In a previous post, I talked about how recent versions of ClassicPress have removed from core and deprecated the thickbox library, and I also explained how developers can follow suit in their themes and plugins. In this post, I am going to tell a similar story about the jQuery UI library, which ClassicPress has now […]
A theme of development since version 2.0 of ClassicPress was released has been the replacement of obsolete JavaScript libraries. In version 2.1, for example, the thickbox library was removed from core. The point of thickbox is to enable the use of modals, but there is a much better alternative available these days. The dialog element […]
In previous GitHub Desktop tutorials we showed you how to submit a pull request (PR), so you could start contributing to the development of an open-source project such as ClassicPress. Once you are comfortable with this concept, the next stage in contributing is to start testing and reviewing other PRs that have been submitted. An […]
Anyone developing a CP-specific plugin needs to be aware that (for now) it’s the developer’s job to process the updates. There are a number of ways to handle this, but the most widely used method is via the Update Manager plugin. This was specifically written for ClassicPress by John Alarcon (Code Potent) after other options […]
Push New Files to Origin This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. Finally, you need to update the files in your GitHub repo by pushing the new files in local up to origin. So, the last step is to click on “Push origin” and upload […]
Fetch and Merge This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. You now need to update the files in your local computer to reflect the new “official” repo files. You do this by fetching the upstream files to local and merging them in with the files […]
Wait for Merge This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. If all goes well, you will get a message to say that your edits have been approved and merged into the main project. Note that you are still not in sync with the “official” repo. […]
Revise This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. Sometimes you might find the need to make some extra changes to your initial pull request, or perhaps the maintainers of the “official” repo have suggested you make some revisions. It’s recommended NOT to open a new […]
Create a Pull Request This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. A pull request (PR) sends a message to the people who maintain the “official” repo, asking them to consider adding in your edits. There is probably a form template that you will need to […]
Push your Changes This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. When you are happy with the changes you’ve made, you can publish (push) them to your GitHub account. Now both local and origin will be different to upstream. You can push your changes up […]
