Okay, before you get your panties in a bunch I’m not talking about the software but more to those that run it and the decisions and actions they have been making lately. It has long been understood by WordPress theme designers that the WordPress leadership has some control issues. These issues come down to their desire to restrain competition from all but a chosen few. So what brought this up? Today @andrea_r...

If you can’t login, but you can access your site via FTP, then edit the theme’s functions.php file and add this code to it, right at the top after the first<?php bit: wp_set_password('MyNewPassword',1); Put in your own new password for the main admin user. The “1″ is the user ID number in the wp_users table. Then just log in using the new password, just make sure you remove the line...

I’ve been working with WordPress for what seems like forever, so I sometimes forget that it can be tricky for some. So here is my: How to upgrade WordPress First download the new files from WordPress.org, unzip the files to your desktop. Next backup your database. Next log into your FTP to your WordPress root directory, create 2 new directory called ‘upgrade’ and ‘backup’ Next upload...

Installing a new WordPress theme should be one click, well in a fantisy world maybe. I’m going to take you through the steps to getting your newly found theme ready for use. Check your theme for the not so nice After downloading your newly found WordPress theme unzip the files look for a file called functions.php with a text editor. Look for anything that looks like this: What we have here is a cheap...

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 Template Tags Reference Guide by DBS Interactive. It’s an all in one page encyclopedia...

WPThemeHeap I just launched another WordPress theme site. This one allows yout to list your free WordPress themes. Feel free to stop by and list your theme.  I might be offering this theme and plugin set for sale soon. But I will need to work out some of the bugs first. I know just what the net needs another WordPress theme viewer. AKPC_IDS += "264,";Popularity: unranked [?]

Recently, I did a presentation a the Web414 June Meet Up, which is a group of developers, designers, programmers, publishers and webpreneurs in the greater Milwaukee area here in Wisconsin. They invited me to speak on a topic I love and am passionate about: WordPress. I got to pick my own topic – which is never easy when it comes to WordPress, because there is just so MUCH that can be talked about when...

A Political WordPress theme for you guys! Its a 3 Column widget ready with 2 built-in Adsense spots. Valid XHTML! Demo Political Politics | Download Political Politics You can add your Adsense publisher numbers in the files adsanse_sidebar.php & adsanse_top.php. Open bio.php to edit your bio. AKPC_IDS += "207,";Popularity: 13% [?]

I was helping a friend with the design of a squeeze page today and it inspired me. It’s a single column, widget ready theme, with 3 column sidebar at the bottom and a page menu at the top. Download Squeeze Page | Preview Squeeze Page Please tell me what you think. UPDATE Yan from [Geeks Are Sexy] reported a bug in the header. It’s been fixed. Thanks Yan! AKPC_IDS += "198,";Popularity: 13% [?]

It was only a matter of time, WordPress is such an easy platform for most of us. I’m glad to see this book is coming out it should be a good read for both new WordPress users and those of us with more experience. WordPress For Dummies covers blogging basics, choosing a hosting solution or setting up a host, developing blog content, syndicating blog posts with RSS, launching a specialized blog (including...