Unbelieveable Blog Giveaway
I've been an avid reader of Upstart Blogger for over a year now. Along with the great articles posted about how to generate a revenue by blogging, the owner, Ashley Morgan, often has giveaways while simply asking for a link back to his site and maybe a review. Although Ashley and I live in different countries, I've had the extreme pleasure to communicate with him one on one via email about the business of blogging and web development. From our conversations, I am of the opinion that he is a truly "stand up" and trustworthy person, and that's one of the reasons I am writing ...
The Four Hour Work Week and WordPress Do-Gooders
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get convenient updates via Email . Thanks for visiting!I first became aware of the author Tim Ferris while vacationing in the Florida Keys. My wife and I rode our scooters to a local bookstore and an intriguing title caught my [...]
Extending WordPress by Using the Power of Video - Part Two
In Part One of this series, I talked about why leveraging the power of video with your WordPress site is something you should do. In Part Two, I’m going to share some great tools for doing this.
Please note: The following recommendations involve several plugins developed especially for video producers by the Show in a Box [...]
Share WordPress - Find and Promote WordPress Tips and Tools
There are many WordPress resource sites, just take my own site for example. However, I’m writing today to share a unique twist on WordPress resource sites. It’s called ShareWP.info and was built by a friend of mine and also the developer behind the very popular web resource site, ShareBrain.info.
The difference between ShareWP and [...]
Recovering from WP 2.5 Upgrade Problems
I ran into a couple issues while upgrading and although many of you are probably already done, it may be helpful for others.
Ran WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin….went well
Went to “Write Post” and discovered the “Add Media” button was completely missing
As an experienced WP guy, I know the first thing to do when something like this [...]
Video Producer “Double Feature” WordPress Theme Series Release
I am happy to announce the release of the first group of themes in the new WordPress Modder Video Producer series. The themes in this group carry the subtitle of “Double Feature” and were designed in conjunction with the Show in a Box project and some of it’s members.
What is Show in a Box?
Showinabox.tv is [...]
Extending WordPress by Using the Power of Video - Part One
Most of you are aware of the novelty of video sharing sites like YouTube, Google Video, and Metacafe. Some of you are even embedding and linking to videos you find on these sites, but are you really leveraging the power of web-based video on your WordPress-powered blog, or are you just promoting someone else’s idea?
In [...]
Splattered Paint Free Theme Released
This is the second theme release from WordPress Modder. The name is Splattered Paint and has a 1990’s feel. We hope you’ll find it useful for your blog.
Theme description:
Fully Validated CSS and XHTML
Widgetized Sidebar
Simple and Clean
Demo | Download
As usual, we do provide support for our free themes through the WPM support forums here.
Join the [...]
Need Themes for your Band?
If you’re a member of a band or a music promoter, this new series of premium themes are just for you. The series is called Grunge and is released by iThemes.
Features of this series include:
Graphical and text header options
4 prebuilt color styles (including a basic version)
Web 2.0 plus Grunge look
Integrated blog component
Widget ready sidebars, including [...]
Create a Custom Database Connection Error Page
Two days ago I visited a website and was presented with the standard WordPress database connection error page similar to this one.
As an avid WordPress user, that is definitely something I don’t want my visitors to see when I lose my database connection. Karma must be at work, because tonight I was checking my email [...]
