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WordPress as CMS: Extra template files
Previously I wrote about the Template file hierarchy in WordPress and what your options are. However, when you’re using WordPress as a content management system (CMS), you’ll often find yourself in a position where you need extra template files outside of the normal hierarchy. In th…
WordPress Tip: How to create a ‘Top Ten’ list
Most bloggers have their favorite articles they’ve written. And while these may not be the most commented or most linked to, they are the best in displaying what the blogger writes about and his expertise. So what’s the best way to highlight these in a list on the home page or sidebar? One…
WordPress Tip: How to secure your installation
There have been a lot of security issues with WordPress in the past and, if you don’t setup your installation correctly, it can be wide open to hacker attacks. Here’s a few things I’ve seen: Embedded spam links – A hacker will add code to your site that will show hundreds of sp…
WordPress Tip: How to change the domain name
While it’s nice to build a new site behind a coming soon page, in most cases when you are designing a new site you’re doing it while a current site already exists. There are several different ways to do this, but in most cases you’ll test it at a demo domain name and then, when you launc…
WordPress Tip: How to add author biography information to your posts
If you’re maintaining a WordPress blog that has multiple authors you may want to let them attach a little biography information to everything they write. Here’s the steps to do this simply. 1. Have your authors login to the WordPress dashboard and click on their name in the top right cor…
WordPress as CMS: How to use custom fields in your theme
Last week I showed you how to make custom fields easy to use for the back end of WordPress. But once you get the content in there, how do you successfully extract it and use it in your theme? There are a few template tags that are useful in displaying custom field data: the_meta() – This is the simple…
Custom WordPress Arrays: Creating a favicon fueled link list
Ed: Today’s article is part of the 21 Days of WordPress Tips and was written by Adii, the WordPress Rockstar. Adii runs a boutique design firm at {radiiate} and a premium theme shop at WooThemes. One of the main reasons why designers & developers love WordPress, is because it is simply so ea…
WordPress Tip: Add your branding
While I love WordPress and every one of my clients know their site is running on an open source platform, it’s still nice to add your own branding to the back end so the client never forgets who did such a fabulous job building their website. There ‘s a few things you can do to add your own flav…
WordPress as CMS: How to make custom fields easy to use
The most frustrating feature of WordPress is custom fields. They provide huge potential for usability but remain largely under developed. The term “custom fields” means nothing to anyone but a WordPress power user and their explanation (“Custom fields can be used to add extr…
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