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The Rankings: 90 Most Popular Premium WordPress Theme Designers

February 1, 2012  |  By Joseph Foley
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The most popular WordPress design shops are ranked from 1 to 90.

WordPress in 2012: What Are Your Thoughts On The Year Ahead?

January 3, 2012  |  By Tim Gregg
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Where do you see WordPress heading in 2012? Do you have any big plans of your own?

Daily Tip: Free Twenty Ten Custom Taxonomy Template

October 23, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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As you may know, the WordPress.org Twenty Ten theme does not come with a taxonomy template, and you probably don’t want it to say “Blog Archives” at the top, right? Check out this free, generic custom taxonomy template created by [...]

Spice Up Your WordPress Theme with Special Effects on Post Images

September 9, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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Does your WordPress theme need a little face lift? Want to make your site stand out from all the cookie cutter blog themes? We’re going to explore a tool today that will make it easy for you to put a [...]

The Easiest Way to Get Custom Post Type Archives for WordPress 3.0

September 6, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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Custom post type archives are not automatically built into WordPress, so it’s something you’ll need to add if you plan to display an archive. A month ago we provided a guide for simulating custom post type archives for your WordPress [...]

Daily Tip: Use the WordPress Sample Content File to Test Themes

August 27, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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Ever seen a theme that you like and want to test it all filled out with content? That can take some time to create. This is why WordPress.org offers a sample content file for you to use when trying on [...]

Daily Tip: How to Enable Custom Backgrounds for WordPress 3.0 Themes

August 24, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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Enabling custom backgrounds is probably one of the easiest things you can do to improve a WordPress theme that you’re building or customizing. It takes one small addition to your theme’s functions.php file: add_custom_background(); Save that and you’ll get Backgrounds [...]

Daily Tip: Quick and Easy Way to Add Feed Links to Themes in WordPress 3.0

July 6, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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Attention theme developers: In case you missed this little change, WordPress 3.0 makes it extremely easy to add feed links to your theme. Previously, the process involved adding a long tag to your header file. Now all you have to [...]

How to Use the Body Class Tag to Apply Custom Styles to WordPress Pages

June 8, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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WordPress introduced the body_class() template tag in 2.8 to help theme authors style more effectively with CSS. You may not have needed it before, but the body_class template tag is so incredibly handy and versatile that it’s worth knowing how [...]

How to Create a WordPress Theme: 15 Essential Resources

May 26, 2010  |  By Sarah Gooding
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Whether you’re customizing a theme, creating one based on a framework, or starting from scratch, you’ll probably need a few references along the way to remember everything that needs to go into a WordPress theme, not to mention adding advanced [...]

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