Getting Ready for PodCampNashville (#pcn10)
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Things I Learned from #wcatl (and a Few I Learned on My Own)
View more documents from Jane Wells. 2. The PHP and WordPress communities can learn a lot from each other. @technosailor gave a fantastic presentation (re: lecture in a discussion-y way) on how the core communities of both the PHP world and the WordPress world could stand to play nicer to each other. Personally, I think that the problem comes from WP people starting out…
Better Know a WordPress Tag: ‘siteurl’
When you’re working on a development site it’s hard to set things up correctly because you know you’re going to change the site, and putting in elements that are more than likely “stationary”, such as links, will have to be changed, and that causes un-necessary headache when it comes time to move the site live. But, in the light of wanting to make your…
Beach Blogging 101 – Session 2: Plugin and Unwind
OK… so let me say first off that it’s not totally my fault that I didn’t get to finish my session last week. The internet access in the condo we were staying in was nothing less than horrible (it was a great condo otherwise, but let’s just say that if it was online it didn’t get done very fast). Mount on top of that…
Displaying Comment Number Next to Posts
A lot of people have commented on my new design how they love the comment bubble next to the post title. It's a great way to foster communication and showcase how many people are talking on your site. So, if you want to add the same functionality to your site, here is the fastest way to do it! background-image: url(URL-GOES-HERE); height: 37px;…
Displaying Future Posts in WordPress
If you do like I do and schedule posts ahead of time (especially on the podcast), there's a way inside of WordPress to show your readers what posts are coming up next: <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('post_status=future&order=DESC&showposts=5'); if ($my_query->have_posts()) { while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?> <?php the_date(); ?> - <?php the_title(); ?> <?php endwhile; } ?> This will display up to…
A New Year, With New Possibilities
I’m back, and with the new year came some rethinking and restructuring of how I do things / what my overall focus is going to be. I’m all about transparency, and plus I’d like to share some of my goals for the year, because I want to get feedback from my friends and readers! And so, here’s what I’ve got in the works for…
Set Up An Amazing E-Commerce Site in 30 Minutes with WordPress
Step 1: Get a great product (you’d be surprised how many people forget this step…) Step 2: Install WordPress Step 3: Set up a static front page (Settings > Reading)… create a page called “front page” and a page called “blog”. Head to the options menu and select the reading tab. Change the “Front Page Displays…” options to ‘Front Page: front page’ and ‘Posts…
WordPress 2.7 is Coming To Town!
The rumors are WordPress 2.7 will be coming to a download near you sometime tonight. Release Candidate 1 is widely successful and I’m really looking forward to upgrading to the full version. If you’re curious as to what the future entails, here are some great posts around the Internet showcasing the new goodness: The Official Codex Entry First Look at WordPress 2.7 A Tour…
Creating a WordPress Theme from a .PSD file – Part 5 (footer.php)
This post is part of the "Creating a WordPress Theme from a .PSD" series for designers to use for theme development. The other posts can be found here: Part 1 - Background / Introduction Part 2 - From .PSD to .HTML Part 3 - WordPress Structure Part 4 - The Header (header.php) Part 5 - The Footer (footer.php) We've taken a look at one…