Posts Filed as 21 Days of WordPress Tips

WordPress Tip: Template files and naming conventions

January 8th, 2009

The WordPress template files can often be confusing. Figuring out which files get used and when, which ones you don’t need, etc is very daunting. Not to mention, this information is pretty hard to sift through in the WordPress codex. In this post article I’ll give you a few of my favorite…

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WordPress Tip: Common uses for conditional tags

January 7th, 2009

The WordPress core provides several “conditional tags” that are helpful in showing different content or code depending on where you are on the site. You can read about all of them at the WordPress codex, however I’m going to share with you a few I use the most plus a couple things to…

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WordPress Templates: Multiple widget locations

January 6th, 2009

Widget functionality is one of the most useful parts of a WordPress template. It allows the user to easily manage the content that shows on the sidebar. However, what if you want to let someone not only manage the widgets on their sidebar, but their footer as well? In this WordPress tip, I’ll wal…

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WordPress as CMS: Plugins that will get you there

January 5th, 2009

WordPress goes a long ways towards providing you a fully functional Content Management System (CMS), but I’ve found there are still a lot of problems that you’ll run into when using it “out of the box”. Here’s the major issues: Too many unnecessary links – Co…

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How to combine Wufoo and WordPress for easy custom web forms

January 2nd, 2009

Allowing clients to create and edit their own web forms is a problem I’m constantly running into. For some businesses, your standard contact form is enough, but I’m getting more requests to manage web forms on their own. Obviously this is no small task and there isn’t any easy way…

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