wordpress themes

Echoing phpBay in Your WordPress Template

February 17, 2011

I had a hell of a time trying to figure out how to call phpBay from a theme file rather than by using the shortcode.  After sending a quick email over to the developer, he eventually gave me this code which works like a charm: I hope this helps anyone else who is trying to [...]

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How to Manually Insert the WordPress Sociable Plugin into your Theme

November 5, 2010

It took me forever to find this code which allows you to manually insert the Sociable Plugin for WordPress directly into your theme.  This helps when you want to place the plugin in a place that isn’t one of the options in the Sociable settings panel. Hope that helps!  And if you need more info [...]

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Awesome .htaccess Trick for Redirecting All Traffic When Working on a Site

August 20, 2010

I usually don’t do posts that include code, but this trick it just too cool. The code below is for your .htaccess file.  You would want to use this whenever you are working on a site and you want to redirect the site elsewhere while you are working on it. So, in this case we [...]

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What WordPress Problem Do You Have?

August 12, 2010

Today marks the launch of a refined and updated WordPress Consulting Service specially tailored to quickly and painlessly answer your questions.  You can see more about that service here. I’ve been doing phone consults with folks for a couple of years now, and have figured out what most people want is really down to earth [...]

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What is a Child Theme in WordPress?

July 15, 2010

As part of our 30 Days of WordPress Par-Tay, we are moving right along to the next question by Christina.  Christina’s question about Child Themes is a great one, specifically with the recent flare-up of interest in proprietary themes in the WordPress Community. Christina asks: Some premium WordPress themes use child themes, and some just seem to [...]

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How to Customize Your WordPress Installation Package

July 2, 2010

For the 3rd answer in my 30 Days of WordPress extravaganza, we are taking a look at Robert’s question about customizing your WordPress installation package at the time of installation. Robert Asks How can I customize the blogs created by WordPress 3.0 so that when they install they have the theme, plugins and settings all [...]

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How to Speed Up Your WordPress Site

July 1, 2010

Wondering how to speed up your WordPress-powered website?  As part of our 30 Days of WordPress fiesta, we are taking a look at Somone’s question about how to speed up her site. From Somone: Once a self-hosted WordPress site gets a decent amount of traffic, the use of plugins and other scripts that run to [...]

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Using WordPress for a Password-Protected Membership Site

June 30, 2010

As the kick-off question for my 30 Days of WordPress Questions, Christina asked a couple of questions.  One of them jumped out at me right away and that’s the question I’ll be answering first. Christina Asked: I’ve stayed away from WordPress because in the past, the CMS didn’t seem to measure up to corporate or [...]

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Got a WordPress Question? Ask it here and get a PR5 link and an answer… all for free!

June 28, 2010

So I’ve been really slacking on the blog posts lately.  If you check out my archives, you’ll see that it’s been about 2 posts per month (except for a few months where I’d do 5 or 6).  That’s just not enough posting. Part of the reason that it’s hard to post is trying to think [...]

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Choosing a Web-Safe Font (In Thesis Theme or on any webpage!)

March 30, 2010

Unless you have a photographic memory or are a typgraphy buff, it can be really hard to remember what a font looks like from memory.  Sometimes you just need to see the font in action to determine which font is going to work best. This week I’ve been really busy making Thesis Theme powered websites [...]

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Video: Controlling Thesis Theme’s Columns and Width

March 24, 2010

As easy as it can be to adjust your number of columns and widths of columns in Thesis Theme once you know how to do it, it’s not always easy to figure out how to do it the first time. And there is a best size that isn’t easy to figure out either but that becomes [...]

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Video: How to Make Your Thesis Theme Background Darker

March 23, 2010

There is a post on diythemes.com (the site where you get Thesis Theme) that helps explain how to change your default Thesis Theme background, add a border, and do some other cool stuff. One of the examples from the article on diythemes that I always really liked was the ability to make your background a [...]

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Video: How to Install Thesis Openhook

March 22, 2010

Thesis Openhook is one of my favorite plugins.  Below is a quick video showing you how you can install Thesis Openhook. It really only takes about 10 seconds to actually install the plugin, so the other 57 seconds is basically me stalling.  Enjoy… If you don’t own thesis yet, Buy Thesis Theme Here, or get [...]

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Headway 1.6 is Released

March 15, 2010

For Headway users who have been waiting for a new version or people looking at buying Headway but wanted it to mature a bit more… your wait is over. The developer behind Headway has released Headway 1.6.  From the email I received, it seems as though there were some bug issues with the previous version [...]

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New & Improved: WordPress Landing Page Theme

February 13, 2010

The hardest part of making code for WordPress is that the code is always changing.  It can be hard to keep your plugins current with WordPress because code you wrote one day will change next month when the new version of WP comes out. This is also true of The Thesis Theme because the folks [...]

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5 New Sites on the ‘ole Portfolio

January 10, 2010

Well there comes a time in every designer and developers life when they have to put together a portfolio page.  I started mine tonight and put 5 new sites up.  There are many more where this came from, but you can take a look at the first 5 WordPress Designs here. Check them out and [...]

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Save $60 on Affiliate Theme for WordPress with this Coupon Code

January 5, 2010

Have you been eyeballing the Affiliate Theme for WordPress?  If you’ve avoided buying the theme because of the price, well then this Affiliate Theme Coupon Code is going to really make your day.

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Coupon Code: Save $10 on Squeeze Theme with this Coupon Code

November 29, 2009

Are you looking for a coupon code for Squeeze Theme for WordPress? Do you want a Cash-Back Rebate on Squeeze Theme? Are you looking to save 10% on Squeeze Theme hassle-free? Then look no further.

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Elegant Themes for WordPress Coupon Code for Rebate

November 9, 2009

If you are looking for a great way to get some free extras when buying an Elegant Theme for WordPress, you’ve come to the right place. Click here to cut to the chase…. What could be better then some boring coupon that may or may not work anymore? Simple: An ebook designed specifically for WordPress [...]

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How to download a copy of Thesis Theme 1.6 Beta

September 23, 2009

Alright, so Thesis Theme 1.6 Beta has been released.  This is pretty big news, and there are some big changes. First of all- If you want to get a copy of the Thesis 1.6 Beta, you have to own a thesis developers license.  It’s not available to personal license holders yet, though if you have [...]

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