WordPress is more than just a blog and for some, having something different for the front page other than the most recent posts is necessary to make way for other important information that the website owner wants the reader to see. For example, if you are a consultant who wants to give a brief summary
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Easy Guide Using TortoiseSVN For WordPress Plugin Developers
So, you made a plugin, submitted the plugin to be hosted at the WordPress Plugin Repository and got approved. So now what? All those directions are easily understandable by the geek gods, but you are like – huh? You are going to need to upload your plugin using SubVersion. So, for those who need the
[Continue Reading...]How To Display Two Columns For Categories In WordPress
Displaying two columns for categories in your WordPress is not too hard. Just takes a little php, html, and css. You can put this in your posts, pages, or sidebar. We are taking the usual category code for WordPress. <?php wp_list_categories(); ?> and replacing it with the following code. This php splits up each category
[Continue Reading...]7 Tips To Being A Better WordPress Web Designer For Your Client
I having been designing exclusively for WordPress for 5 years, before that, I designed both in WordPress, static sites, and with other content management systems. I am not the best in visual efforts, but I like to try to work with my clients and make sure they have a more than satisfactory product that they
[Continue Reading...]The Best Permalink Structure To Use In WordPress
I wrote Mastering Pretty Permalinks in WordPress with the intention to introduce the concept of the best permalink structure for WordPress powered websites. This was a call to try to encourage people to organize their website, but beware of how the permalink structure might be overrode if you have a file folder name the same
[Continue Reading...]Display Posts From A Category In WordPress
Recently I had a run in with coding with a client who had a developer put together a sloppy custom WordPress query in place of a proper loop. In fact, it was amazing because it was put in replace of code on a great premium theme by StudioPress. By the way, no it was not
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