Tag Archives: WordPress how-to

Next big project: WordPress Essentials video tutorials

Just in case you think I’m going to slack off after Teach Yourself Foursquare is done, as soon as that project is finished I’ll be starting my next project: WordPress Essentials. This is a video-based project that will take the … Continue reading

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I’m going to try out VaultPress, but I might not spring for it

A while back, Matt and the Automattic gang (maybe a pose now) let the world know that they were working on a new service to back up WP.org-based blogs—Announcing VaultPress | VaultPress Blog. It was clear from the get go … Continue reading

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WordPress 3 & Parent-Child Themes from WordCamp Vancouver

If you missed WordCamp Vancouver and wanted more than the slides I posted previously, now you can watch Catherine Winters & I talk about WordPress 3.0 just a short while before it came out: As Catherine & I talked about, … Continue reading

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Can you post using an iPad through Safari? It appears so, as long as you use HTML mode. Which isn’t so bad all things considered. Hmm. So, maybe you can’t do everything, but it’s a lot better than the WP … Continue reading

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Lorelle VanFossen posted (a while back) a compendium of info on WordPress 3.0 Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies: One of the most exciting new features in WordPress 3.0 is the Custom Post Types, which thrills Theme developers and designers … Continue reading

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Get Ready for WordPress 3: Backup Your Database

Now that WordPress 3.0 RC3 (third release candidate) is out, it can only mean that WordPress 3.0 is just around the corner. The final version could be any day now, so now is the time to start getting ready. Thinking … Continue reading

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Just in case you think I install every plugin on the planet here, I don’t. In fact I did a pretty hard cull of plugins tonight. My account has been hitting my allocations on DreamHost pretty hard of late and … Continue reading

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Pre-release Chapter of Using WordPress: Chapter 7-All About Themes

Just in time for WordCamp Vancouver have a chapter of Using WordPress for you to download and read. Chapter 7: All About Themes Chapter 7 covers all the basics of WordPress themes and, yes, it does include WordPress 3. I … Continue reading

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Building Websites with WordPress Class Slides

During today’s class, several people asked if the slides would be made available online… So here they are: You can download a PDF version or view the slides on iWork.com Beta. One fantastic surprise from today’s class was that WordPress.com … Continue reading

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Building Websites with WordPress Course Outline

In case you’d like to know what I cover when I teach my Building Websites with WordPress class, I’ve uploaded the course outline to iWork.com and you can download a PDF version of it for yourself. Directly related to this … Continue reading

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It’s Easy to Make Child Themes with Twenty Ten: Download My First WordPress Theme

One of the parts of Using WordPress that I’ve been spending a lot of time learning the whole WordPress theming area. Theme frameworks, Parent-child themes, CSS, PHP, Menus, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies all interesting parts of WordPress 3.0 … Continue reading

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