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Wordpress

Basic Tweaks for the Thesis Theme Round 1

July 16, 2009

I’ve done enough reading to know that while the learning curve for the Thesis WordPress theme may be a little bit steep, it’s worth it in the end.  I’ve also read that once you ‘get’ it, it’s easy to make new changes in the future. I’m still at the head scratching phase, but I’ll document [...]

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WordPress, and Drinking the Thesis Theme Kool Aid

June 16, 2009

6 months ago I would have thought the idea of purchasing a WordPress theme was pretty inane.  I’m by no means a great designer, but I’ve been able to toss together sites, or tweak existing themes to meet my needs. I recently learned of the Thesis Theme.  Turns out there are a LOT of blogs [...]

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Blog Comment Graphics, or Gravatars

February 8, 2009

If you’re a rookie blog commenter, you might wonder how some people get custom icons next to their comments, while others do not.  It’s actually really simple!  Those little pictures are called Gravatars, a condensation of Globally Recognized Avatars.  A Gravatar is an avatar image that follows you from blog to blog, appearing beside your [...]

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Set Your WordPress Permalinks

January 11, 2009

By default, WordPress uses web URLs which have question marks and lots of numbers in them, however WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for your permalinks and archives. This is one of the first things you should do when setting up your WordPress pages. To many people, this would seem [...]

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Great Starter Plugins for WordPress

January 4, 2009

I’ve only been using WordPress for a short time.  I’m constantly finding new plugins that add great options and features.  I think part of the fun of having a blog is constantly adding new Widgets and Plugins. When I started this site, I instantly installed several plugins to get me up and running fast.  In [...]

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