I decided a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to do an ongoing tutorial series with WordPress custom fields. At first, I thought I’d simply write a complete guide, but that idea seemed daunting. It seems far easier to break down the guide into individual posts in a series. … Continue reading →

I finally found the perfect flash video player: Flash Video Player Plugin for WordPress. This thing has more options than anything I’ve ever seen. It even lets you add a logo over the video. I particularly like the floating controls it offers. Plus, everything can be overwritten for each video … Continue reading →

This is a tutorial on how to make your blog or website header image clickable with valid XHTML. This is assuming that you’re using a CSS background image for your header or that you want to. I was recently designing a theme that I wanted to add a clickable header … Continue reading →

Theme Information: Description: A 920px, fixed-width, 2-column, widget-ready theme. Its focus is for fun news blogs and sites. Features a custom home page, sidebars, and templates. Requirement(s): Wordpress 2.1+ Download Theme ([download#17#hits]) | Live Demo Free header image: The first 20 people that request it, will get a free header … Continue reading →

This article, or series of articles, is long overdue. I’ve been using custom fields to make “little” fixes around this site for a while now. They are probably the most powerful feature of WordPress, yet the least used. Maybe that’s because they’re hidden away at the bottom of the “Write” … Continue reading →

If you follow WordPress theme designer blogs then there’s probably little chance that you’ve missed the big showdown happening between Small Potato (WP Designer) and Adii. I’ve followed both of these young designers since they’ve been designing WordPress themes and consider both to be at the top of the WordPress … Continue reading →

Do you input 50 different tags to compliment your post? Use "blog," "blogs," and "blogging" as a tag every time you post? List "WordPress" as a tag simply because you're using that blogging platform? Add random things that have nothing to do whatsoever with the content of your post itself … Continue reading →

Don’t let the title fool you. I have a few specific things in mind that I want to accomplish with this blog. I have, however, been constantly asking myself this question lately. I want to do something new with this site. It’s felt a little stale to me for some … Continue reading →

If you’re a WordPress theme designer, this little plugin I put together might help you. Do you have a central page that lists all of your themes? No WordPress theme designer should do without that page. I’ve been using this for a while now and have finally decided to release … Continue reading →

Theme Information: Description: A 910px, fixed-width, widget-ready theme. Its focus is for news blogs and sites. The template makes it easy to get a lot of information to the user as quickly as possible, but in a stylish way. Requirement(s): Wordpress 2.1+ Support: Support forums Download Theme ([download#18#hits]) | Live … Continue reading →