August 6, 2010
WordPress Post Thumbnails with Captions
This tip is for all themes that support WordPress’ Post Thumbnails (also known as Featured Images). If you’re using Thesis, this does not apply to you since Thesis uses its…
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May 31, 2010
Full Width Navigation in Thesis
Create eye-catching, full-width menus for your Thesis site.
May 17, 2010
Adding Content Between Posts in Thesis
This shows you how to stick code between certain posts, but not all of them. It’s very useful for including ads or other content you don’t want repeated.
May 15, 2010
How to Move your WordPress Website
Here’s how you quickly move a WordPress website from one server to another, without losing any content or settings. This is what I do when I’ve built a client’s site on my development server and it’s time to launch.
April 15, 2010
WordPress Updates as Email or RSS Reminder
WordPress does a great job of telling you to upgrade when you log in. But if you don’t log in often, you might miss an important security update. This will notify you via email or RSS.
April 12, 2010
Custom WordPress Queries
Here’s how to create a list of posts that doesn’t interfere with The Loop (what generates the content on your WordPress site).
April 3, 2010
Redirect Pages in Thesis
If you change a page’s name and URL, you’ll want to use this technique to make sure visitors to the old URL are redirected to the new one.
March 9, 2010
Custom Author Pages
Here’s an overview on how to build an extremely custom Author Page for Thesis.
March 5, 2010
Integrating Google Maps with WordPress
Use the Google Maps API to dynamically create maps in your blog posts or pages.
March 2, 2010
Increase WordPress Upload Limit on BlueHost
If you’ve ever tried moving a large blog or uploading large images, you’ve run into the Upload Filesize Limit. This walks you through increasing it for BlueHost (and can be applied to other hosts).
February 25, 2010
Add Related Posts Before Comments Link in Thesis
Here’s a quick tip on how to add Related Posts (or anything else) at the end of a post but before the comments link.
February 25, 2010
Using Gravatars in WordPress
I’ll show you how to display an author’s gravatar next to post titles, and customize the default Gravatar for commenters who don’t have one already.
February 21, 2010
Adding Custom Headers to Category Pages in Thesis
This is how you can add custom introductory text or images to the top of category pages.
February 9, 2010
BBC Interview about BIL Conference
I was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 about the upcoming BIL Conferences – BIL2010 in February and BIL:UK in July.
January 20, 2010
Clickable Logo in Header in Thesis
This is a simple but common mistake. When you replace the site title in the header with a custom logo, use this code to make it click through to your homepage.