Tag: Backbone.js
Custom Contact Forms Redux
In 2009-2010 Custom Contact Forms was one of the first WordPress plugins I wrote. The purpose of the plugin was to solve a simple problem: easy contact form building on the web. As I was building the plugin, WordPress 3.0 had not yet been released, and therefore custom post types and other useful API’s did…
Syncing Backbone Models and Collections to admin-ajax.php
Backbone is framed around the assumption that your models and collections are backed by RESTful API’s. If this isn’t the case, life becomes difficult. WordPress provides an AJAX API for backend AJAX requests. These requests are sent through admin-ajax.php which is not RESTful. I’ve written some code to force Backbone models and collections to play nicely…
A WordPress Starter Theme Based on JSON REST API’s Backbone Client
The past few months I’ve had the opportunity to work on the new JSON REST API for WordPres. My biggest contribution as a WP API team member has been the Backbone client. The JSON REST API’s Backbone client let’s you interact with a WordPress installation using Backbone.js collections and models. The client is an extremely…
A WordPress Starter Theme Based on JSON REST API's Backbone Client
<![CDATA[ The past few months I’ve had the opportunity to work on the new JSON REST API for WordPres. My biggest contribution as a WP API team member has been the Backbone client. The JSON REST API’s Backbone client let’s you interact with a WordPress installation using Backbone.js collections and models. The client is an…