Not too long ago, a new WordPress based site was launched on the web called WPRecipes.com. The site aims to cut all of the fluff and just publish the bits and pieces of code you need to know in order to accomplish a specific task. The site is maintained by the Jean-Baptiste Jung who also runs Cats Who Code. Here are a few articles worth looking into: How to: Display a random header image How to: Display subpages on your sidebar How to: Change author attribution on all posts at once Definitely worthy of being added to your feedreader.
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Natureal 3 columns fixed width, widget ready, gravatar ready theme Vegan Vegan consists of a fluid two column outfit with eight widgetized bars and columns, built in are recent comments with gravatars, related posts, social bookmarking enabled. Flickr, Delicious is enabled in the themes options panel. Clockwork2 Two columns fixed width, widget ready, gravatar ready theme Misanthropic Realm 6 Column consisting of the main content, 2 sidebars and 3 footer sections, widget-ready fixed width theme with minimal images for fast loading and easy customization featuring an author box, author info page, gravatars and highlighted author comments in the comments section along with Custom Archives, Custom Intro Box, Sitemap and full width No Sidebars page templates. Color Paper Two column, image rich theme with a stylesheet switcher
[Continue Reading...]Our special guest on Halloween night was Jane Wells of Automattic. On this episode, Keith, Jane and I discussed a wide assortment of topics and issues surrounding WordPress and usability. Here is a short list: The Definition Of Usability WordPress 2.7 And Usability The Usability Testing Centers/Environment How WordPress 2.7 Came To Be Is WordPress Bloated? Lessons Learned After WordPress 2.5 Was Released The Status Of WordPress 2.7 And Whether Or Not It Is Delayed In Depth Discussion Of Many Of The New Features And Enhancements In 2.7 And much much more. Be sure to download the show and give it a listen and then come back here to leave a comment letting us know your thoughts regarding what was discussed. I easily consider this episode to be another classic WordPress Weekly. Ad Copy: If you are interested in advertising on WordPress Weekly, please contact Mark Ghosh via this contact […]
[Continue Reading...]Happy Halloween to everyone! At this All Hallows Eve, I would like to talk about Scary WordPress Moments. Since I have been working with WordPress for some time, I have had quite a few scary moments with WordPress. One stands out in recent memory. Let me start by saying that I am a huge proponent of backing up my blog. I put together the original WP-DB-Backup which has been enhanced and fixed through the years and is a fantastic plugin. I use it religiously combined with a couple of tricks I picked up from readers along the way. I have the plugin backup my databases everyday and email them to a “backup” gmail account. I also have filters setup in the gmail account to delete daily backups as they come in, thus managing space (gmail keeps deleted emails for 30 days). So I have a rolling 30 day backup of […]
[Continue Reading...]New Plugins MagpieRSS Hotfix for Enclosures This hotfix adds support for RSS enclosures to MagpieRSS, the RSS feed parser behind the fetch_rss() function in WordPress. Tylr Slidr This is a WordPress plugin that makes the process of adding a Flickr slideshow to your site much easier. Upload RapidShare Upload your file to Rapidshare IE Warning Shows nice and simple splash to your visitors with Internet Explorer WP Unique Article Header Image Allows you to add/associate unique header image with each single post/page.So you can spice your blog to have a unique header image per post/page. LinkShare Link Locator (L3) Description LinkShare Link Lookup (L3) is designed to make it easy for you to integrate LinkShare links in your posts, right from the actual write post page! Simply click the red arrows on the top right of the posting page and start earning today. New User Approve New User Approve is […]
[Continue Reading...]Contender Contender is a three column, fixed width, adsense ready theme. NeeWee Fixed width, three column, gravatar and widget ready theme. Pink Orchid A clean simple SEO optimized three column template in soft pink colors. The theme has two widget ready sidebars, gravatar support and is ad ready. The theme features a bio box that can be edited independently of the side bars and is unaffected by the use of widgets. Grey Matter Grey Matter is an two column, gravatar & widget ready, free and easy to use WordPress theme.
[Continue Reading...]WordPress for LinkedIn.: The WordPress Publisher Blog reports that the WordPress application is available for LinkedIn. Once this app is added and setup, your LinkedIn network will be alerted when you post something to your WordPress.com or self hosted WordPress.org blogs. To add the WordPress App to your LinkedIn account, visit the LinkedIn Application Directory. Select the WordPress App, enter your blog’s URL, and choose to display either all of your blog posts or just those tagged with “LinkedIn.” Save, and you’re all set. Wired, ZDNet and others have writeups on the new Application platform from LinkedIn.
[Continue Reading...]New Plugins Flexi Quote Rotator Add the quotations to your site using a shortcode or php snippet in template. You can use this plugin to display quotes or testimonials or other rotating snippets of content on your web site. Moderator Moderator is a WordPress Plugin and associated desktop application, built using Adobe AIR, that allows you to view and moderate comments from your desktop. Font Burner Control Panel The Font Burner Plugin allows you to easily add Font Burner Fonts to your WordPress theme. WP-RTL Adds two buttons to the TinyMCE editor to enable writing text in Left to Right (LTR) and Right to Left (RTL) directions. PHPInclusion PHP File Inclusion in posts & pages using require, include or similar statements. Glassy An automatic glassy effect for all your post’s images. Tags 2 Meta Generator Generates META tags automatically from your post tags! Updated Plugins IndicIME This plugin enables user […]
[Continue Reading...]Fluid Blogging Fluid Blogging is a very light weight theme, with less than 36KB. It uses almost no images and is fully optimized to make your blog fly like the wind. Fluid width, works fine in resolutions from 800×600 up to 1024×768 pixels, two columns, widget ready, gravatar ready, Adsense ready. Retro Back to a time when mainframes ruled the computing world and amber and green CRT’s were the only access to these beasts. Retro is based on the Sandbox theme with the Blueprint CSS framework added to give it a grid design if one chooses to modify the theme to their liking. Pemuda Two column, fixed width, widget and gravatar ready theme with inbuilt space for ads. Aapna Theme Fixed width, three column theme best for Personal Blog with Dynamically Rotating Album Pictures.
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