Adding a Tweet Button to WordPress
September 9, 2010
Sep 09 2010
After I completed the redesign for bavotasan.com, I was looking for some social media links to add to the bottom of my single post pages. The main two buttons I…
Developing Themes for WordPress: Part 5
September 3, 2010
Sep 03 2010
So far I have gone over a lot of the basic requirements for putting together a WordPress theme. Some stuff is pretty simple and other stuff might take a bit…
Developing Themes for WordPress: Part 4
September 2, 2010
Sep 02 2010
When you develop a theme for WordPress, you should consider giving your users a few customizable options so they can easily modify certain elements to their liking. Simple and easy-to-use…
Developing Themes for WordPress: Part 3
September 1, 2010
Sep 01 2010
If you’ve already gone through the first two parts of this series, you are well on your way to putting together a WordPress theme. It might seem a little daunting…
Developing Themes for WordPress: Part 2
August 31, 2010
Aug 31 2010
In my last post, I tried to point you to the most important pages in the WordPress codex to get you moving in the right direction with developing your theme.…
Developing Themes for WordPress: Part 1
August 30, 2010
Aug 30 2010
Over the weekend, I gave a presentation on developing WordPress themes for fun and profit. It went really well and I thought it would be a good idea to go…
Optimization Tips to Speed Up Your Site
August 25, 2010
Aug 25 2010
Ever since Google announced that a site’s speed would be a major factor in its ranking, I have really been paying attention to how my site performs. I guess I…
Create bit.ly Short URLs for your Posts in WordPress
August 20, 2010
Aug 20 2010
I have been working with the http://bit.ly API and decided to change the short URLs on my site to include the short URLs provided by http://bit.ly. The API is pretty…
Optimizing your MySQL Database
August 17, 2010
Aug 17 2010
I run my Web sites on a dedicated virtual server and every once in a while, I need to go in and optimize things to make sure everything runs smoothly.…
How to Draw a Smiley Face with CSS3
August 10, 2010
Aug 10 2010
I was messing around with CSS3 gradients, rounded corners and shadows, and I thought to myself, “I wonder if I can draw something that actually looks like something?” Lo and…