How to: Setting up WordPress to Easily Function as a CMS
Photo Credit: tshein I have done many projects over the last year or so that use WordPress as the back end but not for the typical blog setup. Most websites setup like this (an example is my setup here) will feature the same design and layout thought the whole site, but the homepage will be [...]
WP 2.5 Update: How to Use WordPress as a Membership Directory
A couple months ago I wrote up a tutorial on how to use WordPress as a Membership Directory. The problem was that the tutorial was using WordPress 2.3 and a week later version 2.5 came out. After letting WordPress, to advance to version 2.5.1, I decided to upgrade the PghDesigners.com website. To be honest, I [...]
WordPress Tip: How to Create a Plugin to Help Automate a Complicated Theme
Most of my WordPress design work has been for bloggers thus far. Designing a template for a blogger is usually straightforward and doesn’t require much WordPress hacking development work to get it what you want it to do. Most of that type of work is UI and design orientated. But what about if you are [...]
WordPress Tip: 3 Awesome Custom Field Tricks
Here are 3 awesome ways to use WordPress’s custom fields. FYI: If you want an easy way to include default custom fields into your Write panel, try Rhymed Code’s Custom Field GUI. If you have trouble with the download on his site, check out this comment for the fix. 1. A Custom Read More Bryan [...]
How to Use WordPress as a Membership Directory
UPDATE 5/26/08: I upgraded my membership directory to WordPress version 2.5.1. There were little to no problems, so this tutorial is still completely valid for creating a membership directory with WordPress. UPDATE: This is a repost of a guest post I made earlier this year over at WPDesigner. I am reposting it here because of [...]
WordPress Tip: The Easy Way to Show a Popular Post List
Some may recognize the above screenshot as the ‘Must Reads’ section from the blog of one of the best WordPress theme designers: Chris Pearson. In one of his most recent posts he explained how he uses categories. In this in-depth article, he mentions that categories are what powers the ‘Must Reads’ and ‘Worth a Look’ [...]
WordPress Tip: Essential UI Friendly Features
User Interface (UI) has been a hot topic recently. Mozilla is betting their money on it, Jakob undeniably knows it and even WordPress itself emphasized it in their latest release. So when you are designing your next WordPress theme,you will need to keep UI in mind. I have put together a list of some of [...]
Eliminating Blog Neglect by Altering Your Theme
Blog neglect is a joke. Nowhere did you ever proclaim that you were going to post once a day or a couple times a week, but the basic assumption out there among your readers is that if your blog doesn’t have a frequent enough posting schedule, it might as well be DOA. What is considered [...]