WordPressOfTheday.com » Jamie http://www.wordpressoftheday.com We do what we do, and we do it with WordPress! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Create a List Post (Tip of the Day #0043) http://www.wordpressoftheday.com/2010/07/30/create-a-list-post-tip-of-the-day-0043/ http://www.wordpressoftheday.com/2010/07/30/create-a-list-post-tip-of-the-day-0043/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50:41 +0000 Jamie http://www.wordpressoftheday.com/?p=1084 WordPress Tip of the Day #0043


Title: Create a List Post



Most of the top visited blog posts are list posts, people love to see top 10, top 20, even top 100 type posts. It could be about the top XX ways to do something, or the XX best of something.

People love the lists because it’s usually easier and quicker to go through than an actual post full of writing.

For great reasons to make a list post, or to know about the different types and to see some examples, check out Day #2 of the 31 days to be a better blogger over at ProBlogger where they tell you all you need to know about list posts.

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Title: WordPress Fun

Address: http://www.wordpressfun.com

WordPress Relationship: Uses and About WordPress



Click here to visit this website!


About the website:

A fairly new website making WordPress fun and easy with how to’s, tips and tricks.

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Title: Foursquare Map

Author: Digital Cortex

Price: Free


Click here to visit the plug-ins website!

Click here to download the plug-in!


From the author:

Foursquare is rising in popularity, and will continue to grow. This plugin makes it easy to share your last check-in location without needing to worry about giving away personal info, and you don’t need to be an expert in mapping APIs!

The plugin places a Google map in a widget area and lets users enter their preferences over what they show, be it just the map, or the name of the place too, or the comment they left while there. Simple, effective, and sociable.

Features:

  • Offers an easy way to share your last check-in location with your blog’s readers.
  • Built on the Foursquare and Google Maps APIs, so expect blistering fast speeds.
  • Intuitive interface for editing options, with plenty more power under the hood.
  • Independent handling across multiple widget instances, using WordPress 2.8′s widget_class coolness.
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Title: ArchiePlus

Author: Colorlabs Project

Price: $50.00 (30% Of f Coupon 94F4D)


Click here to visit the themes website!

Click here to view the themes demo!


WPOTD Review:

This is the ideal theme to create a corporate presence, or any website that you want to use WordPress for but don’t want the typical blog look.

It’s simple and to the point, it’s perfect for businesses, personal websites, even hobby websites or for a product page.

ArchiePlus Premium WordPres Theme

From the author:

Archieplus is a premium theme for those who desire a professional-looking web site that comes with the famous simplicity of a blog management. Feel the new concept, new design, new experience, and new atmosphere of blogging.

Simple and Professional

Your front page will show what matter the most. Keep your readers updated by showing the latest headline and posts, in a very fancy carousel on the front page.

WordPress as CMS

ArchiePlus is a premium theme for WordPress. Unleash the power of WordPress as a web content management system. Compatible for WordPress 2.5 and up.

Theme Administration Panel

You’ve got no idea about PHP, (X)HTML, and CSS? No need to worry about all the complicated commands and manage everything from the theme administration panel.

Cross-Browser Compatible

Designed to meet the latest W3C standard compliant, renders perfectly in Safari, Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer. W3C CSS and XHTML valid.

Gravatar: your global avatar

Show your true identity and keep your blog personal by getting your visitor’s globally recognized avatar (Gravatar) popped up in the comment section of your posts.

after-sales support and upgrade

No need to worry if you experience any problems during the installation process. Purchase packages include a free after-sales support. Contact us and we’ll get to help you.

Auto-thumbnail your old posts

Forget the time-consuming manual thumbnail generation, even the old-fashioned Post Custom Fields. Thumbnails across the theme will be assigned and generated automatically. Simply upload an image and add it to your post.

web hosting requirements

A nice web hosting service, the mighty WordPress 2.5+ installed, and the very common PHP GD Library at your web server.

Banner & Adsense Management

Configure ad banners on your website. Simply upload, assign, and add hyperlinks. Also, you can get your Google Adsense banners displayed, hassle-free.

Analytics and Feedburner

Burn your feeds with Feedburner and manage your blog statistics using Google Analytics. Simply enter you Feedburner URL and Google Analytics ID in the theme administration panel.

Accordion Sidebar

Accordion sidebar makes your sidebar looks simple, even if you have a very long list of widgets. Easily drag-and-drop widgets and place any widgets on sidebar section. Download WP available sidebar widgets and have it right away at your blog.

Keep it personal and updated

Twitter integration allows you to show your latest tweets on the front page, adding a bit of personal touch to your website. You can arrange how many tweets you want to show on the front page.

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Title: Duneez

Author: Top WP Themes

Price: Free


Click here to visit the themes website!

Click here to view the themes demo!


From the author:

  • Magazine Style
  • Ajax/Widgets
  • Content Slider
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Title: WordPress Vs Thesis Interview



If you haven’t heard about it, there’s a big debate between Thesis and WordPress, and the GPL, and should Thesis be free.


There may even be upcoming legal action.


Watch the video and pick your side, it’s pretty clear in our mind that Matt is correct on this one, and Chris is using some very interesting words and not answering the questions directly.

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Name: Brendan Sera-Shriar

Country: Canada




Click here to visit his website!


Who is Brendan (from his blog’s about page)?

Brendan Sera-Shriar A.K.A. digibomb
Brendan Sera-Shriar has been an interactive designer, developer, author and teacher for over 10 years. Brendan studied Graphics, Animation, and Web Development at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology (Toronto, Canada), Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada), and Pratt University (Brooklyn, NY).

Brendan is a prominent member of FlashinTO, PHUG – Open Source Culture, has taught web design at Long Island University Brooklyn campus, and has been a professor at Seneca College in the School of Communication Arts for over 7 years. Brendan currently owns and operates digibomb, a freelance web company specializing in WordPress Design and Development. He is also the founder of PHUG, an open source community for designers and developers with currently over 4000 members. Brendan has contributed to many open source projects including papervision3D, red5, Firefox, WordPress, and Drupal, just to name a few.

Here’s an interview from the ConFoo report:

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Title: Make Less Posts



This may not apply to all, but sometimes it’s better to take more time to concentrate on making a quality post than making a lot of quick posts. Another thing that may be better is to spend more time marketing your good posts than just posting a bunch of posts.

Throughout all my websites/blogs, I used to do about 15-20 posts a day, but now I’ve started cutting that down to 5-6 a day, and I can get in much higher quality posts and have more time for marketing.

I’ve noticed my overall visits has nearly tripled since the change, as well as my revenue which has increased by almost the same.

I have some websites where I need to post every day like this one, some I can do every other day, and some only once or twice a week, so I have made a posting schedule to make sure all sites are satisfied.

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Title: WP Zoom

Address: http://www.wpzoom.com

WordPress Relationship: Uses and About WordPress



Click here to visit this website!


About the website:

WP ZOOM is a small team of two talented web-designers which create Premium Themes for blogging platform – WordPress .

At time of publishing they have 21 themes available, and they all look like great premium themes.

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Title: jQuery Lightbox

Author: Pedro Lamas

Price: Free


Click here to visit the plug-ins website!

Click here to download the plug-in!


From the author:

Used to overlay images on the current page.

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