A few days ago I wrote a short post about the new Photo Workshop theme from Graph Paper Press. Since I have spoken a lot about the GPL license recently due to the Matt Mullenweg vs Chris Pearson debate, I thought it would be great to hear a theme developers point of view on the GNU General Public License.
So I got in touch with Thad Allender from Graph Paper Press, who was more than happy to answer a few questions for you guys :)
Q. Have Graph Paper Press themes always been GPL?
No. In 2009, we updated all of our themes with GPL licenses. Previously, only our free themes were licensed under the GPL. The discourse in the WordPress community over the course of the last year has helped clarify for us and many other developers and designers the terms and business implications for embracing the GPL license.
For me, it became apparent that the positives of the GPL far outweighed the negatives, especially when it comes to code with lots of moving and evolving parts. Without that... Archive for the Resources Category
A few days ago I wrote a short post about the new Photo Workshop theme from Graph Paper Press. Since I have spoken a lot about the GPL license recently due to the Matt Mullenweg vs Chris Pearson debate, I thought it would be great to hear a theme developers point of view on the GNU General Public License.
So I got in touch with Thad Allender from Graph Paper Press, who was more than happy to answer a few questions for you guys :)
Q. Have Graph Paper Press themes always been GPL?
No. In 2009, we updated all of our themes with GPL licenses. Previously, only our free themes were licensed under the GPL. The discourse in the WordPress community over the course of the last year has helped clarify for us and many other developers and designers the terms and business implications for embracing the GPL license.
For me, it became apparent that the positives of the GPL far outweighed the negatives, especially when it comes to code with lots of moving and evolving parts. Without that... 
A few days ago I told you about a WordPress plugin called Pop Up Domination, which promised to increase your newsletter sign up rate by over 300% by placing a pop up message with your newsletter sign up form when someone visits your website. Today I will be talking about Max Blog Press's premium plugin Subscribers Magnet, a WordPress plugin which adds a range of new ways for visitors to sign up to your newsletter.
Encouraging Users To Sign Up To Your Newsletter
Compared to other newsletter plugins which promise to increase your email sign up rates, the styling of the forms which Subscribers Magnet add are very basic and look less professional than some alternatives. However it's main strength is it's variety of methods for encouraging visitors to sign up. It really does live it to the name 'magnet'. Some of the methods include: Sidebar Form Widget The default sidebar form is quite basic though you can customise it in the widget area. You can decide which fields are included, change the headline and body text, and change the colours and alignment too.
Aug
2
2010
Track Your Affiliate Links With LinkTrackr
LinkTrackr is a web based link cloaking, masking and tracking service from marketer Gobala Krishnan. I normally use link cloakers which use the same domain as the website which links them (e.g. www.wpmods.com/go/linkname) though LinkTrackr does have some great features.
When you sign up you have to pick a username. This will be used for all your links (e.g username.linktrackr.com). You can mask your tracking URL with your own domain for branding purposes. For example, if your website domain is website123.com you could register and use website123.net for tracking links.
As you would expect, adding links is a breeze. You just have to set the destination URL, the name of the link, and the category.
A viral bar can also be attached to tracked links. The bar shows the number of Twitter retweets and Facebook likes. This method may be better than a simple URL redirect since there is more chance of the link being shared. For example, if I tweeted about a new site and shared the link www.wpmods.com/go/linkname with Twitter followers it would redirect to www.linkname.com, therefore the...
Jul
28
2010
500 Creative 404 Error Pages
A few months ago I wrote a short article showing how you can create a 404 error page in WordPress.
The 404 error message is given by servers when a page is not found. There are many reasons why a visitor would visit an incorrect page:
- The page may have been there before but has since been deleted (but is still linked from search engines and other websites)
- Another person on the web may have linked to the wrong URL
- The visitor may have entered an incorrect URL
One of my favourite additions to WordPress 3.0 is WordPress Multi Site, the replacement for the popular WordPress Multi User.
Setting up the network is really easy. You will find the network options in the tools menu. Once you enable the feature you will be given code to place in your wp-config.php and .htaccess files.
Once these files have been updated you will see the super admin menu in your admin area (it's the wp-config.php file which generates this menu though the .htaccess file needs to be updated in order for multisite to function properly). From here you can easily add sites and users to your network.
You can allow network sites to use some or all of your installed themes by simply enabling or disabling them on the themes page.
The best thing about multisite is how much control you have over...
Jun
1
2010
10 Useful WordPress Cheat Sheets
To start you off in sunny June I thought I'd bring you a collection of useful cheat sheets. You should find these particularly useful when creating or modifying a WordPress design.
You're welcome :)
WordPress Code Cheat Sheet from Ekin Ertac
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WordPress Structure Cheat Sheet from Andy Wibbels
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SEO for Wordpress from Markus Walter
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WordPress Code Help Sheet from WP Candy
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Advanced WordPress Code Help Sheet from WP Candy
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My Wordpress Cheat Sheet from Andy Gongea
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WordPress Theme Development Check List from...
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WordPress Structure Cheat Sheet from Andy Wibbels
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SEO for Wordpress from Markus Walter
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WordPress Code Help Sheet from WP Candy
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Advanced WordPress Code Help Sheet from WP Candy
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My Wordpress Cheat Sheet from Andy Gongea
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WordPress Theme Development Check List from...
After using WordPress for a few years you develop a sixth sense for the script so you can usually tell if a website is using WordPress within a few seconds of viewing it. The header, the sidebar, the footer - it all gives it away.
Though there are some beautiful websites out there using WordPress and it isn't always obvious that they are. Some of these websites are entertainment sites, some are portfolios, and others are the home pages of large international companies. WordPress really is taking over the online world.
In this article you will see 50 website designs which are being powered by WordPress. I hope you enjoy the list :)
Visit the Oregon Coast
Appleton Estate
Vancouver Convention Centre
ZDNet
Timberline Lodge
Christopher Lotte (Columbus Realtor)
George Serradinho
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