October 14, 2009
Adding External Content (via RSS) to WordPress
There are many plugins that let you pull in posts from an RSS feed. But if you want to show them WITHOUT filling up your database, this is your solution.
WordPress Development
As I build WordPress websites for my clients, I share what I learn here as tutorials.
August 26, 2009
Multiple Content Areas
This is a very elegant solution to the problem of having multiple content areas on a single page. It uses headlines to identify the different blocks of content.
August 2, 2009
Additional Sidebars
Additional sidebars allow you to easily manage content that doesn’t fit in a post or page. I’ll outline how to implement them using Thesis, but you could also do this with any Wordpress theme.
July 26, 2009
Custom Images and Category Pages in Thesis
As I’ve been working with Thesis a lot lately, I thought it would be a good idea to start posting some tips for customizing it. This post covers customizing post image/thumbnails and displaying category posts on pages.
July 6, 2009
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
These are notes from a presentation by Matt Cutts (from Google) on optimizing your Wordpress site. While Wordpress already takes care of most SEO issues, there are a few things you can do to improve it. But remember the 80/20 rule: 80% of SEO is writing compelling content for your readers. The other 20% is simple optimizations of that content.
June 15, 2009
Easy Contact Forms using Google Forms
This is a more technical post than usual. I outline how to quickly build a Contact Form for Wordpress (or any other site).