Category Archives: WordPress Tutorials

Secondary HTML Content Plugin Video Overview

By Adam W. Warner | Published: October 26, 2009
I’ve recently became aware of the “Secondary HTML Content” plugin for WordPress, and after having a quick look at the description, I still wasn’t quite sure what exactly it was supposed to do. I’m more of a visual learner and I had a hunch that it’s intended usage may not be clear for others either, [...]
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How to Add a Sticky Post to a Wordpress Category Archive Page

By Adam W. Warner | Published: October 23, 2009
We all know that you can add a sticky post to the index page right? Have you ever wanted to do the same with a category archive page? One way is to create your own category page template and code in a custom loop, but that’s not really “user-friendly” for most WordPress users. As good [...]
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How to Create a Dropdown List of Specified Pages in a Widget

By Adam W. Warner | Published: October 8, 2009
I had a bit of a time finding the answer to this one, but I solved it by searching high and low and thought I’d share:) A client I’m working with has a few different series of products and along with the standard categorical framework, they needed an easy way for their customers to “jump [...]
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Using the Category-Icons plugin and Thematic to create custom category pages

By Adam W. Warner | Published: August 14, 2009
I am working on a website redesign project for a company that has a need to display several thousand products on their site. One of the main goals with this redesign was easier navigation for the end user. This post will focus on only one aspect of this new navigation. The display of categories. The desire [...]
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WordPress Theme Development in 12 Steps

By Adam W. Warner | Published: June 22, 2009
Ian Stewart has just announced that he will be making a series of posts that will outline, in detail, the 12 steps to creating your own WordPress theme. You can see his announcement
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How to Change Your WordPress Theme Without Losing Your Widgets (or your composure)

By Adam W. Warner | Published: May 29, 2009
If you’re a regular reader of WPM, you may have noticed that I’ve changed the look and feel of the site recently. While changing themes, I ran into a Widgets issue that I had forgotten about. Sometimes when changing themes, the new theme you’ve chosen won’t display your Widgets properly. This is kind of a [...]
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Dynamic Header Images in WordPress – The Ultimate Solution

By Adam W. Warner | Published: April 30, 2009
I’ve just been experimenting with dynamic headers on my development site, and the solution I’ve found is very cool. Imagine being able to set a different header image for each page on your WordPress-powered site. Now imagine being able to do that, and being able to set a different header for each post. Yes, I [...]
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I Have a Web Development Secret – Can You Help Me Break the Silence?

By Adam W. Warner | Published: April 17, 2009
Ok, so I tried to make that title draw you in a bit. Did it work? However, it’s true, I have been quietly working on a secret development project, and although it’s not quite ready, I’d like to give the WPM readers the first chance to learn about it, then hopefully, pass it on. Go here, [...]
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Query Posts Widget Plugin + Widgetized Page Template + Widget Logic = WordPress Gold

By Adam W. Warner | Published: March 24, 2009
You may remember my post from last week describing Justin Tadlock’s amazing Query Posts Widget Plugin, and you may have seen the video showing a quick overview of this plugin’s functionality here or here. When I created that first post and video, I knew the possibilities were numerous, and I had read about using this [...]
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How to Make a Social Bookmarking WordPress Plugin – Step by Step

By Adam W. Warner | Published: March 20, 2009
Dear WPM Readers, Hold on to your hats because you’re in for a very special WordPress treat today! I have been given the rights to publish an excerpt from Vladimir Prelovac’s “WordPress Plugin Development” book here on WP Modder. In the coming weeks, I will also be posting a more in depth review, but as you [...]
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