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August 7, 2011 6 comments

Mp3 Player For WordPress

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The n3rdskwat-mp3player for WordPress is a very simple player, which allows the  visitor to listen to mp3′s while browsing the website. Though most mp3 players stop playback when you follow a link, this one  re-codes the blog to load internally. This means you never really leave  the homepage, although you have access to the entire blog!

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First Steps With WordPress

August 7, 2011 10 comments

Now What?

You’ve just completed the famous  5 Minute Installation of WordPress without stress or fuss.  WordPress is packed with many amazing features.  So now that you’ve got it installed, what should you do?

Let’s take a step-by-step tour through your WordPress site and learn about how all the different functions work and how to make your new site your own.

During the first part of this tutorial, we ask that you don’t change anything within the program, unless it is part of the tutorial.  Just follow these simple steps and soon you will be changing everything.

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How to Add Custom Post Types to Your Main WordPress RSS Feed

August 7, 2011 2 comments

Custom Post Types was one of the most hyped feature of WordPress 3.0. This feature alone expanded the horizon of WordPress usage as a Content Management System (CMS). If you are using Custom Post Types, or thinking of custom post types, then you may have the urge to add it into your main RSS Feed. This option is not built-in by default because your main WordPress RSS feed only includes “Posts” not even pages, so custom post types are a long shot. In this article, we will share how you can add Custom Post Types to your main WordPress RSS feeds.

You would need to open your theme’s functions.php file and add the following code within the PHP markup: Read more…

How to Create a Custom Post Types Archive Page in WordPress

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Custom Post Types was one of the awesome features included in WordPress 3.0. One of our users asked us a question on twitter (@wpbeginner), how to create a custom post types archive page. We covered it in our initial article about Custom Post Types, but it wasn’t explained thoroughly. So in this article, we will show you a step by step guide on creating a custom post types archive page in WordPress.

1. Creating a Custom Page Template

First step would be creating a custom page template in WordPress. All we will do is add the following code at the top of our new .php file which we will call (custompt-archives.php). Read more…

How to Create a Separate Page for Blog Posts in WordPress

August 7, 2011 5 comments

By default WordPress display your content in a blog format on the homepage. Users often modify for their needs by creating a custom home page in WordPress. What if you want to use WordPress to run your entire static site, and also use it as a blog? Well in this article, we will show you how to create a separate page for blog posts in WordPress.

There are few different methods you can use to create a separate page for blog posts. It all depends on which method you used to create the custom home page. If you created the homepage by creating a file called home.php, then you want to follow the method below:

1. First copy your index.php file and save it as blog.php. Read more…

Display Different Sidebar for Each Post and Page for WordPress

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If you have been using WordPress, you probably have noticed that WordPress displays the same sidebar all across the site for most themes unless the designer himself created a custom homepage in which case the sidebar will be displayed on all pages but the homepage. In this article we will share a tutorial that will give you the option to choose a different sidebar to be displayed for each post and page for WordPress. This is an excellent snippet to bookmark for all WordPress theme designer and other users who would like to add this functionality.

This tutorial will combine the use of Custom Fields and the ability to call specific php templates. Therefore this tutorial has a prerequisite: Read more…