign-in. Customers can link social accounts, such as Facebook or Twitter, to login information so that they can securely log into their favorite eCommerce stores without (a) risking security by using the same credentials and (b) remembering tons of login combinations. Social Login is a win-win for customers and shop owners,…

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WooCommerce reviews + tutorials

WooCommerce 1.4 SSL Admin Mixed Content Bug

…cent news posting, WooCommerce 1.4 while a great update to the excellent E-Commerce offering from WooCommerce, did include at least one very minor bug. This issue would apply only to those who serve their administration over SSL, which is most likely just me, and by now you can probably guess is the age-old mixed content issue. I first realized something was amiss when soon after updating my production server to the latest and greatest I saw the t…

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Exclude Your Traffic From Jetpack Site Stats

…me is that this filters logged-in user traffic indiscriminately and as an ECommerce site running WooCommerce I could have any number of visitors logged in as Customers, who’s traffic I most assuredly would want to track. What I really need is a way to exclude only my traffic, as the site’s Administrator. Also since I’m generally, though not always, logged in it would be nice to have a failsafe to always exclude page views from my computer regardle…

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