http://www.wp-talk.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:36:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're like me, you probably use Wordpress for more than just a blog. I build fully functioning sites with Wordpress because its easy for me to show clients how to update their own information within pages and they need no knowledge of HTML, CSS, or PHP. If this is ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~4/uRbZk1slFkM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~3/uRbZk1slFkM/ http://www.wp-talk.com/212939177/ While Wordpress Theming is fun and exciting; there are some pretty redundant tasks you go through each time when making a theme. Things like setting up the theme files (index.php, sidebar.php, style.css and so on). If you don't want to get your hands dirty with the php and xhtml that ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~4/2PwpI15G31c" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~3/2PwpI15G31c/ http://www.wp-talk.com/21295686/ I figured I'd post of some of the plugins that every blog should install, no matter what the subject of your blog is. These will help with Wordpress SEO and just make running your blog and managing it much easier. If you feel like I have left one off please ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~4/279nGgZqLl0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~3/279nGgZqLl0/ http://www.wp-talk.com/05363454/ If you want to customize your site it's best to have things separated. The default wordpress theme comes with an archive.php that handles category, all archive, tag and author pages. So if you want your category pages to look different than the other pages you will have to separate them ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~4/V-4MCzY-At8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~3/V-4MCzY-At8/ http://www.wp-talk.com/03404540/ I am sure if you are interested in SEO you have come across Aaron Walls SEOBook.com. If you haven't then you need to. It's a great resource. One of the things that I noticed and liked about Aaron's website is how it handles separate categories. For instance, take his Marketing ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~4/TtJx5wemhCw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~3/TtJx5wemhCw/ http://www.wp-talk.com/03204735/ One of the most useful parts of the Wordpress platform is the ability to make use of "widgets". Widgets are little accessories that will automatically display information in "widgetized" areas of your theme. Some themes come with many widgetized areas, while other themes leave them out all together. Themes that ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~4/uKhDu0EGTIo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordpressTalk/~3/uKhDu0EGTIo/ http://www.wp-talk.com/22362019/