Intrepid Free WordPress Theme

Feb 8th, 2010
Intrepid Free WordPress ThemeIntrepid is a free WordPress theme, two-column with a right sidebar, compatible with WordPress version 2.8 upwards, with threaded and paged comments. 3 styles of pastel shades to choose from - blue-green, green-brown and purple-gray as default... You can also replace the header completely with your own image.

WordPress 2.9 – Using Post Thumbnails

Feb 8th, 2010
WordPress 2.9 – Using Post ThumbnailsWith WordPress 2.9 comes a revised image thumbnail system – previously, support for posts with attached thumbnails was a little haphazard (it is a fiddly business in terms of the programming), but this is a significant step forward. The need is for a [...]

Using Google Code libraries with WordPress

Feb 1st, 2010
Using Google Code libraries with WordPressBy default, WordPress loads the version of jQuery that comes with the package. But there is an alternative way of doing it and that’s to use the AJAX Libraries API at Google Code – use their bandwidth, why not… A few lines added [...]

WordPress SEO – the Post Title

Jan 28th, 2010
WordPress SEO – the Post TitleThe one thing you have instant control over is the post title - and, usefully, this can make a huge difference, far out of proportion to any time and effort spent in other SEO directions.

Fatal Error – Cannot modify header information

Jan 26th, 2010
Fatal Error – Cannot modify header informationYou’ve been hacking around in WordPress and you get… Fatal Error – Cannot modify header information – headers already sent … Why? Very simply, because the script has output something (… ie. printed it to your browser) before trying to execute a  PHP header(“…”) [...]

WordPress – Display Random Posts

Jan 21st, 2010
WordPress – Display Random PostsSo you want to display a random list of posts, maybe in a sidebar widget… One way to do it is to use the query_posts() function, but this isn't always the best...

WordPress Theme Frameworks

Jan 20th, 2010
WordPress Theme FrameworksSince the arrival of WordPress 2.7, the true framework is based on the concept of parent/child WordPress themes. A child theme is dependent on its parent - here, the framework - for its template files and functions, it's not going work without it.