I wanted to add a guest blogger block on my new site BloggerBarter. You know the block that shows a little bio with a photo of the guest blogger. The first time I notice someone using one was on emoms at home. Here is an example from her blog Scroll to the bottom to see what I’m yammering about. Now I’m sure there is a plugin for WordPress that will do this easy enough, but then where’s the...

I just got an email about A scholarship program for web designers. The website owners want a new design for their new WordPress powered site. The deadline is midnight August 12th, and the prize will be $5000. You may recognize most of the judges. It looks like it could be fun! Judges Paul Stamatiou David Airey Steve Smith Darius A Monsef IV Bryan Veloso Darren Rowse Jonathan Snook Patrick Haney Chris Pearson Ashley...

BloggerBarter I recently started a new project with the hopes of participation. You see I want it to be a place where bloggers help each other and enrich their knowledge of the blogging craft. Guest bloggers are welcome. I’ve also setup a forum area for discussion and questions. To learn more about this project and how you can help out read my first post entitled A brief introduction AKPC_IDS += "96,";Popularity:...

I thought I would offer some link love today. So here are some of the blogs I read, along with my favorite posts on each. I’m a big fan of Small Potato at WPDesigner, I have gotten a lot of help with his theme design tutorials I regularly read clash. Arpit Jacob produces tons of content for web designers. I originally found him because of his feature: Top ten best free WordPress themes . WebAppers Is a great...

When developing a website I use a few FireFox extensions, so I thought I would share. Web Developer – This is a tool you can’t live without. You can disable css, JavaScript, reveal passwords. One of the coolest things it does is outline elements & block elements. View formatted source – This one is not as well known as the other I mentioned, when you view the page source with this tool you can hover...

I want to share a very unique way to make money from your blog. I just found out that one of the companies I work with is having a special, so I wanted to share it with you. I’ve been working with this firm since 2004, and though it hasn’t made me rich, yet. It has been a good earner for me. So your asking, what are you babbling about? Domain name, yes you heard me right. You can your very own domain...

Before I really started digging deeper into WordPress themes, I mostly altered the images with Macromedia Fireworks to change the look of the theme. It’s a rather easy thing to do. It’s so easy it might not even warrant this post. So here’s what you do. Download your theme and open all the images in the image directory with fireworks. I sometimes add a new set of layers so I can keep the layout of the...

I found a nice little way to spice up you Google ads last week and I thought I would share it with you. Basically you can use styles to place a background image under the ads. Here is a sample: Here is the site that has some templates already made. AKPC_IDS += "79,";Popularity: 12% [?]

If you would like a really fun challenge, and you have a wicked way with style sheets you should think of throwing your hat into the competition. There are only a few days left, so you better get hoping. You don’t even need much knowledge of WordPress to do an awesome skin. All you need is a deep understanding of css, and knack not to crack under the time constraints. Only four days left you know. Here are...

You may have noticed the WordPress theme community has slowed to a snails pace. You don’t need to be worried. There are a few factors that seem to have slowed the addition of new themes. SandBox Competition - If you don’t know about this one; Where you been? Sandbox is a template that adds enhancements, and replaces the normal theme. It’s also ment to introduce standardization to WordPress...