Aug

jQuery WordPress Plugins

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jQuery allows for impressive animations and interactions that are easily created and utilized in your WordPress blog. If used wisely, these plugins can enhance your blog by making it far easier for your readership to read your words of genius, and participate in your blog.

This articles details some of the better plugins that utilize jQuery.

Infinite Scroll Plugin. This baby adds related pages on to the one that your reader is reading. The content it grabs is predetermined by you by using the .load() method which is an CSS selector of the HTML you have chosen. This is also knows as autopagerize, paginate, and endless pages.

jQuery Lightbox Plugin. This plugin can be used to overlay images on a page. It is compatible with WordPress 2.2 and up, and fully compatible with K2. It is well worth considering if you are using a lot of pictures on your blog.

WordPress Post Information Plugin. This simple plugin allows you to view post meta information by using the toggle function in JavaScript. It is an on demand feature.

Jul

2

Su.pr WordPress Plugin

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Su.pr is a new URL shortening service developed by Stumbleupon that allows you to post your Blog post and message Twitter and Facebook via your WordPress.

May

10

Cafe Press Premium WordPress Theme

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Introduction

Cafe Press marks the beginning of my Business line of WordPress themes. Packed with customization and management options, Cafe Press is a perfect “out of the box” solution for small businesses (cafes, restaurants, etc.). Got WordPress 2.7? Cafe Press was built specifically for 2.7 taking advantage of all it’s great new features.

Get Your Business Online in Minutes

Cafe Press is a small business theme built for small business owners tackling many customization and management activities with ease. The Cafe Press administration options page includes configuration and management for several key display and content customization tasks. Easily add your own logo, configure your business details and contact information, add featured content items and even add Google Analytics tracking code to your site without touching a singe theme file.

Blog or No Blog… It’s Your Choice

WordPress isn’t just for blogging anymore. The Cafe Press theme was designed specifically for small businesses looking for a light weight online solution. However, blogging can be a very powerful marketing tool, and Cafe Press gives you the option either way.

Cafe Press is a Cinch to Use

One of the best things about the Cafe Press theme is that if you know how to use WordPress, you already know how to use Cafe Press. But, as always if you need a little coaching, the Cafe Press theme is fully documented and supported. The Cafe Press installation, setup and usage instructions here.

Apr

24

WordPress Blog Design

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When

Posted on 24 April 2009

Location

Anywhere

Job Details

I’m looking for a designer who can create a new blog theme/website design for my blog. The website is a personal development/productivity blog with over 10,000 subscribers. The tagline is, “Get more from life” and has been active for over three years.

I need a creative designer who is familiar with creating WordPress themes. I am not looking to purchase stock themes, or pre-designed themes, only a new, unique design for exclusive use with my website.

Please include with your application:

-Links to other WordPress blog themes you have designed. Preferably for other clients.
-Your fee for completing the contract (payment is made for the completion of the project, not per hour for budget reasons)
-Your time estimate for when you can begin/complete the design.

I also suggest taking a look at the current website, you may include some ideas for redesign/artistic direction along with the above requirements.

Apr

24

Top 10 Premium WordPress Themes

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Top 10 Premium WordPress Themes

Well, even while browsing through this website you might have noticed that sometimes you just can’t find the right wordpress theme for your liking. This is because if you need a truly high quality theme, you might need to spend between $12 to $30 on it but in this case, you will really get something outstanding. Have a look and you will see what I mean — you can’t get such a theme for free, but the price is truly LOW which is why I decided to feature them!

1. “Our Community” WordPress Theme

“Our Community” WordPress Theme

2. “Showcase WordPress” Theme

3. “Blazen” WordPress Theme (new)

4. “Wood World” WordPress Theme

5. “Eat Fish Cat” WordPress Theme

6. “Code Breaker” WordPress theme (only $12)

7. “Aurora Borealis” WordPress Theme

8. “Quick Tab” WordPress Theme

9. “The Other Blog” WordPress theme

10. “BMag” WordPress theme ($12 Only)

So, this was my top 10 picks from the rapidly growing new network of wordpress themes - Theme Forest. Hope you will find something for your liking in this list.

Dec

30

70+ RSS Feeds for WordPress Bloggers & Developers (OPML file)

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Inspired by a recent article, I decided to share my RSS Feeds of blogs on WordPress that I follow daily. Totally I collected about 70+ RSS Feeds for WordPress Bloggers & Developers. And to make your life easy, I have sorted them by several categories such as:

WordPress – Bloggers – RSS Feeds of the most popular WordPress bloggers, which besides the posts of their personal life, are writing sometimes about WordPress

WordPress – General News – Blogs that are writing daily about news from the WordPress community and other releases.

WordPress – Plugins – some WordPress blogs for advanced users or developers interested in what stands behind WordPress.

WordPress – Showcase – WordPress has a lot of sites well-designed, which are based on this platform, and to find such sites easier, you can visit these galleries.

WordPress – Premium – a category that contains the RSS Feeds from those developing premium themes. Follow them to be in step with new releases

WordPress – Roundups – Popular blogs, which besides their articles, are writing regularly about WordPress.

WordPress – Themes – RSS feeds that regularly write about new WordPress Themes, almost of them are free.

WordPress – Tips & Tutorials – several RSS feeds to make your life easier, contain tips and tutorials.

WordPress – Bloggers

WordPress – General News

WordPress – Plugins

WordPress – Showcase

WordPress – Premium

WordPress – Roundups

WordPress – Themes

WordPress – Tips and Tutorials

I hope you enjoyed reading this article, and don’t forget to come back to read new articles or you can subscribe to RSS Feed. (by Archack)

Nov

15

WordPress 2.7 Beta 3

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Here are some of the changes since Beta 2 (over 160 changes in total):

* Numerous style improvements and refinements.
* All admin notices now go under the page title.
* PHP Notice fixes.
* Dashboard widget options now properly save.
* Menu fixes.
* New design for Quick Edit.
* Canonical feed URL fixes.
* Walker fixes.
* An update for Hello Dolly.
* Plugin installer updates.
* Numerous font updates.
* Updated login logo.
* Switch position of “Save Draft” and “Preview” buttons in publish module.
* File upload support for MS Office 2007+ file formats.
* Media upload buttons won’t show if the user doesn’t have the upload capability.
* Canonical redirects only do yes-www or no-www redirection for domains.
* Shift-click checkbox range selection improvement.
* Add New User page now separate.
* Tag suggest only suggests tags (not other taxonomy terms).
* QuickPress shows “Submit for Review” if user cannot publish.
* Private posts/pages, and password-protected posts/pages are rolled into new “Visibility” section of publish module.

If you have already installed Beta 1 or Beta 2, you can update to Beta 3 via the Tools -> Update menu. If you have problems, or if this is your first time in the 2.7 beta ring, you can download and upgrade the old fashioned way.

Download WordPress 2.7 Beta 3

Jul

4

TypePad AntiSpam

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Typepad Antispam is a free tool to prevent comment spams for your blog just like Akismet. It is developed by Six Apart. It is available for Movable Type and WordPress blogs.

For wordpress blog

Download the TypePad AntiSpam plugin.
Unzip the archive and upload to plugins directory under wp-content of your wordpress blog.
Deactivate the current Akismat plugin (if you’re using it)
Get an API key. If you don’t have it, you can get TypeKey account. (It is FREE)
Activate TypePad AntiSpam.
Enter the API Key.
Done!

Jan

26

WordPress creator pulls in $29.5 million

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Automattic, the company best-known for blog publishing software WordPress, has raked in $29.5 million in Series B funding. Originally reported on several blogs, the funding round was confirmed by Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg in his personal blog Tuesday evening.

The most notable of the investors is the New York Times Co., which joins existing Automattic investors Polaris Ventures, True Ventures, and Radar Ventures. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Automattic turned down an acquisition offer several months ago from a “larger Internet company.” Mullenweg’s only apparent reference to this in his blog post was his statement that WordPress had become so successful that choosing between the “approach of serious acquisition or majority-stake investments” became an obvious next step.

Automattic has about 18 employees, according to the Journal, and also operates several lesser-known software products like forum software BBPress and spam management product Akismet. But WordPress is its centerpiece, powering around 2.2 million blogs–active and otherwise–from personal blogs to the digital properties of high-profile media publications like The New York Times, Fortune, and CNN. The Journal hinted that some of the $29.5 million will be used to allow some early employees and investors to cash out; GigaOm’s Om Malik suggested that the company may also hire more engineers, anticipating continued growth.

Mullenweg’s blog post seemed to confirm this speculation: “Automattic is now positioned to execute on our vision of a better Web not just in blogging, but expanding our investment in antispam, identity, wikis, forums, and more — small, open source pieces, loosely joined with the same approach and philosophy that has brought us this far.”

[via news]

Jan

23

wordpress plugins

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