Using Custom Post Types

by Bill Erickson on September 2, 2010

Post image for Using Custom Post Types

Custom post types let you create logical divisions of content and context-specific meta information boxes. If your site features content other than posts and pages, use this to manage it.

{ 2 comments }

Adding “nofollow” to Category Links

by Bill Erickson on August 30, 2010

Post image for Adding “nofollow” to Category Links

If you have a lot of categories, here’s how to add a “nofollow” to them to prevent diluting your Google PageRank.

{ 0 comments }

Thumbnail image for WordPress Beyond Blogging – Presentation

WordPress Beyond Blogging – Presentation

August 8, 2010

My presentation from WordCamp Houston. I outline 5 useful tools for extending WordPress beyond blogs: Frameworks, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, Additional Sidebars, and Multiple Content Areas.

5 comments Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for WordPress Post Thumbnails with Captions

WordPress Post Thumbnails with Captions

August 6, 2010

This tip is for all themes that support WordPress’ Post Thumbnails (also known as Featured Images). If you’re using Thesis, this does not apply to you since Thesis uses its own Post Image solution. In version 2.9 WordPress added  support for Post Thumbnails, which allowed you to upload an image using the standard uploader, and [...]

1 comment Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Thesis Tip #18 – Full Width Navigation

Thesis Tip #18 – Full Width Navigation

May 31, 2010

Create eye-catching, full-width menus for your Thesis site.

1 comment Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Thesis Tip #17 – Adding Content Between Posts

Thesis Tip #17 – Adding Content Between Posts

May 17, 2010

This shows you how to stick code between certain posts, but not all of them. It’s very useful for including ads or other content you don’t want repeated.

2 comments Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for How to Move your WordPress Website

How to Move your WordPress Website

May 15, 2010

Here’s how you quickly move a WordPress website from one server to another, without losing any content or settings. This is what I do when I’ve built a client’s site on my development server and it’s time to launch.

0 comments Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for WordPress Updates as Email or RSS Reminder

WordPress Updates as Email or RSS Reminder

April 15, 2010

WordPress does a great job of telling you to upgrade when you log in. But if you don’t log in often, you might miss an important security update. This will notify you via email or RSS.

0 comments Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Custom WordPress Queries

Custom WordPress Queries

April 12, 2010

Here’s how to create a list of posts that doesn’t interfere with The Loop (what generates the content on your WordPress site).

3 comments Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Thesis Tip #16 – Redirect Pages

Thesis Tip #16 – Redirect Pages

April 3, 2010

If you change a page’s name and URL, you’ll want to use this technique to make sure visitors to the old URL are redirected to the new one.

0 comments Read the full article →

View the Archives