If You’ve Ever Wondered How to Transfer WordPress Sites from Local to Live, Here You Go

Here's a simple tutorial from WP Beginner on how to migrate a site a from local development to a live server.

Trailer for How to Build a WordPress Theme Project at Treehouse

We have had our How to Build a WordPress Theme Project up for a while at Treehouse, but just got the trailer for it on YouTube. Check it out!

Cool Plugin for Monitoring Keywords and Readability of on Your WordPress Sites

I just found out about this cool plugin, Word Stats, from Fran Ontanaya. Here's what it provides stats for: The total word count. The number and percentage of posts of each post type. The top 20 keywords. The percentage of posts of basic, intermediate and advanced readability level. A graph with monthly word counts for … Continue reading Cool Plugin for Monitoring Keywords and Readability of on Your WordPress Sites →

Great Series on the WordPress HTTP API

Tom McFarlin did this great series for WPTuts on the HTTP API: wp_remote_get – the Arguments wp_remote_get – the Response A Practical Example of wp_remote_get A Brief Survey of wp_remote_get A Practical Example of wp_remote_post Saving Data From wp_remote_post If you're using this for your plugins or themes you're gonna probably rely on these pretty … Continue reading Great Series on the WordPress HTTP API →

A Great Tutorial on How to Add Charts and Graphs to a WordPress Site

Check out this tutorial from WPBeginner on how to use Visualizer to create bars and graphs for a WordPress site. Here's an example of what you can do:

Loving the New Academia Theme for WordPress.com

WordPress.com just got a lot more helpful for schools looking to have a great site while still leveraging the benefits of using a .com site instead of self hosting. A lot of schools put huge resources into running their own sites and servers, but for the right schools now, they have a great alternative: The … Continue reading Loving the New Academia Theme for WordPress.com →

Sexy Responsive Twenty Thirteen Styled WordPress Theme

I'm digging this new theme from Elegant Themes. It's responsive, has a little parallax, and has a 2013 styled post types.

Thoughts on the UX of the P2 WordPress Theme

I remember when P2 came out as the internal blog theme that the WordPress.com team used. Now we have a nice WordPress talk the UX of the theme from Michele Mizejewski. http://s0.videopress.com/player.swf?v=1.03

I Just Learned About This WordPress Plugin Podcast

It's been a while since I prescribed to and listened to podcasts. Videos, a little, but audio not so much. I'm gonna make an exception and try checking out this podcast on WordPress plugins: WordPress Plugins from A to Z. It comes out weekly and they're already on episode 130 (as of writing this post). … Continue reading I Just Learned About This WordPress Plugin Podcast →

Heck Yeah to Syed for Starting a School

[Scroll to bottom to help match my donation] I like this guy. I like his style, what he does, and how he does it. And now he's working to start a school with the fundraising campaign. Heck Yeah Syed. If you don't know Syed, he's the guy behind WPbeginner.com. Here's what he says about the … Continue reading Heck Yeah to Syed for Starting a School →