Learning all the template tags needed to build your WordPress theme can seem a little overwhelming. So today I thought I would build a small list of helpful resources for you today.
WordPress Codex This is where I learned most of what I know about the template tags. But today there are a few better options.
WordPress [...]

I recently wrote an article called Moving from Fireworks to PhotoShop. Though I haven’t gotten a lot of comments on the post it does seem to be popular. So Part 2:
When I started using PhotoShop I found it a real pain to select layers and be the ability to change the size and shape with [...]

Ok so lets get started. create a file with your text editor. Add the following text to the very top of the file.
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Author Plug
Plugin URI: http://MyBlogIt.net/plugins
Description: Displays a short bio and image for each author above or below each post.
Version: 0.5
Author: David Span
Author URI: http://davidspan.com/
*/
?>
Plugin Header
What we have just done is add our [...]

Before starting any new project it’s a very good ideal to do a little planning first. Building a WordPress plugin should be no different.
There are many ways to to plan out your project. I’ll outline a few for you here.
Flow chart:

Using a flow chart program or just drawing one up on a white board [...]

I have really been digging into WordPress for the last few weeks. I have had more than a few request for custom WordPress themes, but I’ve never really bothered to do it.
The top plugin request I get is for an guest blogger header plugin. I had written a little how to using WordPress templates, but [...]

A common question that seems to come up often is; how do I setup virtual host on apache. I’m going to show you how to do this on apache running on windows. It really is very simple.
I’m going to show you how you can do this in 5 minutes, and just 4 steps. Before we [...]