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100 Killer Wordpress Resources

SunSeth — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:40:57 +0000

Below is a list of links to the very best reading out there on Hacking Wordpress and building a better blog. I’ve also included a list of links to designers and others who are significantly advancing Wordpress through innovative theme development and plugins. If you know of a post or resource that I have not included yet, please add it in the comments!

20 Essential Must Install WordPress Plugins For Your New Blog

VizionQuest — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:52:33 +0000

List of twenty essential WP plugins for new blogs. Includes plugin definition, installation video, Akismet, All in One SEO Pack, WP Super Cache, and many more

Best SEO WordPress Plugins For High Search Engine Ranking

VizionQuest — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:02:18 +0000

List of best SEO WordPress plugins for blogs. Includes All in One SEO Pack, Platinum SEO Pack, WP SEO Sniper, WordPress Tweaks, SEO Title Tags, and more

Introducing WordPress Nexus: A WordPress Resource Directory

Stuart — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:11:31 +0000

A few weeks ago, after I announced our new WordPress Forums, I decided the next project I wanted to tackle was to expand this resource idea out into its own stand alone website. It was with that thought that the WordPress Nexus was born!

Best WordPress Websites for November 2008

gumblage — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:50:00 +0000

Five well designed WordPress websites from the gallery.

Functions.php: Useful Custom functions for WordPress

Stuart — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:24:31 +0000

Following the same idea of last month´s post Taking Advantage of Functions.php in Wordpress Themes I´m releasing a couple more functions I gather trough previous months that might become useful to you to quickly develop your themes. I like to have my own library to easily get my themes code done faster thus getting more time to spend working on the design.

5 Trends of Popular WordPress Blogs- Part1

fluxpattern — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:25:10 +0000

In this post we’re going to outline 5 WordPress trends for web developers who know their stuff. There are plenty of WordPress techniques and hacks out there for beginners.

Themes bad for Wordpress, be aware of them

manoelfranklin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:12:34 +0000

Until that point to buy a particular theme premium worth it? Conheça algumas análises e tire suas conclusões. Meet some analysis and draw their conclusions.

Using WordPress as a Portfolio: Examples

Stuart — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:58:46 +0000

Some time ago I published an article for those passionate about photography. But today I decided to collect some themes for those who wish to publish his Portfolio on-line through WordPress. Below are 15 Portfolio WordPress Themes to choose one in case you want to launch Portfolio online.

WP-Premiums WordPress Theme Showcase

Stuart — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:37:35 +0000

Premium WordPress Theme Showcase website, nice little site for inspiration when thinking of designing a new theme.

Password Protecting The Wp-admin Folder

StephenCronin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:44:52 +0000

Looks at the options for strengthening security on the wp-admin folder in a WordPress installation, warns about a common problem leading to a 404 error message when you try to log in and identifies the solution to that problem.

BuddyPress Wordpress MU Based Social Network Platform

thaiseo — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:14:23 +0000

The idea of BuddyPress is to take a standard vanilla installation of WordPress MU and turn it into something that represents more of a community building tool, or niche social network.

bbPress Forum Software From Wordpress Creators

Stuart — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:42:44 +0000

bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress. bbPress is focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed. We’re focused on keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add on features through our extensive plugin system.

Promote and Grow your WordPress Blog a New Book from Packt Publishing

SunSeth — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:40:42 +0000

Packt is pleased to announce the release of a new book for business bloggers. Written by Paul Thewlis, WordPress for Business Bloggers teaches users to build an attractive and professional blog with advanced plug-ins, analytics, advertising, and SEO.

45 Beautiful and Creative (WordPress) Designs

Stuart — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:28:53 +0000

WordPress provides designers utmost control over a theme - resulting in unprecented flexibility in the layout and design direction he or she can take. WordPress - in the title - is inside parentheses because the designs you’ll see below are wonderful designs despite of the publishing platform they use (which just so happens to be WordPress).

Be careful with where you get wordpress themes from

Lee — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:43:12 +0000

This is just a reminder: please only download WordPress themes from reputable sources such as WordPress.org.

Someone just came into #wordpress asking for help modifying their theme a few hours ago.

What I found inside the theme’s footer.php file though was tons of malicious code. The entire contents of the file was heavily encoded (it was encoded with gzinflate(), str_rot13(), and base64_decode() around 150 times) and a ton of eval()’s.

PressMark: Delicious Clone Social Bookmarking Using Wordpress

Stuart — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:30:25 +0000

PressMark delicious clone is a highly customized version of the popular WordPress cms system that functions as a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us. Delicious clone scripts like GetBoo and Scuttle have been in existence for a while but neither of these systems can offer the security or expandability of a WordPress based system. PressMark is a simple social bookmarking solution and is ideal for beginners.

Five Ways to Familiarize Clients with WordPress

wpcandy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:51:46 +0000

A few weeks ago I published an article entitled ‘Does WordPress Scare Your Clients?’. In this article, I discussed difficulties I’ve experienced when using WordPress with clients, both as blogging software and as a tool for managing site content on a regular basis. With over 30 comments, I read many stories and suggestions about how other developers have tried to make their clients more comfortable with WordPress. Here’s a wrap-up of the best and most common suggestions I found.

4+1 Ways To Speed Up WordPress With Caching

Stuart — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:16:44 +0000

If you are suddenly receiving a lot of request within a short period of time because you’ve been linked by a large site like Digg or Slashdot, your hosting solution might not be able to handle the load. This article should help your to prepare your WordPress blog for such a case or if you’re just using a slow webhost and want to improve the general performance.

57 Best WordPress Resources

storm — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:28:13 +0000

WordPress resources are abound us, with dozens of sites showcasing tips, plugins, themes, et. al. The following list is a collection of the most talked about, best-known resources for finding plugins, tips, news, themes, and so on from the designers and coders that make blogging possible through the WordPress system.