Design • Widgetize your WordPress theme - a tutorial If you have an WordPress account in wordpress.com you have probably seen that you can manage your sidebar dynamically. For this to work the current theme has to support widgets. Autmattic has come up with a plugin to enable this feature in a regular wordpress installation. In order to widgetize your current theme all you have to do is register some functions and add a small amount of code to your sidebar.php. This is to register the sidebar as dynamic. Let’s move on to sidebar.php and take a look how a regular file would look like. To enable the widget support all we have to do is enclose the sidebar code in an if statement. If you uninstall thw widget plugin or decide not to use it the default sidebar will be shown, the code within the if statement.
Twitter Avatars In Comments Wordpress Plugin | Developer's Advertisement Over the last months, Twitter has become extremely popular across the Web, with more blogs, magazines and companies using it to communicate with their audiences and customers. Even we started Twittering a couple of months ago and have over 3,650 followers now. Please feel free to join us and follow Smashing Magazine on Twitter as well. Although we aren’t sure if Twitter will actually revolutionize blogs (as other blogs claim), Twitter is definitely changing the way website owners communicate with their visitors, and we, designers, need to be aware of that and use appropriate tools to meet the expectations of our clients. Twittar WordPress Plugin The objective was quite simple: create a plug-in that uses Twitter to show avatars in comments in WordPress blogs. Features Loads user’s avatar by matching the email address to the user’s Twitter email address.If user doesn’t have a Twitter account, it first tries to load user’s gravatar. Download the plugin for free About the author
Improving The Web » Blog Stats Posted on January 5th, 2009 in Uncategorized 88 Comments » Description This plugin makes available a number of statistics about your blog, including pagerank, alexa rank, technorati rank and feedburner RSS count. To ensure you always have the most up to date values, these statistics update daily. Download Latest Version (Wordpress 2.5+) Available short codes Acknowledgements Thanks to ProBlogDesign and WPRecipes for the initial idea.
A 3-column template system with rotating header images — Neoclas After downloading Neoclassical, one of the first things you’ll want to do is customize the random header images that now grace the top of your site’s pages. Doing this effectively requires knowledge of exactly how these things work, and with my help, you’ll be a professional image randomizer in no time. Oh, but before we go any further, you’ll need to download and install the updated version of rotating_images.php. What was the first thing you noticed when you came to this site? The sleek typography set to a 20px baseline grid? Naturally, you noticed the huge header image! What is the primary component of every site on the Web? Content. Why, then, are so many sites – and WordPress themes, in particular – typographically challenged? As a Webmaster, your primary goal ought to be to clearly convey your message to your audience.
100+ Wordpress Video Tutorials, from Basic to Advanced : Speckyb While WordPress is known for making content management relatively simple, the depth of this CMS is surprisingly vast. There are multiple facets to discover, but you can learn about them on an as-needed basis. For example, if your goal is to input and edit content, you probably won’t need to learn about theme development. We’ve compiled a collection of cheatsheets and reference guides to help you along your journey with WordPress. Introduction to WordPress Are you looking to learn some of the basics? WordPress Theme Development Theme development with WordPress is quite flexible. WordPress Plugin Development Whether you want to add functionality to your own site or share it with the world, building a WordPress plugin is a great way to get it done. Advanced WordPress Below are guides to topics that go beyond traditional themes and plugins. Security The Community that Spreads Knowledge The sharing of knowledge is one of the tenants of the community at large. More Cheatsheets
6 ways I customized my WordPress blog theme and how | HowToMakeMyBlog.com You might have noticed a change in my blog design recently. I did indeed switch from the Thesis Theme to Genesis Framework few days ago. The new look and feel is still a work in progress but I am quiet happy with the initial results. I have tried several Studiopress themes over the last couple of years on different projects and always had them in mind for the big HowToMakeMyBlog redesign. Were there any specific reasons for a move now you may be asking. Another thing was that the “teaser” thumbnails that are big part of my home page were no longer easily available in the 2.0. I had two choices really. From Thesis Theme to Genesis This is the process I went through over the weekend while moving from Thesis Theme to Genesis: The initial switch. There was a bit of stress and panic at some stages as it inevitably happens when doing such a major revamp but all in all the process and the transition were smooth.
Thesis Theme for WordPress — Solving the fundamental problems of Here at DIYthemes, our goal for 2017 is a simple one: We want to make Thesis smarter and better able to accommodate your website needs. We already made great strides with Thesis 2.3 and its built-in WooCommerce compatibility, and we also sprinkled in some features and fixes that help Thesis work better wherever you want to use it (staging servers, WP-CLI environments, etc). With Thesis 2.4, we are pleased to introduce a new saving/response feedback system on Thesis Admin pages and the Skin Editor. Whenever you hit that green Save button, Thesis will tell you exactly what’s happening. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg with Thesis 2.4. Check out the version 2.4 changelog, or else read on for a look at the most important updates in this new version. [click to continue…] At first glance, Thesis may look like any other WordPress Theme, but that’s really where the similarities end. In other words, Thesis is a powerful tool you can use to build the high-performance website of your dreams.
11 Non-Traditional Uses of WordPress Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 - Learn More or Buy Now WordPress is probably the most popular blogging platform and it can also be used as a CMS to power other types of websites, such as a portfolio site. However, with some creativity and a growing number of available resources, WordPress’s limits seem to be expanding constantly. In this article we’ll take a look at a combination of tutorials, plugins and themes that can help you to use WordPress in non-traditional ways. Hopefully you’ll find something that you can use, or at least something that will be a valuable learning resource for extending your knowledge and skills of working with WordPress. 1. Last year Chris Cagle wrote a tutorial, How to Use WordPress as Membership Directory, at WPDesigner. Update: Chris has posted a follow up to this tutorial since the release of WP 2.7 – The New and Improved Way to Turn WordPress 2.7 into a Membership Community. 2. 3. 4. RecruitPress is a fee job board option. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Update:
Tweet This, a WordPress Plugin for Twitter Popular Twitter plugin inserts “Tweet This” links so your readers can share posts with one click. Can automatically tweet new posts via OAuth. Allows you to publish and schedule tweets from a new “Write Tweet” page. 1.8.3: 2011-07-05: Small update to fix compatibility with WordPress 3.2. 1. Tweeting a post on Twitter takes up a lot of space, because URLs quickly eat up your 140 characters. This plugin makes short URLs like http:/example.com/? This plugin can also tweet new blog posts automatically, if you provide your Twitter credentials in the options. Unlike Tweetmeme, ShareThis, and other Twitter plugins, Tweet This inserts links without JavaScript, iFrames, or third-party dependencies. Copyright 2008 – 2011 Richard X. Before you begin, please make sure your server has PHP 5 and Curl enabled. 1. If you are installing Tweet This for the first time, follow these steps: 1. If you like Tweet This, consider donating $5.00, $10.00, or a larger amount via PayPal. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.