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WordPress Tricks that Can Transform a Noob into A Pro Blogger

Royal Tutorial — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:56:55 +0000

Do not fear I am not going to stuff this article with the same boring wordpress plugins thing, you have enough of them already. Rather what I am trying to do is to list some cool yet very basic snippets and tricks that can be performed by a person without any technical knowledge and that too without burning out much of his productive hours. With them, you will be able to supercharge your wordpress blog and even, you will have the feeling that your blog is now in safe hand, I mean your hand:

Paypal Donation Link: You cannot keep on blogging like anything else unless you are not a causal blogger, or you are not that much interested about monetizing your blog. A simple solve is adding the famous Donate Me link in your blog somewhere. Though there are still some plugins available to do the trick, I suggest you get your hands dirty with the code since it is about money. Plug-ins are developed by third parties and therefore, security of these third party plug-ins may be compromised anytime, so it makes perfect sense that you need to do the coding yourself. However do not cringe at the idea of coding, you will not necessarily have to learn the intricacies of coding here.

All you need to do is to copy and paste the below code in the functions.php file

function cwc_donate_shortcode( $atts ) {

extract(shortcode_atts(array(

‘text’ => ‘Make a donation’,

‘account’ => ‘Replace this Text with your paypal account id’,

‘for’ => ”, ), $atts));

global $post;

if (!$for) $for = str_replace(” “,”+”,$post->post_title);

return ‘’.$text.’’;

}

This is a pretty simple with but does wonderful thing, I mean transfer money to your paypal account whenever a gracious person makes a donation.

Auto-image resizing with shortcodes: You are tired of resizing images all the time whenever there is a need to resize images to fit a given space. Though this is not that much easy to implement, with the following guidelines, you can make it work. You just need to find an image resizing script and with Darren Hoyt’s Mimbo (Pro), phpthumb, your quest for the perfect script may virtually come to an end. So, now you have the script and open the functions.php file and then paste the following the code and wait for the magic:

function imageresizer( $atts, $content = null ) {

return ‘’;

}

add_shortcode(‘img’, ‘imageresizer’);

A shortcode will then be created automatically and all images will be resized to 590 pixels wide. Just use the following function to make this work – [img]URL of the image[/img]

Hide/Exclude a Page or a post from Navigation: This one is my favorite. Here I am assuming that you are using wp_page_menu and you want to hide some pages from the navigation bar. Just pass this args and see the difference:

wp_page_menu(‘exclude=5,9,23′);

Now, you might be wondering what the function does this code serve? Simple, this code is making three pages – 5,9 and 23 invisible from website navigation menu. However, if the pages do not contain page id, you can use the name of the pages directly in them to make them disappear from the navigation.

Author Bio
Michael Evans is a writer who enjoys writing in the tech niche and he also promotes Flash templates with the integrated Flash CMS.

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How to Install a WordPress Theme

Royal Tutorial — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:19:38 +0000

WordPress is one of the best platforms around, and for blogging it’s hands down the best. The options you have are limitless and it’s extremely simple to make changes and upgrades to your web site. In this tutorial, we will show you how simple it is to change your WordPress theme.

1.) Login to your WordPress Dashboard and you will see the “Appearance” button on the left hand side of the screen near the middle. Click on “Appearance”.

2.) Once clicked, select the â€œAdd New Themesâ€ link.

3.) While on the “Add New Themes” page, click on the â€œUploadâ€ link in the menu list.

4.) Click the â€œBrowseâ€ button and select the desired WordPress themeâ€™s .zip file from your computer.

5.) Once your file has been selected, click on the â€œInstall Nowâ€ button.

6.) You should receive a confirmation that your theme has now been installed. Now you just need to click the “Activate” link.

Your new WordPress theme is active and running. To change this theme to another, simply repeat the process or go to the “Appearance” link again for WordPress themes options.

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24 Elegant Colorful Designs for Inspiration

Guest Contributor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:57:41 +0000

Using bright, vibrant, or even contrasting colors to play on peopleâ€™s emotions can be a very effective technique for web designers, but itâ€™s not necessary to over do it. Finding the right balance is key, and depending on what sort of website you are designing, certain schemes will undoubtedly be more effective than others. Here we provide you with some examples of websites that shine in this regard.

1. Bookkeeping In A Box

2. Revolution Driving Tuition

3. Puma Talk

4. Go Web Plans

5. Go Montessori

6. Cake PHP

7. Virginia Commonwealth University

8. Web Designer Wall

9. Cottonseed Oil Tour

10. Casio Exilim Lab

11. Pixele

12. Web Designer Depot

13. Site Squared

14. Cult Foo

15. Simple Flame

16. Agami Creative

17. Get Me Fast

18. Emerils

19. Sarah Hyland

20. Shylands

21. Blurst

22. WP Glamour

23. Vista Icons

24. Outdooir Italia

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22 Creative and Inspiring Blog Designs

Guest Contributor — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:21:12 +0000

There is a reason that everyone has their own list of favorite blogs. Itâ€™s because you would be hard-pressed to find a better source of inspiration. And although there are a lot of boring, poorly designed blogs out there, the medium is by its very nature a creative endeavor that requires lots of artistic insight in order to be successful. So whether you are creating a personal blog or trying to design a site for your next door neighborâ€™s business, take a look at some of our favorite blog designs and see if you donâ€™t get an idea or two.

1. komodomedia

2. sketchblog

3. adiirockstar

4. jek2k

5. robgoodlatte

6. outlawdesignblog

7. line25

8. tehcpeng

9. thinkdesignblog

10. viralfilmfestival

11. matblogg

12. rustinjessen

13. alifelski

14. rockstarmedia

15. fontfeed

16. rockersdelight

17. webstaze

18. bigsweaterdesign

19. circlesixdesign

20. blogdesignblog

21. gzdesign

22. 1024media

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23 Refreshing Blog Footers

WPBeginner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:40:10 +0000

Over the years footers have become much more critical to the success of a website. They now include all sorts of extra content and web designers need to understand how important it is to keep the viewers attention all the way until the bottom of the page. Therefore we have provided you with 23 refreshing and creative footer designs that are sure to help you get the job done.

6. biowind.ro

8. blup.fr

10. edgepointchurch.com

11. helmy-bern.cz

12. design54.de

13. keanetix.co.cc

14. seedhunter.com

15. crazynfunny.com

16. ttthings.com

17. blog.wireroses.co.uk

18. wearenotfreelancers.co.za

19. sohtanaka.com

20. yodiv.com

21. branded07.com

22. deborahcavenaugh.com

23. amuki.blogspot.com

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15 Beautiful Navigation Menus for Design Inspiration

WPBeginner — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:07:26 +0000

Navigation Menus are the soul of design because it enables usability. Almost every site has some sort of navigation menu, but it is saddening that majority of the designers don’t even bother putting an effort into styling the navigation menus. Navigation menus are usually seen next to the logo, so it is one of the first things users see on a site. It gives a great first impression, if you have a unique navigation menu.

In this article, I have hand-picked 15 of the most beautiful, creative, elegant, and stylish navigation style menus.

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