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WordPress Basics: Custom Post Types

You might find it hard to believe, but for an experienced WordPress developer trying to see something from a new WordPress user’s perspective is almost as difficult as it is for that user to develop a theme or a plugin. Still, dropping your standard hat and putting a different one on every now and then is rarely a bad thing. So let’s take a look at one of WordPress’ most important features – post types, focusing more on the WHYs of using custom post types than the HOWs.

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Help! My Portfolio Has Disappeared!

Want to hear the short version first? Here it is (again): don’t let your WordPress theme handle portfolio, or any other functionality. Imagine that sentence is bold, underlined and blinking at the same time, so it’s easier to memorize. Now read on to see how you can recover your lost content before Google bots hit…

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Continue reading 8 Ways You Can Contribute to WordPress as a Non-Developer

8 Ways You Can Contribute to WordPress as a Non-Developer

I’d love to help, but I don’t know how to code! I’ve heard that more than once. Don’t you think WordPress would be even better if everyone using it knew how they could contribute? Not by making the app itself better, more intuitive or easier to use, not by making free themes or plugins others can…

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Continue reading Do Blogging Themes Stand a Chance in WordPress Theme Marketplaces?

Do Blogging Themes Stand a Chance in WordPress Theme Marketplaces?

Doing research for that post about BS marketing phrases used to promote WordPress themes in marketplaces felt like going to a clothing store and seeing all those suits that can mow your lawn, cook for you, drive your car and who knows what else. And then maybe, just maybe, make sure you look good while…

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