Nov11

Digging into Wordpress: Book Released

Filed under: WordPress

Digging into WordpressThe much-anticipated book about the ins and outs of Wordpress is finally here. Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr released Digging into Wordpress today. Currently, the PDF version is available for immediate download for $27.

I suggest you pick up this book if you’re new to Wordpress or if you’ve been using it for a while. Chris is great at explaining how web-related concepts work at CSS Tricks. He joins Jeff Star in this project, and the professionalism in the product is stunning.

Oct22

Wordpress Plugin: WP-Table Reloaded

Filed under: WordPress

WP-Table Reloaded - Wordpress PluginSo I wanted to have a table with zebra stripes in a Wordpress installation. I found a quick and full-featured plugin that allows the stripes, plus so much more.

WP-Table Reloaded will let you import a table from a CSV, HTML or XML file. You can enter the cell data directly into the admin page. You can swap column or row order with minimal effort. You can hide or show columns or rows.

Mar25

Here’s a Quick Way to Add a Custom Date Graphic to your WordPress Blog

Filed under: Tutorials

Use this calendar image on your custom WordPress blog.You may have noticed the spiffy new calendar icon here at Mesmer Lab. Well I created the graphic purely in Photoshop and have made it available at Graphic River. A future article will explain how I made it, but this article is about how to implement it into your WordPress blog.

The goal is to get rid of the generic-looking display of each article’s date. The visitor to most sites would want to know when the article is written to see how relevant the ideas, data or techniques are. A bold display of the date lets the user quickly scan and find the publish date.