How to Make Your Own Theme – PART 5

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 March 2013 04:14 Written by TJ Marsh Saturday, 9 March 2013 12:00

Step Five: Customizing the Sidebar

Now that we have the header and the main index template in place, it’s time to tackle the sidebar. For those of you working on a theme without a sidebar feel free to skip this section. But for the sake of some of the more advanced things we’ll be covering, I’d recommend looking it over just to be sure you didn’t miss anything.

Let’s begin once again by taking a look at the “default” source code:

How to Make Your Own Theme – PART 4

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 March 2013 04:13 Written by TJ Marsh Friday, 8 March 2013 12:00

Step Four: Customizing the Index

Alrighty! We’ve finished up our header template and now it’s time to work on the index.

1. Open up the “default” template (index.php) and take a look. You should see something like this:

How to Install WordPress Without Using FTP

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 February 2013 01:37 Written by Anand Narayanaswamy Tuesday, 26 February 2013 12:00

WebsitePanel control panel enables you to manually install WordPress without using any FTP software such as FileZilla. Follow the steps given below:

(1) Download the latest version of WordPress

(2) Extract the ZIP file and locate wp-config.php file

How to Fix mail() Function Error in WordPress

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:36 Written by Anand Narayanaswamy Monday, 18 February 2013 12:00

If you are working with Windows server. You will view the following error message if you attempt to use the Forget Password functionality in WordPress

The e-mail could not be sent. Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…

The above error appears since you will not be able to use mail() function under Windows.

Plugin Spotlight For WordPress For January 2013: Import Posts from a Tumblr Blog

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 February 2013 09:24 Written by TJ Marsh Thursday, 14 February 2013 12:00

With Tumblr becoming more and more popular, many people are using it! If you have a Tumblr blog, or if you find posts on a Tumblr blog you really like, you may want to add it to your own WordPress blog.  This plugin does just that! It imports posts from a Tumblr blog into your WordPress blog! With the following features, this plugin is great for users of both Tumblr and WordPress:

• Correctly handles post formats
• Background importing: start it up, then come back later to see how far it’s gotten
• Duplicate checking, will not create duplicate imported posts
• Imports posts, drafts, and pages
• Media Side loading (for audio, video, and image posts)