All About Wordpress - Themes, Plugins, Tips and Tweaks

[adi007]

How to add polls in Blog?

Use wp-polls plugin

*dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/wp-polls

 

[thewisecrab]

Hi Guys
I'm totally new to the world of wordpress
I'm planning to use it as CMS for my friend's business site (as the themes look way better than the sites I design)
However I have no clue as to how to go about (read: I didnt understand DigitalDudes 1st post)
Can I please Get some help?

 

[slugger]

how is path name in wordpress generated [both free and hosted]

in blogger/blogspot it takes the first 6 words of the post title and uses it as the pathname

@giga
cool themes you design man
they are simply awesome

 

[Cool G5]

Hi Guys
I'm totally new to the world of wordpress
I'm planning to use it as CMS for my friend's business site (as the themes look way better than the sites I design)
However I have no clue as to how to go about (read: I didnt understand DigitalDudes 1st post)
Can I please Get some help?

Just get a web space(Free or paid), Install wordpress on it & you are ready to make your site/blog.

@adi007 - Thanks a million

 

[thewisecrab]

^
I've already bought a domain for him
Just wanted to know how to install word press on it and how viable (Looks apart) is it for maintaining a business site...not a blog
for eg.
1)I found good theme to go with his business, but didnt like the images on that theme
Can i change the images?

2)Can I add his company logo?

3)I dont need categories,recent posts, shoutbox, etc as it is going to be a full fledged site not a blog....any workarounds?

 

[goobimama]

First one

I made this wordpress theme and now I don't know what to do with it so I'm posting it here. The theme name is Fodri Pulao, a very authentic and rural goan term for a nice delicacy

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There's a lot of transparency going on here and there so it looks kinda neat. One can change the background to suit ones liking. Logo is also replaceable very easily. Widget ready

Download theme

And the second one

New Wordpress theme: Zhovnya or A clean slate

Well I don't know what is with me and WP themes. Here's one that was sort of a left over half done theme which I just thought I'd polish up a bit. Its more of looking clearly than anything else.

Zhovnya is a Konkani word again. Means 'you nice fellow' (slight variation in meaning possible). Hope you like it and download the crap out of it. This theme looks best in Safari cause of the search bar, and works fine in Firefox and IE7.

*img.skitch.com/20080704-qbfsx5a734w5p43pnpbbnm2ji2.jpg
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More screenshots and download link...

 

[Gigacore]

second one is elegant.! good work

 

[MetalheadGautham]

any good three coloumn themes ?

 

[adi007]

how is path name in wordpress generated [both free and hosted]

in blogger/blogspot it takes the first 6 words of the post title and uses it as the pathname

@giga
cool themes you design man
they are simply awesome

Path name is nothing but permalinks..
U can edit it under Settings>>Permalink
I recommend to use custom permalink /%category%/%postname%/ for better seo exposure

^
I've already bought a domain for him
Just wanted to know how to install word press on it and how viable (Looks apart) is it for maintaining a business site...not a blog
for eg.
1)I found good theme to go with his business, but didnt like the images on that theme
Can i change the images?

2)Can I add his company logo?

3)I dont need categories,recent posts, shoutbox, etc as it is going to be a full fledged site not a blog....any workarounds?

U can replace any image u want..
there is no problem with that

3) This is easy but it depends upon the theme used...
U have to search inside the code and remove it and adjust sometime u need to adjust the <div> tags

BTW here are new tutorials regarding wordpress

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Proper SEO(Search Engine Optimization) is essential for all websites. Blogs powered by Wordpress are not an exception. SEO for wordpress blogs series will explain all the things needed to make ur Wordpress,an SEO optimized one.

This is Part 1 of the series which covers Permalinks and the importance of Description of the image…

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This is Part 2 of the series which covers Wordpress Plugins important with respect to SEO...

 

[slugger]

@adi007
thanx for the info
i was checking out this site for the format of available permalinks
*www.wordpressmax.com/customize-wordpress/custom-permalinks

and saw that the permalink still follows certain order

is it possible to have permalink that is independant of the post titel/date etc

For example if the post title is Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

can I have permalink that reads

www.example.com/not concerned what goes here/Sed-varius-faucibus-ligula.html

where I manually entered Sed varius faucibus ligula as the permalink

does Wordpress allow this?

 

[Gigacore]

@giga
cool themes you design man
they are simply awesome

Thank u!

A new theme.. modified version of my old theme "WP Bliss"

WP Replica

*img365.imageshack.us/img365/2235/wpreplicaap8.png

• WP 2.5.1 Ready
• Widget Ready
• Gravatar Ready
• Fluid Width
  
• Right Sidebar
• Minimalistic
• White, Blue, Gray

Demo | Download
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[adi007]

@adi007
thanx for the info
i was checking out this site for the format of available permalinks
*www.wordpressmax.com/customize-wordpress/custom-permalinks

and saw that the permalink still follows certain order

is it possible to have permalink that is independant of the post titel/date etc

For example if the post title is Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

can I have permalink that reads

www.example.com/not concerned what goes here/Sed-varius-faucibus-ligula.html

where I manually entered Sed varius faucibus ligula as the permalink

does Wordpress allow this?

Yup...u have some sort of independence...
See this screenshot
*img368.imageshack.us/img368/5114/aditecheditwordpressfe9.png

and this
*img387.imageshack.us/img387/5153/aditechgeditwordpressem2.png

But note that u can change the last part of the URL which is decided according to ur custom permalinks

 

[Faun]

Thank u!

A new theme.. modified version of my old theme "WP Bliss"

WP Replica

*img365.imageshack.us/img365/2235/wpreplicaap8.png

• WP 2.5.1 Ready
• Widget Ready
• Gravatar Ready
• Fluid Width
  
• Right Sidebar
• Minimalistic
• White, Blue, Gray

Demo | Download
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cool

 

[thewisecrab]

OK with regard to my earlier query
I installed word press on my site but I dont know how to install themes on it
Also i need help in editing the <div> tags as my theme has links like recent posts, categories, shoutbox, etc... which i dont need on a business website
Plz Help

 

[Cool G5]

^
Download the zip file & unzip it into,
WP content>Themes folder...

Then login to wordpress & you can change the theme.

 

[thewisecrab]

^^
Thanks
But what about the "div" tags
i cant make head or tail of it in notepad
so i cant figure out what to delete

 

[adi007]

^^
Thanks
But what about the "div" tags
i cant make head or tail of it in notepad
so i cant figure out what to delete

As i said it really depends upon the theme
First download,unzip,upload,activate the theme

Then go to Design>>Theme Editior

U can see the theme files there...
Do some Experiment ,Modify and save them ..
After each save check ur site layout
If anything unwanted happens then just copy paste the original contents from the unmodiifed theme files(one which is in ur Hard disk) and save it

U need to do a lot of trial and error and then u will get the result..
A slight knowledge of php and HTML will make the task easier

 

[thewisecrab]

^^
I installed wordpress through Fantastico provided by host
So how do i upload my theme now?
With regard to div tag,
I do know HTML
will look into it
Thanks

 

[Gigacore]

^ use some FTP Client like File Zilla to upload files to the server.

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Cruzer

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Fixed Width | Widget Ready | Right Sidebar | WP 2.5.1 Ready

Download | Demo​

 

[Gigacore]

Volvo Concept Wordpress Theme

Volvo Concept

*i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/Gigacore/460-4.jpg

Download | Demo
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