How to add a custom post type icon to your WordPress theme, including downloads to use the portfolio icon and directions for styling the admin screen.
What’s Next for WP Theming
I recently accepted a full time position with Demand Media. This is a short synopsis of the last year with WP Theming and what’s in store for the future.
How to Add a Metabox to a Custom Post Type
A tutorial explaining how to build custom meta boxes to be used with different post types.
Custom Post Type Resources
The ability to create custom post types was a great feature added in WordPress 2.9 and then expanded in 3.0. It allows us to add and label completely different types of content than the standard “Pages” and “Posts” we’re all used to. To get started with this, here’s my recommended list of links and resources.
How to Enable Multisite in WordPress
Video screencast showing how to enable the multisite functions in WordPress 3.0
How to Add Content in WordPress
Here’s a short video tutorial explaining how to add content to your WordPress site. It includes an explanation of the difference between posts and pages, how to paste in content from a Word file, instructions for uploading photos, how to create a link, how to bold or italicize text, and how to add categories.
5 Reasons to Kill the Splash Page
Splash screens and intro pages are a remnant left over from the early days of the web. They’re increasingly becoming extinct because of SEO reasons, but I’d say at least 50% of my clients still request one.
Optimize Plug-in Scripts for WordPress
If you look at the html for most any WordPress site, you’ll likely see a lot of javascript and css files that are loaded by plug-ins. In most cases, those files aren’t needed on every page- they just slow down the site. Here’s how to optimize this.