Published February 5, 2009 • 63 Comments • 166 Delicious Bookmarks

Last March I wrote an article for WPDesigner (then subsequently republished it here) detailing the ways you could use a base install of WordPress (then on version 2.3) into a membership directory with the help of just a few plugins. This worked, and still works beautifully for me over at my Pittsburgh Designers community site. [...]

Published December 7, 2008 • 13 Comments • 16 Delicious Bookmarks

WP-Components is a new WordPress plugin that allows theme developers to embed a short template tag instead of short bits of text and code that the website owner might want to change later on. Before creating this plugin, if I had semi-static text within a theme I was developing (such as a short “About Me” [...]

Published October 21, 2008 • 41 Comments • 15 Delicious Bookmarks

When I started my home business, I had no way of checking my email unless I was physically at home. This worked for about a year, but after not responding to some important emails in a timely fashion, I knew I had to change something. In came my first Blackberry Curve. I loved it, and [...]

Published September 16, 2008 • 19 Comments • 93 Delicious Bookmarks

WordPress will never cease to amaze me. I have been working with WordPress for years now, designing and programming projects like Pittsburgh Designers, adClustr and this site — and I am always learning new ways to improve the WordPress experience. This is my list of the hidden theme tricks I’ve amassed over the years. 1. [...]

Published August 21, 2008 • 0 Comments • 1 Delicious Bookmarks

When releasing the first version of my WP-SocialCount WordPress plugin a while back, an interested visitor asked if I would be so kind as to include a way to reshape the BlogCatalog widget with the next release of the plugin. I had every intention of doing that until I saw just how much would have [...]

Published August 11, 2008 • 27 Comments • 72 Delicious Bookmarks

For web designers or other businesses alike, setting up a quality portfolio is essential. This tutorial will show you how you can use WordPress’s Link Manager to create and display your portfolio. This will allow you to use WordPress to it’s fullest extent, without the need of extra plugins or any hacked code. Step 1. [...]

Published July 30, 2008 • 2 Comments • 8 Delicious Bookmarks

Photo Credit: reportergimmi A few months ago I wrote an article on how to create a popular posts list, and in the example I used a category called ‘Popular’ to determine what was shown within the list. This approach is great for those that remember to periodically update their list by adding new posts to [...]

Published July 20, 2008 • 50 Comments • 99 Delicious Bookmarks

These are reviews based on my own evaluations of the plugins. I downloaded, installed and tested each one within a default Kubrick theme installation on WordPress 2.6. I tried to make this a complete list via the Extend Plugin Directory. I used a snippet of code from the recent post Creating a Simple Online Application [...]