There are lots of things that can be done in WordPress by utilizing all of its functionality when creating themes for example. In this WordPress section, you can learn just how to use the features provided by WordPress!
Adding 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 very useful if you would like to output the same post thumbnail for a post differently based on where on the site it is displayed (for example index listing and sidebar feature), or just want to give the thumbnail of a post type a custom size for display. Let’s have a look at how easy it is to add a custom image size to your WordPress theme.
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8 August, 2011 | Erik Bernskiold | add_image_size, Custom Image, Custom Image Size, functions.php, Image Size, Post Thumbnails, the_post_thumbnail, WordPress | No Comments »
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 WordPress user, you can drastically cut down on your site’s load time and increase performance. Not only will visitors be happy because the sites load quicker, you will also be saving bandwidth as you reduce the file size of the pages.
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10 January, 2011 | Erik Bernskiold | API, Browser, Cache, CSS, Database, File Size, HTML, Images, Minify, Optimize, Pages, Performance, Plugins, Time, W3 Total Cache, WordPress | 4 Comments »
Move 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 yourdomain.com/blog but want it to be accessible from yourdomain.com. All it takes, is just a couple of short steps.
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22 November, 2010 | Erik Bernskiold | Folder, FTP, Install, Moving, Site Address, Text, URL, WordPress | 3 Comments »
Adding 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, but can add any type you want.
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15 November, 2010 | Erik Bernskiold | CMS, Custom Post Type, Customize | No Comments »
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 have a blog as the front page. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you just how simple it is to add your own Frontpage.
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10 November, 2010 | Erik Bernskiold | Frontpage, Template | 3 Comments »
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