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Get Page ID by Page Name

PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress, WordPress Tutorials1 comment

This is a wonderful little function was written by Web-Templates.nu, and allows you to find the ID of a page by using its name.
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Publish Action Hook for Custom Post Types

PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress, WordPress Tutorials12 comments

Most of the time, when a developer wants to make something happen every time a post is published, such as send out an email notification, they use
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Stellar WordPress Portfolio Control with Custom Post / Meta Types

PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress, WordPress Tutorials53 comments

Wordpress 3.0 has introduced a lot of very powerful new features into the theme developer’s toolbox. The most exciting of these is probably the addition of custom post / meta types.
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WordPress CMS Tips and Tricks – Part 3

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As in the first two posts of this series, WordPress CMS Tips and WordPress CMS Tips – Part 2, I will be covering a variety of tips and tricks for transforming a regular WordPress installation into a full-blown content management system.
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Quick Tip: Remove right margin from column post layout with php

CSS, Design, PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress, WordPress Tutorials3 comments

One of the most popular layout styles right now is the Three Column grid, particularly for News-like websites.

Well, one of the main problems coders will run into when creating the layout with CSS is how to make all the columns fit correctly, while retaining the correct margins.
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Better WordPress Post Excerpt

PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress, WordPress Tutorials1 comment

While working on a site for a client, I was struggling with how best to control the display of recent posts using the_excerpt();, especially when I wanted one section on a page to display the excerpt in this way, and another section on the same page to display them in that way.
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WordPress CMS Tips

WordPress CMS Tips

PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress, WordPress Tutorials6 comments

After utilizing WordPress as a Content Management System for many different websites, including PestaRoo.com and Nebraska Christian Music Festival, I have found what I believe to  be some of the best techniques. Continue Reading

Conditional Tags

Conditional Tags

PHP, Tutorials, Wordpress, WordPress Tutorials2 comments

Wordpress Conditional Tags are an extremely useful tool that may seem scary to the beginner, but are really quite simple.

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