A lot of people have been asking me to explain some of the new features in WordPress 2.7 - the main ones are the admin Interface and some of the new, movable widget-like items in the post menu and on the dashboard. But, it's hard to talk about visual changes when, to be honest, you can't see them. Enjoy this >5 minute screencast on…
Starting with the design concept, we took our WordPress theme from a .psd file to an .html file. Then we started laying the groundwork by commenting and slicing apart the .html file we created into the various .php files. So, what do those various .php files really do? And what should go in each one? That’s where will shift our focus as we take…
I spent days (literally) looking for a good lifestreaming plugin for WordPress to showcase some of the exploits that I have my hand in on a daily basis (videos, twitter, pictures, etc). The ones I found had certain features that I liked, but none of them really LOOKED (format-wise) how I wanted it to. Enter Friendfeed. They have a slick looking widget/badge you can…
Here’s the UStream file of my first session that happened at BarCampMemphis. The second session lost the stream, and (therefore) my recording was cut. Sorry! Free video streaming by Ustream And here are the slideshows: Blogging 101 / Intro to WordPress View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: bcmem barcampnashville) Making WordPress Dance (BCMEM Edition) View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags:…
Dave Barger graciously invited me to speak at Memphis’ BarCamp, so I will be making the voyage from Nashvegas to Graceland tomorrow. Not sure what the plans are for tomorrow night, but Saturday’s going to be an action packed day. I’ll be speaking on blogging 101 (specifically with WordPress) and then doing an advanced tactics session for WordPress, so all you junkies be ready…
I got the awesome news today via email: We recently added your site to Alltop (http://wordpress.alltop.com/). Alltop is an “online magazine rack” that aggregates RSS feeds about popular topics. If you don’t know what Alltop is, it was created by Guy Kawasaki to aggregate the “egos” of certain topics (Fashion, WordPress, Venture Capitalists, etc). Your site gets reviewed before it is included, and upon…
Post them here! I'll put mine up live. WP-Supercache - cache your site to be digg-protected and avoid traffic spikes. Increased Sociability - Catches Digg and StumbleUpon users and gives them a call to action.
I've been playing around with some really cool features in WordPress lately. With my site, and a few others i've been working on, I've been toying with the "Page Template" feature that allows me to customize which elements show up on a page (like, a sidebar, specific headers, a footer, etc). But, while working specifically on The Film Talk for Jett Loe, I developed/discovered…
First of all, I updated WordPress to its new version as soon as I was able. I've been very excited to see some of the new features they've added, and I have my list of the top ones to look foward to. There aren't any major interface changes this time, but (just like any great application) the best changes come on the inside. Also…
Now that everyone and their mother has gone out and bought a shiny new iPhone (yesterday was the 3G iPhone's release date, after all), it's time you made your WordPress theme a bit more iPhone friendly. Enter the iWphone WordPress theme from Content Robot. It places a special theme in your themes folder that is accessed whenever you look at your site on an…