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48 Unique Ways To Use WordPress

SunSeth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:47:53 +0000

WordPress, one of the most popular blogging platforms (if not the most), is capable of being more than just a blog platform. It's capable of being a full-blown CMS (Content Management System). As someone who has both written small, custom CMSes from scratch as well as evaluated million-dollar professional CMSes for large corporations, WordPress' robustness never ceases to amaze me.

All WordPress Unusual Uses

SunSeth — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:03:26 +0000

There are many ways of using wordpress not only as a blog platform. here’s a collection of the top unusual uses of wordpress with links to other posts who already gathered the best uses also. comment here if you want…

Building alexking.org 2.0, part 8: Too Many Plugins?

SunSeth — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:36:32 +0000

I want my site to work the way I want it to. Sometimes this matches the way WordPress works right out of the box, sometime it doesn’t - that is where my plugins come in. I’m using over 20 plugins - is it too many?

Make Your Blog Digg Proof

SunSeth — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:32:06 +0000

As you know, I recently posted a LunarPages web Hosting Rebate offer for problogineer readers and someone asked me “whether wordpress blog hosted on shared hosting plan can survive digg effect (also known as digg frontpage, slashdot effect) or not ?”

Wordpress - The Best Blogging Platform on the Internet

SunSeth — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:30:43 +0000

With the large number of blogging platforms out there, it can be a bit confusing to decide on any one particular package. Each of the popular blogging software currently available has different feature sets and plug-ins specifically designed for them.

10 Great Website Designs Using Wordpress As CMS

Stuart — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:24:01 +0000

Here are a couple of great websites that successfully use Wordpress as a CMS, by hiding that default blog layout under a vibrant and modern design. Here’s a list of 10 of the best:

Why Wordpress 2.7 Is Not Wordpress 3.0

fluxpattern — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:21:37 +0000

Over the past few weeks, I’ve witnessed many discussions throughout the WordPress community pertaining to the version number of WordPress. Many think that because of the reworked user interface and the large number of features that this version (2.7) will contain, this should allow the software to be bumped up to version 3.0

WordPress 2.7: From Blog Platform to Web CMS

fluxpattern — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:20:24 +0000

Now on their third beta release, WordPress is promising big things with version 2.7. After completing the first round of bug fixes from the beta 1 and beta 2 releases, the WordPress team is making sure that the full public release is a quality release with minimal issues.

35 Tips Tricks To Manage and Handle Multi-Author Blogs

SunSeth — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:19:13 +0000

Inviting other bloggers and writers to become co-authors is one great way to expand one’s blog. Assuming the recruiting of writers part is being taken care of, the next big problem you could be facing is management. Managing multiple authors for a blog is never an easy task.

Innovative Use of WordPress: The WordPress Link Directory

jayzee — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:02:01 +0000

This will be the first in a serious of posts devoted to highlighting new and interesting ways people are using WordPress. I already have at least 3 amazing uses of WordPress lined up that you probably have never seen before and are sure to spark your interest. So stay tuned, subscribe to our feed and be on the look out for more innovative uses of WordPress.

WordPress 2.7: Ten useful new features

Lee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:07:14 +0000

The first public beta of WordPress 2.7 was released on 1 November 2008. This new version of WordPress comes with an extensive UI rearrangement in the administration area and with many new features.

Wordpress Blogs Taken Down by DDOS Attack

fluxpattern — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:42:33 +0000

It's the hosted blogging platform of choice for sites ranging from CNN to Scobelizer--so it's a big deal when Wordpress.com goes down. A number of sites using the Automattic-owned blogging service were taken down for a short while this morning when Wordpress.com was hit with a denial-of-service attack.

Scary WordPress Moments

fluxpattern — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:40:34 +0000

Blogger describes the frightening realization that his WordPress blog was very likely gone forever. Other scary moments posted by users as well.

Some reasons why WordPress is not so good as it seems

fluxpattern — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:30:43 +0000

I have been using WordPress for more than two years for several projects. It’s a robust blogging system, easy to use, search engine friendly, with a great community and an incredible number of plugins and themes available for free. WordPress is almost perfect if you want to set up a blog. I said almost because it has some birth defects that makes it limitating if you want a little more.

Hackers Attack & Stats Drop: Your Wordpress Blog Could be a Victim

SunSeth — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:06:03 +0000

It all started when I logged into my Google Analytics to check on my stats. I wanted to see if I had broken another traffic record, instead I found that my search engine traffic had dropped by about 80%. I frantically checked Google for a keyword I know I rank for, and found that I was completely absent from the results. I checked another term, and I was nowhere to be found.

Wordpress Dynamic Replacement Characters

Stuart — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:40:43 +0000

Wordpress has long had a feature that dynamically replaces standard characters with their more visually appealing (and perhaps more accurate) symbols. In some cases the formatting may not be desirable.

Best WordPress Permalink, Organizational Structure for SEO and Why?

SunSeth — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:06:13 +0000

Lately I’ve been spending more time working on aesthetics, performance, and friendliness of this site. Now I’ve come to a very important decision to make and that is, should I change my permalink/organizational structure?

The WordPress.com Smiley

SunSeth — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:26:19 +0000

You might not have known it before, but the WordPress.com smiley is actually a piece of JavaScript code that tracks the statistics of the page it’s on.

30 creative custom wordpress logins. Submit yours

fluxpattern — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:42:21 +0000

In wordpress you can customize everything. For example if you want a custom login you can install the amazing “BM Custom Login” plugin and in few minutes you’ll be able to create something like these pictures below.

The Flexibility of WordPress

Stuart — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:00:04 +0000

WordPress is still regarded by many as just a blogging platform, even though it’s capable of much, much more! The flexibility offered by the WordPress engine is phenomenal - being able to publish anything from a basic blog to a forum, from a web showcase to a corporate CMS site! Here we take a look at some of the great ways WordPress has been used so far.