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10 More Tips To Improve Your WordPress Theme

Posted by tom.altman on December 2nd, 2009
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I think 4 & 5 are some really good points:

4. Don’t use custom fields unnecessarily – so many themes have relied on this to put more of the pressure on the author.  I think theme authors should be looking at ways to improve and simplify the workflow when possible.

5. Custom write fields! – yes, yes and yes.  I think 2010 will see many plugins and themes take advantage of custom write fields and templates.

10 More Tips To Improve Your WordPress Theme

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Very cool images "stuff" in WordPress 2.9

Posted by tom.altman on November 16th, 2009
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I was so excited to see the “new” image support in WordPress 2.9:

You may have heard a bit of news about a new thumbnail feature for themes coming to WordPress 2.9. Yes, you’ll be able to easily upload a post thumbnail. However, it’s not just thumbnails. The image will have various sizes. So, I’m going to refer to this feature as the post image feature.

We’ve been doing half of this for a while now leveraging the timthumb.php script.  But this adds SO much more.

If the template allows for it – you can simply call the “right” sized image by calling the size you want.

Or, maybe you have a section on a special template that calls for medium-sized images:

<?php the_post_image( 'medium' ); ?>

Or, a huge sliding feature area on your front page and need the full-sized image:

<?php the_post_image( 'full' ); ?>

So – we’ll have to go in an gut a bunch of timthumb code, also train the content team to standardize the images, but I think it will be worth it.  :)

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My new site is called "buytomsstuff"

Posted by tom.altman on November 13th, 2009
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I have purchased a new domain name called “buytomsstuff”.  I plan to build a marketplace and it will be fun.

I’m thinking a WordPress based site which will allow me to display all the wonderful items from my parents estate I am trying to sell.  Then tap into PayPal for any payments – I’m sure shipping will depend on the item.

So many people have asked if I was planning on an auction- and though I really enjoy going to auctions…I think they collection of stuff I have for sale is do diverse, it would be hard to get the right people to attend.

I have everything from turn of the century (the 1900 one) antiques to misc. Volkswagen parts and tools.

So then next best thing will be to put it all up for sale on the big garage sale in the sky.  Wish me luck – and look for more news soon.

And remember – “buytomsstuff.com” for the holidays.  :)

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WordPress Wednesday – My Wordpress Cheat Sheet

Posted by tom.altman on May 13th, 2009

My Wordpress Cheat Sheet.

This is a great reference for WordPress dev’s to use for reference.

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de Maré :: Weblog :: Category :: CSS

Posted by tom.altman on April 2nd, 2009

de Maré :: Weblog :: Category :: CSS.

Grunge is the new “not grunge”!  There are some really nice WordPress template tips here.

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Wordpress Theme Generator

Posted by tom.altman on March 15th, 2009

Wordpress Theme Generator.

Wow – this could save some time.  :)

UPDATE:

Thanks to Erwan, we have more options.  Let us know which works better.

http://www.theme-generator.net/wordpress/

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"green" is so 2008

Posted by tom.altman on January 30th, 2009

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When it comes to my old wordpress theme anyway!  I was getting antsy on changing themes about 2 months ago and thought I’d better wait until the new year…then jump off.

I snagged this one(ShinRa of the Sun 1.3 by ShinRa), I’m sure you’ve seen it around – but I wanted something with 3 columns and likes the color.  I really wanted the extra real estate to work with some plugins.  So we’ll see what I can find there.

I liked the simiplicty of the old theme (Blueprint Theme), but the column was a bit narrow and so I ended up with ShiaRa.

I really like the All In One Video plugin I had before, and I think it may look better int he new theme.  This is a cool plugin which allows you to searcha nd place video in your blog, to record video and put it in your blog and allow visitors to leave video comments too.  Check it out, very cool.

Well, I’d better check out the theme – I need to copy over the Facebook Connect code.

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