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The Ultimate Guide To WordPress Hacks And Customizations

dee — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:23:06 +0000

If you are looking to add new design features and functionality to your WordPress blog, odds are there is probably someone who has already done it and shared the code on how to do it. There are a number of great resources you can use to find outstanding hacks, customizations, and tips to make your WordPress blog more unique, user-friendly, and engaging.

Over the years I have collected a number of great resources across the web that I thought would be a great idea to organize and share.

Source: http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/ultimate-guide-wordpress-hacks-customizations/

How To Create WordPress Themes From Scratch Part 1,2 & 3

dee — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:26:17 +0000

Written by Themetation, this is a three part series that takes a theme writing process from scratch and translates to a WordPress Theme.

Discusses all aspects including Slicing and Dicing, Saving for WordPress and the basic styling of CSS Stylesheets for use with WordPress. It also tries to explain the basic components of the WordPress Site and explains each page as required.

A good resource to start with.

Source:

http://themetation.com/2008/07/14/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/

http://themetation.com/2008/07/15/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-2/

http://themetation.com/2008/07/17/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-3a/

http://themetation.com/2008/07/17/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-3b/

55+ Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

dee — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:43:43 +0000

There are times when you come across a feature in a blog, and you just start thinking to yourself: How can I get this in my WordPress blog/site as well. Everybody have experienced this feeling. Sometimes you know you want it, and don’t know where to look for, or even what to look for. In this article we will be sharing some of the most wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks, and Hacks that you will definitely find useful.

These tutorials are classified under various skills level. For some tutorials, you will need to know basic HTML and some WordPress Knowledge.

Source: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/55-most-wanted-wordpress-tips-tricks-and-hacks/

How to Add Twitter @anywhere in WordPress

dee — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:32:19 +0000

Twitter launched it’s @anywhere platform not too long ago. This new platform integrates twitter into your site with a few lines of JavaScript. It allows for more tweets, more traffic, more follows, more engagement, more users, and more insight. You can now embed a tweet box on your site where people can directly tweet from your site. It also converts all twitter usernames to a link (@wpbeginner). If you enable the hovercard option, then users will see a hover box with a follow button and user information. You can also create connect with twitter buttons, follow @wpbeginner on twitter buttons and much more. We think this new platform will play a huge part in the future of web as twitter grows. In this article, we will share how you can add some elements of Twitter’s anywhere platform on your WordPress blog.

Source: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-twitter-anywhere-in-wordpress/