How to Create a Link to an Author Page in WordPress

The template tag for creating a link to an author page is the_author_link(). You would use it like this: <a href=""> Read more on the the author link page on the codex.

Learn WordPress From Beginning to Theme Development at Treehouse

A month or two ago we launched a WordPress Learning Track at Treehouse. We start with learning how to setup and use WordPress, move into some HTML and CSS, and then learn how to build a WordPress theme from scratch. Check it out over at teamtreehouse.com.

Disable All Comments in WordPress with return false;

If you ever need to disable comments completely in WP you can open the comments.php template (preferably in a child theme) and add the line to top. I'm still looking for the functions.php approach.

So Cool That I Have My Own WordPress Trading Cards!

At WordCamp Miami, the organizers introduced a game where you got a number of cards in your bag at registration and over the course of the conference had to find as many unique cards as you could, one for each speaker. It was fun in my opinion and broke the ice, but what was even … Continue reading So Cool That I Have My Own WordPress Trading Cards! →

Setting up a WordPress Theme is it’s Own Skill Set

Premium themes are becoming more and more complex. Many themes come with their own theme options, and many theme options have tons of settings that you really have to explore to figure out what's where. Then it's another adventure figuring out how to add content to unique or custom places within the theme. I have … Continue reading Setting up a WordPress Theme is it’s Own Skill Set →

New WordPress Theme Functions Video Tutorials on Treehouse

I'm very excited to announce that my latest WordPress videos are up on Treehouse for the How to Build a WordPress Theme project. The latest stage is called WordPress Theme Functions. Here are some of the things we cover: WordPress Variables, Tags and Functions An overview of the WordPress Loop How to code the WordPress … Continue reading New WordPress Theme Functions Video Tutorials on Treehouse →

WP Tuts Tutorial on Overriding WP-Cron

In working on a Treehouse Badges and Profile Plugin I needed to run a cron job to regularly check a user's profile for updates. Thanks to WP Tuts and Harish Chouhan for this helpful tutorial on WP-Cron.

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How to Create a 2012 Child Theme in WordPress

We all know it's a bad idea to customize the default WordPress theme templates because when updating it would wipe out your edits. Instead, we create a child theme. To do this, first we create a new theme folder. Then comes the CSS style.css file with the following meta comment at the top, followed by … Continue reading How to Create a 2012 Child Theme in WordPress →

WordPress.com and WordPress.org

There's a great article on WP Beginner about the relationships between WordPress .org and .com.