Building a WordPress theme is no small task. It takes time, resources and a nearly unlimited amount of patience. I prefer to do my work all at once, but that means I will be sitting at the computer for hour after hour trying to tweak the design. And once you get something you like, […]
It is no secret; I am all about Simplicity in Design. I love clean, minimalistic interfaces that don’t create a barrier between the user and the content; they enhance the experience, while barely being noticed at all. So, in the spirit of simplicity, I am offering to you a collection of some of my […]
The folks over at Techie Buzz have released what may end up being the Plugin of the Year! If you have ever tried upgrading your WordPress installation only to find that something went wrong (posts missing, comments blank, plugins freaking out… I have had them all…), then you know how much trouble it can be. […]
An essential for any aspiring theme developer is a local install of WordPress. There are plenty of benefits to doing so and there are also pitfalls if you don’t. I will tell you about the pitfalls in a second, but before that, I want to tell you 5 great reasons why you should use […]
You have just installed WordPress for your brand new blog and you are ready to start writing that killer content and make tons of money, right? WRONG! As fantastic as WordPress is right out of the box, it is far from complete. Even for the most basic blog, you really need to install some key […]
Now, I know that John Chow just posted about this on his blog, but I actually found this last week! I knew I should have posted about it then… Either way, this is my latest favorite plugin! It accomplishes numerous SEO functions that I was using several plugins for! You get tagging, meta-tagging, optimized titles, […]
A common problem for bloggers is that you do all kinds of work to get readers to just look at your post, only to have them leave right after that. In fact, you could call it the “Stumble” effect. Just like the Stumbleupon plugin, a reader glances over your post, passes on judgment and then […]
A man can only take so many comments demanding that he enlarge his penis; who are these people and where are they getting this information from?! False information, that is… At any rate, nothing spoils my day more than comment spam. As a blogger, the most exciting part of the whole thing is seeing that […]
Recently, I released two Wordpress themes. Now you may be thinking that I am just a shameless self-promoter; well I am. But I am not solely that. There are tons of well known and not so well known designers out there working on some great new themes. So in the spirit of link love, I […]
These are 3 simple ways that will really improve your blog. And as the title suggests, they are extremely easy to implement… Well, the last one is a little more complicated, but still easy in some sense. They are subtle improvements, but believe me when I tell you that they can provide incredible benefits, including:
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I have finally done it! For a long time now, I have been meaning to take my “Deliciously Blue” XHTML template and convert it into a Wordpress theme. Not only was it my favorite template, but it has had well over 20,000 downloads, so some other people must have liked it as well. So at […]
David Airey (one of my favorite bloggers out there) tagged me to write some advice about, well… writing… But not just any writing; we are talking about blogging. Now he definitely hit the nail on the head when he said that I might be busy; in fact, being in the midst of finals has driven […]
I finally got around to modifying a Wordpress theme for release! How exciting is that? The theme is called Simpla Remix and it is predictably based on the Simpla design. I have always been fond of Simpla (I actually first noticed it on Smashing Magazine) and I thought I might just add a little flavor […]
My first reaction to seeing the Show Top Commentators plugin was, “Is commentators really a word?… Seriously?…” But after I looked it up and found out that it was, I next thought, “Hey, this is a great plugin to show some love to people who comment on your site!” After all, a reader is essentially […]
