One of the most anticipated features of WordPress 3.0 was the ability to add your own custom post types to WordPress, which allows you to display and categorize different types of content outside of the 5 native WordPress content types (i.e. Post, Page, Attachment, and so forth). The addition of this feature is a big step forward in making WordPress a full-fledged CMS, extending outside its normal use as a blogging platform.
WordPress is the platform of choice for most bloggers, and WordPress hacks is one of the most popular topics on CatsWhoCode. This is why Jean-Baptiste Jung has decided to compile 10 new and extremely useful hack for WordPress.
Before we can write our function, we need to understand exactly what we’re trying to do. Our goal is to cache our sidebar to a text file and update that cache whenever we publish a post, change our theme or make changes to the sidebar widgets. Since we’re planning on using our cache to display the sidebar on a different application, we need to be able to easily delete the cache without any ill-effects (we don’t want our sidebar broken at any time).
Releasing a WordPress theme on a marketplace, such as ThemeForest, where the audience is so large and diverse, has some challenges. You cannot test a solution directly with the client. You need to plan in advance for all edge cases, and ensure that your theme is as customizable as possible. If you’re inexperienced, chances are that some things will unfortunately slip through the cracks. Luckily for you, we have drawn on our hard-earned wisdom to help you avoid repeating the same mistakes we made.
This is Part 2 of a four-part tutorial on editing WordPress themes using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. Part 1 covered the basics of WordPress and the components that make up a WordPress theme. This article focuses on setting up WordPress (version 3 or higher), installing a local server (XAMPP on Windows or MAMP on Mac OS X), creating a local Dreamweaver site and testing server, setting up code hinting, installing theme files, and previewing a main theme file.
Jean-Baptiste Jung will show you how you can easily add data (posts, comments, categories, etc) to your WordPress blog, without any manual effort.
This is Part 1 of a four-part tutorial series on editing WordPress themes using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. In this part, you will learn the basics of WordPress, including why so many people use it, how it is installed, and what makes up a WordPress theme. I'll also describe some of the features you will be using in Dreamweaver to make editing your theme a snap.
Read MorePerhaps one of the biggest holes in WordPress prior to version 3 was the lack of custom menu support. Menus often had to be hand coded into header.php and, whilst they could be ‘smart’, it often let the client needing a PHP savvy developer to make alterations to the setup.
Security has always been a hot topic. Offline, people buy wired homes, car alarms and gadgets to bring their security to the max. Online, security is important, too, especially for people who make a living from websites and blogs. In this article, we’ll show you some useful tweaks to protect your WordPress-powered blog.
Read MoreAs most of you already know, Wordpress 3.0 has been released. Although it’s still in a beta release stage, you can take it for a test drive and check out the many new features that are available. Many people already use Wordpress for many things other than just blogging but this release will certainly create opportunities for managing content even more effortlessly than before and using Wordpress as more than just a blog.