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Yoast - Tweaking Websites & The WordPress Podcast

WordPress Podcast: BuddyPress Social Networking

This weeks guest was Andy Peatling of the BuddyPress.org Project. BuddyPress is a social networking plugin for WordPress which ads many of the features found on sites like Facebook to WordPress blogs in as few as 10 minutes. We discussed how BuddyPress came about, some of the ways its used,...

Yoast: WordCamp Ireland: having a blast!

So I'm in Kilkenny, Ireland for WordCamp Ireland, and I'm having a complete blast, thanks in large part to the great organization done by Sabrina Dent and Katherine Nolan. The tech track is absolutely blowing my mind: it's really techy! The people here are great: I met a lot of awesome...

WordPress Podcast: GPL-ish

This week Joost is joined by Jeff Chandler of the WordPress Tavern and Grant Griffiths of the Headway theme. They discussed all of the implications of themes and plugins being GPL or not, and why people would and in Joost's opinion should choose to be GPL. Also some discussion came...

Yoast: The Yoast.com Reader Survey: help us improve!

We blog about optimizing your website all the time here at Yoast, and we usually give you tips and tricks you can implement straight away on how to do that. Now it's time that we improve what we do, here at Yoast.com. So it's time for a short survey, I'd...

Yoast: Optimizing for Rich "Jump To" Snippets

Back in September last year Google announced a new form of rich snippets: those with jump to links in them. They themselves used the example for this trans fat search result:Now I hadn't paid too much attention to this new feature until we started testing a new search traffic monitoring...

Yoast: Implementing hreview in your WordPress theme

In his previous post here on Yoast, Frederick explained why you should use Microformats to increase the CTR from Google. In the comments of that post, people were asking if there are plugins to easily implement this in your theme. While those are probably a bit hard to do, I...

WordPress Podcast: BuddyPress Social Networking

This weeks guest was Andy Peatling of the BuddyPress.org Project. BuddyPress is a social networking plugin for WordPress which ads many of the features found on sites like Facebook to WordPress blogs in as few as 10 minutes. We discussed how BuddyPress came about, some of the ways its used,...

Yoast: WordCamp Ireland: having a blast!

So I'm in Kilkenny, Ireland for WordCamp Ireland, and I'm having a complete blast, thanks in large part to the great organization done by Sabrina Dent and Katherine Nolan. The tech track is absolutely blowing my mind: it's really techy! The people here are great: I met a lot of awesome...

WordPress Podcast: GPL-ish

This week Joost is joined by Jeff Chandler of the WordPress Tavern and Grant Griffiths of the Headway theme. They discussed all of the implications of themes and plugins being GPL or not, and why people would and in Joost's opinion should choose to be GPL. Also some discussion came...

Yoast: The Yoast.com Reader Survey: help us improve!

We blog about optimizing your website all the time here at Yoast, and we usually give you tips and tricks you can implement straight away on how to do that. Now it's time that we improve what we do, here at Yoast.com. So it's time for a short survey, I'd...

Yoast: Optimizing for Rich "Jump To" Snippets

Back in September last year Google announced a new form of rich snippets: those with jump to links in them. They themselves used the example for this trans fat search result:Now I hadn't paid too much attention to this new feature until we started testing a new search traffic monitoring...

Yoast: Implementing hreview in your WordPress theme

In his previous post here on Yoast, Frederick explained why you should use Microformats to increase the CTR from Google. In the comments of that post, people were asking if there are plugins to easily implement this in your theme. While those are probably a bit hard to do, I...

Darren Hoyt Dot Com

Obama Theme, Republican Candidate

Today Geoff Fox tipped me off to something ironic: the website for Republican congressional candidate Daria Novak is using a WordPress theme I designed back in 2008 for Obama supporters....

Dribbble, Meritocracy and the Open Web

Last month I was lucky to be drafted into Dribbble by a fellow designer. It's a private beta site with a lot of buzz. It will eventually grow and go public which got me thinking about the ramifications....

Animal Collective

A photo my wife and I took and blogged about respectively reached its peak of internet fame before completing its life-cycle and appearing on a Tumblr making fun of bad tattoos....

TrustoCorp

No one knows if TrustoCorp is more than one person, but s/he/it makes street art in the form of signage which I recently spotted on Houston Street in NYC....

World’s Most Influential Designers

Business Week profiles “27 luminaries who represent a diverse cross-section of design disciplines”....

InstantWatcher

If you need suggestions for Netflix movies and are set up to stream, InstantWatcher aggregates from NY Times and Rotten Tomatoes, and breaks them down by genre....

Elegant Themes Blog

New Theme: Polished

Polish up your blog with this silky-smooth design. My goal with this theme was to create something simple, refined, and well, polished! All of my recent themes have been page-based, so I thought it was time I release a more traditional blog template. I hope this dark and “interfacey” design...

New Theme: TheCorporation

TheCorporation is a sleek and professional theme for business sites. Grab your visitor’s attention immediately with the prominent and flashy jQuery slider, and let them know who you are via the simple page-based homepage design. I have received countless requests for such a “non-niche” and  ”businessy” design over the last...

New Theme: Business Card

The idea behind BusinessCard was to create just that, an online business card that could showcase information about you or your company in a clear and concise manner. This is not a “blog” theme, but rather a purely page-based (cms-style) template. Due to the limited content, all pages have been...

Elegant Themes Icon Pack, For Free!

I needed a few icons for a new theme I am designing, and after being unable to find any open-source/restriction free icons that suited the theme, I resorted to creating some of my own. After I started making them I figured, why not create a whole set? So I sat...

New Theme: OnTheGo

My newest theme, OnTheGo, has been released today. OnTheGo is a completely hand-drawn theme that was scanned in and compiled to create a fresh and interesting design. It is fun and playful while maintaining an air of professionalism, and its unique appearance is sure to make your website stand out...

Yoast - Tweaking Websites & The WordPress Podcast

WordPress Podcast: BuddyPress Social Networking

This weeks guest was Andy Peatling of the BuddyPress.org Project. BuddyPress is a social networking plugin for WordPress which ads many of the features found on sites like Facebook to WordPress blogs in as few as 10 minutes. We discussed how BuddyPress came about, some of the ways its used,...

Yoast: WordCamp Ireland: having a blast!

So I'm in Kilkenny, Ireland for WordCamp Ireland, and I'm having a complete blast, thanks in large part to the great organization done by Sabrina Dent and Katherine Nolan. The tech track is absolutely blowing my mind: it's really techy! The people here are great: I met a lot of awesome...

WordPress Podcast: GPL-ish

This week Joost is joined by Jeff Chandler of the WordPress Tavern and Grant Griffiths of the Headway theme. They discussed all of the implications of themes and plugins being GPL or not, and why people would and in Joost's opinion should choose to be GPL. Also some discussion came...

Yoast: The Yoast.com Reader Survey: help us improve!

We blog about optimizing your website all the time here at Yoast, and we usually give you tips and tricks you can implement straight away on how to do that. Now it's time that we improve what we do, here at Yoast.com. So it's time for a short survey, I'd...

Yoast: Optimizing for Rich "Jump To" Snippets

Back in September last year Google announced a new form of rich snippets: those with jump to links in them. They themselves used the example for this trans fat search result:Now I hadn't paid too much attention to this new feature until we started testing a new search traffic monitoring...

Yoast: Implementing hreview in your WordPress theme

In his previous post here on Yoast, Frederick explained why you should use Microformats to increase the CTR from Google. In the comments of that post, people were asking if there are plugins to easily implement this in your theme. While those are probably a bit hard to do, I...

WordPress Podcast: BuddyPress Social Networking

This weeks guest was Andy Peatling of the BuddyPress.org Project. BuddyPress is a social networking plugin for WordPress which ads many of the features found on sites like Facebook to WordPress blogs in as few as 10 minutes. We discussed how BuddyPress came about, some of the ways its used,...

Yoast: WordCamp Ireland: having a blast!

So I'm in Kilkenny, Ireland for WordCamp Ireland, and I'm having a complete blast, thanks in large part to the great organization done by Sabrina Dent and Katherine Nolan. The tech track is absolutely blowing my mind: it's really techy! The people here are great: I met a lot of awesome...

WordPress Podcast: GPL-ish

This week Joost is joined by Jeff Chandler of the WordPress Tavern and Grant Griffiths of the Headway theme. They discussed all of the implications of themes and plugins being GPL or not, and why people would and in Joost's opinion should choose to be GPL. Also some discussion came...

Yoast: The Yoast.com Reader Survey: help us improve!

We blog about optimizing your website all the time here at Yoast, and we usually give you tips and tricks you can implement straight away on how to do that. Now it's time that we improve what we do, here at Yoast.com. So it's time for a short survey, I'd...

Yoast: Optimizing for Rich "Jump To" Snippets

Back in September last year Google announced a new form of rich snippets: those with jump to links in them. They themselves used the example for this trans fat search result:Now I hadn't paid too much attention to this new feature until we started testing a new search traffic monitoring...

Yoast: Implementing hreview in your WordPress theme

In his previous post here on Yoast, Frederick explained why you should use Microformats to increase the CTR from Google. In the comments of that post, people were asking if there are plugins to easily implement this in your theme. While those are probably a bit hard to do, I...

alexking.org

Ze Frank at SxSWi

One of my favorite SxSWi events so far was the Ze Frank’s conversation. As alluded to on Twitter, I’m a Ze Frank fanboy, having 2-3 minutes of my life enhanced every day by The Show as it happened back in 2006-2007. The conversation was a somewhat surreal experience. A room chock...

SitBy.us

Very cool. One of the most useful tools I’m using at SxSWi. Read the write-up. # | Visit Site »...

TechStars Boulder 2010 Deadline: March 22

I’m looking forward to meeting and working with the teams this summer. # | Visit Site »...

Conference Social Networking

Social networking at conferences is very different than normal social networking. It simultaneously drives non-conference attendees nuts, while is an essential part of the experience for the conference attendees. I know both sides firsthand. I was ready to unfollow half of my Twitter stream during...

Colorado vs. Amazon

This is really frustrating… Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate: We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do...

Around the web

The free software problem – Devin Reams Answers and Questions – Blog Archive – Firefox, Safe From Plugin Crashes – Very cool. WordPress — Feed Facebook, Leave Facebook – WordPress Plugins – One of the first times I’ve found a generally well-built plugin to do something I want. Thanks Keyvan, glad I...

Top Wordpress Themes - Best Free Themes for Wordpress

Teressa

Quick info 3 Columns Widget Ready Right Sidebar Preview Download (240 Kb) Add to Del.icio.us Add to digg Add to FURL Add to reddit Add to Technorati Add to Yahoo My Web Add to Ma.gnolia Add to Stumble Upon Add to Google Bookmarks Add to Squidoo Add to BlinkBits Add to Blogmarks Add to Bloglines Add to Netscape Add to Ask Add to Live-MSN Add to Sphinn Add to FaceBook...

Origins

Quick info Magazine Style Ajax/Widgets Content Slider Preview Download (156 Kb) Add to Del.icio.us Add to digg Add to FURL Add to reddit Add to Technorati Add to Yahoo My Web Add to Ma.gnolia Add to Stumble Upon Add to Google Bookmarks Add to Squidoo Add to BlinkBits Add to Blogmarks Add to Bloglines Add to Netscape Add to Ask Add to Live-MSN Add to Sphinn Add to FaceBook...

BizMag

Quick info Magazine Style Ajax/Widgets Content Slider Preview Download (160 Kb) Add to Del.icio.us Add to digg Add to FURL Add to reddit Add to Technorati Add to Yahoo My Web Add to Ma.gnolia Add to Stumble Upon Add to Google Bookmarks Add to Squidoo Add to BlinkBits Add to Blogmarks Add to Bloglines Add to Netscape Add to Ask Add to Live-MSN Add to Sphinn Add to FaceBook...

Elle

Quick info Magazine Style Ajax/Widgets Content Slider Preview Download (630 Kb) Add to Del.icio.us Add to digg Add to FURL Add to reddit Add to Technorati Add to Yahoo My Web Add to Ma.gnolia Add to Stumble Upon Add to Google Bookmarks Add to Squidoo Add to BlinkBits Add to Blogmarks Add to Bloglines Add to Netscape Add to Ask Add to Live-MSN Add to Sphinn Add to FaceBook...

Lotoruo

Quick info Magazine Style Ajax/Widgets Content Slider Preview Download (77 Kb) Add to Del.icio.us Add to digg Add to FURL Add to reddit Add to Technorati Add to Yahoo My Web Add to Ma.gnolia Add to Stumble Upon Add to Google Bookmarks Add to Squidoo Add to BlinkBits Add to Blogmarks Add to Bloglines Add to Netscape Add to Ask Add to Live-MSN Add to Sphinn Add to FaceBook...

Simplebox

Quick info Inbuilt Gallery Automatic Thumbnails Ajax Dropdown Menu Preview Download (288 Kb) Add to Del.icio.us Add to digg Add to FURL Add to reddit Add to Technorati Add to Yahoo My Web Add to Ma.gnolia Add to Stumble Upon Add to Google Bookmarks Add to Squidoo Add to BlinkBits Add to Blogmarks Add to Bloglines Add to Netscape Add to Ask Add to Live-MSN Add to Sphinn Add to FaceBook...

WordPress for iPhone

Thinking about Stats

One of the most requested features for the WordPress iPhone app has been to include site statistics such as pageviews per post, referrals, and the like inside the app. In fact, according to this trac ticket from 17 months ago, it’s been something we’ve wanted to do for a...

WordPress for iPhone Version 2.2 now in the App Store

Version 2.2 of WordPress for iPhone is now available. You can now reply to comments, edit comments, and easily see which comments are pending moderation. Download it now from the App Store....

WordPress for iPhone 2.1 now on the App Store

Just a month ago, WordPress for iPhone 2 was released. In that month, it’s been installed on over 55,000 iPhones and iPods. Today, we received word that WordPress for iPhone 2.1 is available now for download on the App Store. No special notes about installation this time — just update...

20,000 downloads of WordPress for iPhone 2

It’s been just over a week since WordPress for iPhone 2 was released on the App Store. In that time, you’ve downloaded the app onto over 20,000 iPhones and iPods. We’re really pleased to see how many people are interested in the app, especially those who are able to use...

WordPress for iPhone 2 now available on the App Store

You can download WordPress for iPhone 2 from the App Store now....

WordPress for iPhone 2 submitted for review

This week I’m in beautiful Quebec with the staff of Automattic for our yearly company meeting. While my coworkers are celebrating fall birthdays, I’ve been working on uploading the final build of WordPress for iPhone 2.0. I can’t say for certain that ours is the first iPhone app submitted to...

WP Fun

Updating Code Snippets Here

Updating Code Snippets Here I just noticed many of the code snippets here are broken, I think because Andrew was using a syntax highlighter that I don’t have. Even if I had his syntax highlighter, I recently decided to avoid non-necessary plugins. So presently we are re-translating all the...

3 Ways To Speed-Up Your Blog, Without A Cache Plugin

3 Ways To Speed-Up Your Blog, Without A Cache Plugin 1. Drop “www.” from all URLs After a few Pingdom Tools tests I found the “www.” in my URLs added as much as 7 seconds to load time! This really surprised me, because way back in 1994 I...

Beware WP-Cache

Beware WP-Cache Trying to speed things up here. Pages loading slow, and the host is talking about overages. Well, just a hint, don’t look to the WP-Cache plugin for speed. I found this today: No more wp-cache • deanjrobinson.com So last night almost exactly 24 hours after I installed, activated and...

WordPress Chat

Check it out, WPChat.com provides a free and simple place to talk about WordPress in a laid-back environment. [17:26] Someone posted the link here in my Twitter feed. [17:26] that would be me...@themelab [17:26] http://www.themelab.com http://customtheme.com are my main sites [17:26] Ahh OK. I'm following you. Maybe we should actually...

WLTC Plugin Competition: WP Update Message

The latest plugin to be entered into the competition blog is WP Update Message. I quite like this plugin because it isn’t something that I had thought of myself. What it does is to give you the ability to add a styled message to a page or post to explain...

HTML 5 Gallery

I’ve been interested in HTML 5 for a while, especially for theming. Now there is a gallery of HTML 5 sites so you can see, not only that it is viable to use right now, but also see how the specs are being interpretated in the wild. Visit the HTML 5...

ThemeForest new items

The Canyon WordPress Theme (Portfolio)

TheCanyon with it’s clean interface and 5 different color theme, 3 different portfolio page design is a wonderful choice for your needs and expectations… Are you sick of using the cliché fonts that comes with the templates? Wouldn’t you like to use your own favorite font in your template? With TheCanyon you...

Fancy Jquery 404 Error Popup (404 Pages)

This is a JQUERY script that is simple, unobtrusive, no need extra markup and is used to display 404 error in fancy popup box on the current page instead of redirecting to 404 page. Features: 7 Color Variations PSD Included Valid xHTML 1.0 Cross Browser Compatible Code .htaccess file with static version...

Music Wordpress Template - For Musicians / Artists (Creative)

Music Wordpress Template is a template geared mainly at musicians needing a blog and an easy to use CMS . This template can also easily be adapted for an artist, with the tour_photos setup being used as a portfolio section. This Template Features: Extensive CMS Functionality with an extensive...

(psd) First Theme (Creative)

In the package you’ll find 7 psd’s, on for each page. Pages included are: Home, About-History, About-Awards, Services, Contact, Blog-Main, Blog-Post Special Fonts: PF Tempesta Seven(http://www.dafont.com/pf-tempesta-seven.font)...

Minimal Blog - Wordpress Minimalist Theme (Portfolio)

Name: Minimal Wordpress Portfolio and Blog Description: Included Features Theme Options Page (makes setup very easy) jQuery Graphic Slider (managed via theme options) Blog/Portfolio/About/Search/Contact pages Featured Posts on Home Page Easy Portfolio Management Widget-ready areas in the footer and sidebar PSD files included...

Aurora - mystical design for business. (Business)

Check also DesignerWannabe – Magazine, Blog or Portfolio. AIO . DigitalArt – Magazine, Blog or Portfolio. AIO . Creato – Perfect Magazine, Blog or Portfolio. AIO . Loremo – Fantastic creative portfolio. About this file The “Aurora” psd is my best project ever! Business site, Blog and Portfolio in one. Layout is designed...

Blog Design Studio

How to add a custom tab to your Facebook fan page

I was always impressed with the fan page of Chris Guillebeau’s The Art of Nonconformity [his blog]. It was one of the first few fan pages that used the power of Custom tabs in Facebook Pages. What I loved about this fan page was that it first loads the Welcome...

Use Content Delivery Network to load blog faster!

In last post, I told you about Content Delivery Networks and how to use them along with WordPress. Although, now I can suggest that one should certainly use Content Delivery Network as I’ve experienced the change in speed myself! Yesterday, I implemented CDN on this blog and the notice is...

bbPress should be a plugin for sure!

Looks like most of the Automattic team is busy playing around with WordPress and of course, thats good for the future of WordPress. However, as WordPress has started to become popular as CMS, its limitations as compared to other enterprise level CMSes are coming up. Although, most of limitations are...

WordPress Security Service for free!

(Image Credit – ClickonF5) Since few months, I’ve been hearing lot of horror stories regarding the security compromises that bloggers have to deal with. It’s open source nature, what has been the boon for WordPress, is now standing against it (For Hardcore Open-source lovers – I am in favor of...

MySQL database tricks/tutorial through phpMyAdmin for WordPress that you must know!

As we all know that WordPress is powered through PHP & MySql and by far phpMyAdmin is considered to be most adopted way of managing the MySQL databases. Most of the web hosting companies have it installed for their users and most of the users find it pretty intuitive. Same...

Wishing MAGIC this Christmas and always

Download Free Ebook - Tips and Tricks to Make Money Online © rajat for Blog Design Studio, 2009. | PermalinkRelated posts Theme development for EmailTalk.org (0) MakeTheDaysCount.com design (0) 5 Free WordPress themes Released (14) HackWordpress Redesign (1) 5 mistakes that I did on this blog (4)...

Blog Strategies

How Well Do You Know Yourself?

“We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other peoples’ models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.” Shakti Gawain Most marketing gurus will tell you how important it is to know your target market,...

Monday Morning Masters: 14 Bites of Blogging Brilliance to Nourish the Blogger’s Soul

If you want to be great at something, it helps to study those who are already great it. I’ve read a lot of informative and inspiring stuff over the past week, and it only makes sense to share some of the it. May it be as inspiring and informative to...

How to Work Less & Make More of an Impact; Abe Lincoln Style

On November 19th, 1863, the great American president, Abraham Lincoln, stood before a group of citizens assembled in a small, southern Pennsylvania field. With his country deeply entrenched in the brutal and bloody Civil War, Lincoln gazed out at the traumatized, war-torn faces gathered before him and delivered a brief statement...

12 Tips to Overcome Writer’s Block and Become a Faster, More Prolific Content Creator

1. Get Your Mind Right. Much has been written about the power of your mind to inspire or dis-empower you. I won’t say much more about it here other than to say your mind can be your biggest obstacle or your greatest ally as a writer. Holding onto thoughts like  “writing is...

Inspiration from Will Smith

If you’re a Will Smith fan, and even if you’re not, you’ll find the bits of wisdom in this video quite inspiring. Here’s one of my favorite quotes: “You don’t try to build a wall. You don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say ‘I’m going to build the...

8 Lessons Learned About Writing Morning Pages

Today is day four of the morning pages exercise. Here’s what I’ve learned so far. 1. Make it a Priority I almost skipped morning pages today. It wasn’t something I consciously chose to do. I just let myself get side-tracked. I started surfing around reading other peoples’ stuff, looking for inspiration,...

WPThemesPlugin.com

Push the blog for blogging glory!

The power of the blog should never be underestimated by web designers and web masters alike. These pages on a site can are multifunctional, and are both traffic pullers and retainers. They are also a good way of engaging with your readership, which gives your company or website...

Is your sidebar doing it’s job?

The sidebar, or sidebars in a Wordpress theme have a job to do, just like you the blogger. They should contribute to the blog and enhance it. Trying to get the sidebar’s appearance as you want it, is a question of try, try, and try again. To...

Essentials for the first blog.

The Wordpress blogging platform has many strengths, and this is why it is by far the easiest platform to use, and the best. If you are new to Wordpress, there are many options to explore, and after a little use will leave you nodding your head in admiration. ...

Choose the theme, chose the moment, embrace the magic..

The theme of your Wordpress blog is crucially important to your blogs success, as it showcases your work and in doing so, enhances it. As there are thousands upon thousands of themes out there, how do you chose the right theme for your blog? This article is about choosing the...

Ads aren’t all about Adsense you know

One of the appeals of blogging, is that it gives you the chance to make money while telling the world of your genius, or the great product or feature that you write about on your blog. You probably have at least heard about Google Adsense, but there are other...

Google Adsense and the sacrifice

Many people who write a blog wonder why they do not make much through Google Adsense or other forms of advertising. The content maybe well written, and indeed they have a fair number of readers, but Adsense cheques for $500 always seem to elude them. What on earth...

Matt Mullenweg

Bangkok Unrest

In celebration of my arrival in Bangkok the opposition party is apparently planning a million person “red shirt” rally. Exciting! On the bright side, “The UDD [United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship] can only afford to keep its protest going for three to five days. If the government has not...

Back to Firefox

After a good while (I can’t search my Twitter stream) on Chrome I’m switching back to Firefox as my primary browser, and actually uninstalled Chrome. Why? I was getting the “Oh snap” failure page all the time, even on Google’s own Youtube! The only support I was pointed to was...

Distributed Company

Toni Schneider, the CEO of Automattic, writes 5 reasons why your company should be distributed....

LA Saturday

A day in LA spent looking at Fort Street carpets and vintage furniture around town, and then SOHO House for the Montblanc / Harvey Weinstein pre-Oscars dinner and party. (Stopped taking photos once the actual party started, didn’t want to get kicked out .)...

Harvard Gazette

The Harvard Gazette is now on WordPress, with a beautiful magazine-style design. There’s a whole meme/argument going around a few blogs and Twitter saying WordPress isn’t a CMS. Who cares what you call it, look at the amazing sites you can create. (And manage content on.) Who woulda thunk it....

IntenseDebate auto-login

WordPress.com User Accounts now auto-login to IntenseDebate blogs no matter where they’re hosted, any website in the world. Connect services like Facebook’s and Twitter’s always require at the very least a click or two, and in worst case can be a full login and several bounces to the origin site,...

Justin Tadlock

It’s the little things that matter

Attention to detail is one of the most valuable things a developer can do to stand out from the crowd....

Showing custom post types on your home/blog page

How to add custom post types to your blog post rotation on your WordPress home (blog/posts) page....

2010

The goals that I'd like to accomplish in my personal and online life in the 2010 year....

Rule #2: The guide to a successful blog

Running a successful blog is tough, but there's one thing that you need more than anything. Passion. Everything else is secondary....

Omelet and toast

How to make a delicious omelet and toast breakfast that will help you get any day started right....

Introducing Kirby Junior

Should the Kirby theme be the new default WordPress theme? I'm giving it a test run here on my blog, and I have a few thoughts....

Nathan Rice

10 Most Influential WordPress Twitter-ers

A couple of days ago, Bryan tweeted (via the @modthemes twitter account) that I was considered the 6th most influential WordPress Twitter-er according to WeFollow.com. Very cool! So I figured I’d share the spotlight with 9 other people that make up the top 10, and help introduce you to them. Here...

Serve IE6 Visitors the Default WordPress Theme

It’s been talked about time and time again … what do we do about the IE6 problem? Of course, there are a couple of options already available to you: you can make IE6 crash when users visit, you can move on to bigger and better things and ignore IE6 altogether, or...

ModThemes.com Launches Today!

After 15 months as a lead developer at iThemes.com, today marks the launch of my very own Premium WordPress Theme business, ModThemes.com....

BizTech: Free WordPress Theme

If you’re looking for a simple, super-easy to modify, free WordPress theme, check out BizTech from the folks at Web Design. Developed by Yours Truly. Related posts:Community, Self-Respect, and Free WordPress Themes Free Advertising for a Limited Time PageRank, Technorati, and Free WordPress Themes Premium WordPress Theme – Proximity News Theme Free Installation for NewsPixel...

Join the Public Developer Beta for the Prodigy Theme

Introducing a revolutionary new WordPress Theme Framework. If you're interested in joining the developer's public beta for this new framework, read on!...

Final Word on WordPress Themes and the GPL?

Matt Mullenweg, the founder and lead developer of the WordPress blogging platform, emailed the Software Freedom Center recently asking about the legality of WordPress themes being licensed under copyright not compatible with the GPL, and they’ve now responded, which Matt has published on the WordPress Development Blog. The conclusion? The PHP...

WooThemes

WPML: Running WooThemes Multilingual

The WPML plugin allows running multilingual WordPress sites and is fully compatible with all of our themes. In this tutorial, we’ll talk about how to offer multilingual support on your website, how to enter translations and how to create multilingual-ready…...

WooThemes Finally Goes Micro

We’ve been speaking about tumblogs for quite a while now, so it’s exciting to finally be able to release the two beautiful tumblog themes that are the fruits of our labour. Without keeping you waiting any longer, we’d like to…...

Cinch

Cinch is a classy & feature-rich tumblog theme built for WordPress. Incorporating awesome advanced QuickPress functionality (exclusive to WooThemes) and an amazing design (with added jQuery awesomeness), Cinch is most definitely the tumblog theme that you want to use!...

Slanted

Slanted is a tumblog theme with an extremely unique - and should we say "slanted" - design. Using some progressive CSS3 attributes and jQuery wizardry, this tumblog theme (built for WordPress) is perfect for the more experimental tumbloggers....

Imperfect Systems

Everything at WooThemes is the way it is due to an evolving process. See, when Mark, Magnus & I started WooThemes we had limited experience & knowledge in running a business, and much less in establishing new online brand. To…...

Update: Custom Navigation in WP 3.0

We just wanted to give you a quick update on the integration of the WooNav into the core of WordPress 3.0 (final version to be available mid-April). Jeff has been working really hard to get everything ready and the basic…...

WordPress Consultant: Judith Kallos, At Your Service...» WordPress Consultant and Online Business Coach

What Are You Willing to Deal With?

The Web has changed how business is conducted forever. It also has become an integral part of every serious business' operating and marketing programs. How you choose to use technology can and will speak volumes about whether you are running a progressive company -- or not.What Are You Willing to...

Give Site Visitors What They Expect

Most folks I work with have ideas of what they want and where they want it when it comes to the layout of their sites. That’s why I stress when selecting a premium WordPress theme that they take the time to go through the provided theme demos to ensure...

What Do YOU Want to Know About WordPress?

My inbox is filled every day with general questions about WordPress. What I do is track what I’m being asked and that generally will influence what I post about. What I thought I would do is ask you what you want me to type about. I’ll use your input...

Even with WordPress; If it Sounds Too Good to Be True…

I can understand why online business owners want to believe the hype. Get "Top 10 Listings", "just change your meta keyword tags", "go live and watch the bucks roll in".Even with WordPress; If it Sounds Too Good to Be True… is a post from: WordPress Consultant: Judith Kallos, At Your...

Fun and Functional Premium WordPress eCommerce Theme

Don’t let the name of this theme fool you! The Kidz Premium WordPress eCommerce Theme is a fun to look at, colorful, and more importantly, feature rich WordPress Premium eCommerce Web site. Not only do I love the clean look and color combos, the features of this theme make it...

Free WordPress Tutorials - Business Blogging 101

Business Blogging 101 WordPress Tutorials – Start Here!

Welcome to WordPress Tutorials – Business Blogging 101! This video is an introduction to the Business Blogging 101 website, a site dedicated to free tutorials and support for WordPress created by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications. Learn about WordPress, Blogging and Online Marketing. Ask questions, comment and connect with other WordPress...

WordCamp Seattle 2010

The organizers of WordCamp Seattle 2009 will meet some time this month to discuss the 2010 event. Look for updates on the WordCamp Seattle website. You can also follow WordCamp Seattle on Twitter. My company, McBuzz Communications, helps business and individuals with WordPress websites in Seattle and around North Amercia. I...

Video Tutorials vs. Text Tutorials

Do you prefer video tutorials or text tutorials? There’s a discussion on the blog of Jaap Haitsma with participants expressing an overwhelming preference for text tutorials. Business Blogging 101 is mostly video tutorials. Although, when I started making tutorials for WordPress in 2007, I used text instructions and screen captures. When...

Nominate WordPress for Best Internet App Award

Hey WordPress lovers, it’s time for the Crunchies Awards! Vote for WordPress as best Internet App of the year. McBuzz and Business Blogging 101 voted, have you? ...

Falling Snow on Your WordPress Blog

Each year around this time you can have some pretty realistic-looking snowfall on your WordPress.com site – like you see here on Business Blogging 101. All you need to do is the following: In the Dashboard, under Appearance, click on Extras and check the box next to “Show falling snow on...

WordPress Security: The Simplest Way to Improve Security on Your WordPress Website or Blog

Recently there was a big security scare for WordPress users. A “worm” (a form of automated malicious software) was traveling around the Internet trying to break into unsuspecting WordPress users’ sites. Even high-profile bloggers like Robert Scoble were caught without adequate file and database backups in place. Scoble lost a...

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