Tutorial: How To Merge 2 WordPress Blogs
For a project I am involved with we recently considered merging 2 rather large WordPress blogs. These were 2 blogs with several thousands entries and posts and at least 20 authors have written on those...
View ArticleHow To: Display Your WordPress Category List in Multiple Columns
Do you sometimes get that feeling to go all overboard and do things differently with your design? OK, I might not be the most creative person with visual designs, actually I like simplicity, but the...
View ArticleOptimise Your WordPress Themes With Better Author Pages
Recently Ajay D’Souza asked how we made our author archive pages here on BloggingPro. I personally am a big fan of displaying content differently on different sections of blogs and also think that...
View ArticleCustom Post Types Sources You Should Know About
By now you should be aware that WordPress 3.0 comes shipped with Custom Post Types. It’s a feature that may not be easy to grasp at first, but it holds almost infinite power over what you can do with...
View ArticleHow To Add Support For Menus In Your WordPress Theme
Are you running WordPress 3.0 yet? If so, you might have come across a nifty little addition called Menus. You’ll find it on your admin Dashboard in the Appearances section, and here’s a little...
View ArticleHow To Create A Cool “Bubble Up” Effect For Your Blog’s Icons Using CSS
A few years ago, the bubble effect that I’m about to show you to create could only be executed using flash animation but thanks to some CSS innovation, the limitations and boundaries to simple yet...
View ArticleHow To Easily Edit Your WordPress Theme Design With The Firebug Firefox Addon
As bloggers, we aim to provide unique user experiences for all our visitors online through the use of the best blog designs and templates we can find. Although there are thousands of free and premium...
View ArticleCorrect Coding for WP Sidebars
Great entry by Justin Tadlock, of Hybrid Theme fame, on the correct way to integrate sidebar into WordPress themes. Also contains a very detailed explanation of the term sidebar and its possible uses...
View ArticleRetrieve Your Twitter Followers Number Without API Issues
In this WPShout entry Angela Giese provides the code to use and retrieve the number of your Twitter followers without being hit by the Twitter API restrictions, which popular bloggers can suffer from....
View ArticleWordPress 3.1 Post Formats Guide
Lisa E. Sabin Wilson takes a look at the with WordPress 3.1 Beta introduced Post Formats in an extensive tutorial. In the post Lisa, from WordPress for Dummies fame, provides examples and the code to...
View ArticleHow to: WordPress to Jekyll
Paul Stamatiou has switched his site from WordPress to Jekyll. In this extensive review he features a step-by-step how to switch from WordPress to Jekyll, a new static generator. Paul mentions also...
View ArticleTutorial: Show All WordPress Image Sizes
Justin Tadlock, of Theme Hybrid fame, has published a new entry describing how to display links to all images sizes within WordPress (or on your attachment pages). The attachment page often is a...
View ArticleHow to Move From WordPress.com to WordPress.org
WordPress.com is a hosted service, which allows you to set up multiple blogs for free, however there are optional paid options which add functionality to your blog. WordPress.com is perfect for a...
View ArticleCreating a Shared Content Box Across All of Your WordPress Blogs
More than five years ago, I was bit by the Autoblog bug. I don’t build them anymore, but I still build WordPress blogs in large numbers. One of my pet peeves when I was working with 100+ different...
View ArticleHow to Add a Floating Sticky Sidebar to WordPress & Boost Conversions...
With readers growing blind to banner ads and attention spans decreasing, we need new ways to increase readership and garner more clickthroughs. Sticky elements that hover, float, slide and pop out at...
View ArticleHow To Transfer A WordPress Site To A New Host Securely & Without Downtime
As a follow up to my article last week on someusefulWordPress plugins that make website migration simpler, I thought I’d give a quick overview on how to get it done safely. The route I’m about to...
View ArticleBoost Your WordPress Skills with the 0-100 WordPress Starter Kit
WordPress has become the blogging platform of choice for many – individuals and businesses alike. With the host of features integrated, not to mention countless plugins that can be used to customize...
View ArticleMaster WordPress at TakeControlofWP.com [Giveaway]
WordPress is a popular Content Management System and Web Site Creation tool, used by millions of people around the world, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Ford, CNN, NASA, Pepsi,...
View ArticleHow to Transfer A WordPress Site to A New Host
There are many reasons to transfer your WordPress site to a new host. It could be due to increased traffic to your website in an aging server or host or worse, your host might have been unreliable from...
View ArticleHow To Put Your Website In WordPress Maintenance Mode
No matter how careful you are with your website, itty-bitty problems might still find their way through the security cracks. Thankfully, your WordPress website has a so-called WordPress Maintenance...
View ArticleHow to Get an Email From a WordPress Blog When a New Item Is Published
Have a favorite blog you want to be updated with? Want to notify your readers whenever you publish new content? A great way to do this is by notifications through email. Email marketing does not only...
View ArticleHow to Merge Two WordPress Blogs Into One
Have multiple blogs that you want to merge into one? Or an old blog that you want to integrate with your new one? Luckily, merging two blogs on WordPress can be easily done! Moreover, the content you...
View ArticleHow to Turn On Maintenance Mode in WordPress
Doing maintenance is an essential part of managing your WordPress blog. Maintenance helps you keep your website updated and void of errors. However, there will be changes that you’ll be making on your...
View ArticleHow to Create a Custom Color Palette on WordPress Gutenberg Editor
The Gutenberg is the name WordPress uses for its newest editor. It’s also known as the block editor since the content elements of your blogs, such as images and texts, are now added as “blocks” to the...
View ArticleHow to Create a Table of Contents for Your Blog Post
We always look for ways to improve our blogs. We always look for tips on how to write better, market better, and how to make our websites better. One of the most important elements of a blog is, of...
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