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WordPress Shop Products – Almost Perfect, but Not Quite

WordPress Modder — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:49:30 +0000

As with most products I use or causes I’m involved with, I’m always proud to be affiliated and promote their use whenever I can. This is no different with WordPress. Although I’ve been using WordPress for many years now, I’ve never bought anything from the WordPress shop...

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How to Post to your WordPress Site Directly from Yahoo! Mail

WordPress Modder — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:20:09 +0000

An interesting thing happened while I was checking my Yahoo! Mail this morning. A little notification popped up telling me that I had an extra feature named “Applications” and asked if I would like to see the “Gallery”. So I had a look and it appears that Yahoo! has...

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WordPress Theme Development in 12 Steps

WordPress Modder — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:28:34 +0000

Ian Stewart has just announced that he will be making a series of posts that will outline, in detail, the 12 steps to creating your own WordPress theme. You can see his announcement here. If you’re not familiar with Ian Stewart, and you aspire to become a WordPress expert, or better yet, a...

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Extending WordPress by Using the Power of Video – Part Six

WordPress Modder — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:34:14 +0000

This is the sixth post in my series about using video with WordPress. Today we’ll focus on some plugins and a couple of themes that help to display video on your WordPress-powered site. I’ve discussed plugins previously in this series, but in the WordPress world, things are always...

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Simple:Press Forum Updates are Coming

WordPress Modder — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:25:31 +0000

I’ve written about my favorite WordPress forum plugin previously on the posts Do You Need a Simple WordPress Forum? and Simple WordPress Forum Plugin – Revisited. I’ve just received an update on the progress of the upcoming latest release and there are some really cool features...

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How to Change Your WordPress Theme Without Losing Your Widgets (or your composure)

WordPress Modder — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:08:38 +0000

If you’re a regular reader of WPM, you may have noticed that I’ve changed the look and feel of the site recently. While changing themes, I ran into a Widgets issue that I had forgotten about. Sometimes when changing themes, the new theme you’ve chosen won’t display your...

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I’ve Always Wanted to be a Rockstar

WordPress Modder — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:24:06 +0000

I’ve just learned that I’ve made it to the WordPress Rockstar list over at WeRockWP.com. I’m very flattered to be on this list and am humbled to be included with such company as Justin Tadlock, Donncha O Caoimh, Andrea and Ron Rennick, and many many others. After all, I’ve...

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Extending WordPress by Using the Power of Video – Part Five

WordPress Modder — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:23:29 +0000

Read Parts One, Two, Three, and Four. This is the fifth post in my series about using video with WordPress. In this post, we’ll talk about how displaying video content can differ from the normal blog or website layout, and what themes are available to help your site stand out from the...

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Dynamic Header Images in WordPress – The Ultimate Solution

WordPress Modder — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:16:19 +0000

I’ve just been experimenting with dynamic headers on my development site, and the solution I’ve found is very cool. Imagine being able to set a different header image for each page on your WordPress-powered site. Now imagine being able to do that, and being able to set a different...

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Do you want to help guide the development of my latest project?

WordPress Modder — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:55:23 +0000

About a week ago I shared a tidbit of information concerning my web development secret. To my delight, it was very well received and there is genuine excitement about it. As a big thank you to all who read this and have visited the project page, I would like to bring you in on some [...]

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