There are over 1,400 themes available at the WordPress Theme Directory. There are a lot more elsewhere online. Although Leland of Themelab blogs Stop Downloading WordPress Themes from Shady Sites, the point really should be: be cautious when downloading any themes ANYWHERE. Some of the things to look for: – Encrypted code – Inability to
[Continue Reading...]6 Nifty Social Bookmarking Plugins For Your WordPress Blog
There are plenty of roundup posts about social bookmark plugins for WordPress. However, I have to ask: have you really tried them out before settling on the best, or did you pick the first one you found? I am a real stickler when it comes to using plugins, especially social bookmark plugins. Why? For several
[Continue Reading...]On Installing And Uninstalling WordPress Plugins
I have noticed a lot of plugins over the years lack the ability to totally uninstall files. What I mean by totally uninstalling is that when you use your WordPress admin panel to delete the files, it does not always take away the database tables that were installed in the beginning. A couple I can
[Continue Reading...]The Death of Uninformed Shopping
I love polls, but not every poll taken is going to exactly reflect the whole of a target audience. Every opinion has its nook and cranny to observe. TechCrunch wrote on The Death Of The Impulse Shopper saying that more shoppers are prepared when shopping these days due to technology allowing the consumer to find
[Continue Reading...]Premium WordPress Themes Redistributed On Fiverr?
It has become increasingly annoying to see some of my WordPress colleagues’ works being sold for $5 on places like Fiverr. Here is a quick search access on Fiverr to see if any WordPress themes are being redistributed. The site does have its uses – that is, as long as people are not abusing the
[Continue Reading...]Tutorial: Cufon Text Replacement Without A Plugin in WordPress
Cufón fonts is a jquery script written to help webmasters change the font on their site. This is done without using the CSS @fontface trick or even loading the font file to your own server/ shared hosting web space. Now, there is a plugin in the WordPress Plugin Repository called WP Cufon that does this,
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