If you have an existing WordPress 2.0 and you’ve been using the old static_front plugin from Semiologic you might run into some issues… I was using v 2.4 of sem_static_front and once I upgraded to WordPress 2.1, the plugin wasn’t working any longer. While WordPress 2.1 now offers its own control for that setting, that too was not working correctly for me. But please, forgive us a word from our sponsors and read on…
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The new version of Wordpress is now available. It offers many new features as well as increased speed and security. Soulcode is in the process of redesigning its template to be 2.1 compatible so look out for our new look coming soon!
Wordpress has a few different types of content:
Each item of these types of content may also have one or more Categories associated with it. Categories are less important, in my opinion, for Pages than they are for Posts and Links.
Note: There are two different sets of data for Categories. Pages and Posts share the same tables in the WordPress database and have their own Category table. Links use a separate and different Category table – its a Link, not a Post! Read more about Links in this article.
Remember, Pages are simply “static” Posts.
To start adding content to your blog, login to the Admin (yourblog/wp-admin) page and click on the Write Panel. It will default to writing a Post but this is also where you would write a new Page. Just fill in the blanks, type “My Test” in the Title field and then type “This is my first test post.” in the post window (also known as the body of your Post). Now click on Publish and wait a few seconds while WordPress stores this in the database (and makes it available to the world!)
Now click on the “View site” link which always lives at the top of the Admin page next to the name of your blog. Tip: Use tabbed browsing from Firefox. It rocks! You can right click on “View site” and choose Open in New Tab and easily switch back and forth between managing and previewing your content.
Now return to the Admin site and choose the Manage panel. Using the tabs under the Manage menu, you can manage the posts and Pages in your site. That is, you can Edit them, change the title, text and Categories assigned to the Page or Post. Heck, you may even occasionally want to delete something!
You can read more about using WordPress at the very helpful WordPress Codex. Of particular importance is the section on Planning.
In their own words… “WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.”
Read this article for more information on WordPress
WordPress themes come in many different styles and flavors. Some are simple and clean and built for posting and reading text.
Still others take advantage of the WordPress CMS features to offer navigation and customizable sidebars.
It may be useful for you to read the extensive WordPress documentation on using themes.
Below is a short list of websites which allow you to browse and download WordPress themes. I have ranked them in order of their usefulness to me:
To install a WordPress theme, you must first copy (or ftp) the theme’s files (images and code files) up to your website to the wp-content/themes folder. Please read this article for more information on using File Transfer Protocol software (ftp). To activate a WordPress theme:
Many websites consist of web pages with code and text all created manually using HTML editing and web design techniques and/or site building software like Frontpage or Dreamweaver. And while this model may still be appropriate for some purposes, it is awkward, technical and tends to foster websites that never change.
Blog software was created to make it easy to produce a daily “web log”. WordPress is one of the most popular packages for creating blogs and has been extended so that it is an excellent tool for small websites – what I call “blogsitesâ€.
In a “blogsiteâ€, the website’s look and content are “controlled” by a blog software package such as WordPress. This allows you to create a website which is:
• Visually interesting and easy to navigate for the user
• Easy to update and add content to for the site owner
Continue reading ‘What is a blogsite?’
Blog vs. Mailing List – Which is better? Both blogs and mailing lists may be used to communicate to and among groups of people. This article looks at a few scenarios of use and the differences between these tools. The writer also attempts to help instruct users on how to use a “blog reader”.
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One example of our work is a WordPress website for the environmental non-profit LEAP (Land, Empowerment, Animals, People). This site features a customized theme for WordPress 2.0 with an identical WordPress installation beneath the main site serving as the Projects section of the website.
The site includes integration with Gallery 2.0 and the WordPress Gallery plugin.
The full list of technologies mastered, sites developed and mountains climbed is under development. Please check back soon!