Basic Introduction to Custom Fields
In this tutorial, we are taking a look at WordPress custom fields, what they are and how you can use them to make a much more dynamic site! What Are Custom Fields? Custom Fields are available when you...
View ArticleInstalling WordPress
Before you can run WordPress, you need to install it. In this tutorial, we go through the rather simple setup process of WordPress and touch on setting up databases and users as you need for the...
View ArticleInstalling WordPress Themes
Learn how to install themes to your WordPress website and where you can easily find them, in this tutorial.
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Page Templates: Completely Control your WordPress Pages
There is a very powerful, built-in feature to WordPress that lets you add a file to your theme, that can be used to control how an entire page is displayed. The Idea Behind The idea behind the page...
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Post Thumbnails in WordPress 2.9
WordPress 2.9 introduces a built-in feature for post thumbnails, something that has previously been archived using custom fields. Now, you can select and upload thumbnails from the post screen and the...
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Creating a Simple Custom Frontpage in WordPress
Many sites use WordPress as their full content management system (CMS). Both over at XLD Studios and Bernskiold Media, we use it as the main backend for the site. Doing so doesn’t mean that it has to...
View ArticleAdding Your Own Custom Post Type
From WordPress 3.0 and on, you can now create your own custom post type. Doing so makes WordPress much more powerful as a content management system as you now are not just limited to posts and pages,...
View ArticleMove WordPress From a Sub-directory to a Root Folder
I get questions all the time on how to go about moving a WordPress install from a sub-directory into the main/root folder for you website. In other words, you have installed WordPress in...
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11 Important Steps to Optimize WordPress and Increase Performance
Performance is a large part of your website’s success. If a visitor finds that your site loads too slowly, they will go before you even get the chance to show them how good you are. If you are a...
View ArticleAdding a Custom Image Size to Post Thumbnails in WordPress
When you are working with templates in WordPress that use post thumbnails embedded using the the_post_thumbnail(); function, you can change the thumbnail size from the default, to a custom one. This is...
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