www.wpfood.com » Marco http://www.wpfood.com WordPress for Beginners Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 wp(insertnamehere).com http://www.wpfood.com/2009/03/04/wpinsertnameherecom/ http://www.wpfood.com/2009/03/04/wpinsertnameherecom/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:37:41 +0000 Marco http://www.wpfood.com/?p=212 As a WordPress enthusiast you often look for other people and websites to get the latest information on WordPress.  The more I looked the more I saw the “wp” acronym which is gaining more popularity among presser’s.  So of-course being somewhat a former domainer I figured I would compile a nice list of domains “wp” related and share.

Note: This is by no means a comprehensive list and does not cover other TLD’s because well that would take way to much time.

Wordpress Related Blogs and Sites

Domain: wpcandy.com What:Tips/Tuts/Themes
Domain: wpcult.com What: Tips/Tuts/Themes
Domain: wpframework.com What: WP Blank Theme
Domain: wpvote.com What: Digg for WP
Domain: wptavern.com What: WP Info and News
Domain: wptweet.com What:Twitter App
Domain: wpzoom.com What: Themes +
Domain: wpremix.com What: Themes +
Domain: wprocks.com What: Themes +
Domain: wp125.com What: Plugin
Domain: wpinspiration.com What: Gallery
Domain: wplover.com What: Blog +
Domain: wpcoder.com What: PSD to WP
Domain: wppark.com What: Showcase
Domain: wpstart.com What: Blog Service
Domain: wpthemedesigner.com What: Themes
Domain: wptips.com What: Theme club
Domain: wpthoughts.com What: Blog
Domain: wplimits.com What: Blog
Domain: wpfeed.com What: Blog
Domain: wpengineer.com What: Blog
Domain: wppal.com What: Layout Editor
Domain: wpthemesplugin.com What: Blog
Domain: wphacks.com What: Tips and Tricks
Domain: wpthemez.com What: Digg WP Themes
Domain: wpaddict.com What: RSS’d Blog
Domain: wpgeek.com What: Blog/Themes
Domain: wpbest.com What: Theme Showcase
Domain: wpbandit.com What: Themes Developer
Domain: wpseek.com What: WordPress Search engine
Domain: wplookup.com What: WordPress Search engine

Registered But Undeveloped or For Sale

Domain: wp.com
Domain: wpshowcase.com
Domain: wpfactory.com
Domain: wpsucks.com
Domain: wphacker.com
Domain: wphackers.com
Domain: wpresource.com
Domain: wppeople.com
Domain: wpforum.com
Domain: wpcss.com
Domain: wpdashboard.com
Domain: wpdesk.com
Domain: wpawards.com
Domain: wpdomains.com
Domain: wpdemo.com
Domain: wpmag.com
Domain: wptech.com
Domain: wptricks.com
Domain: wpbeauty.com
Domain: wpstats.com
Domain: wpthemegenerator.com
Domain: wpsearch.com
Domain: wptest.com
Domain: wpdownloads.com
Domain: wpmagazine.com
Domain: wpreview.com
Domain: wppreview.com
Domain: wpgod.com
Domain: wpstudio.com
Domain: wpgoodies.com
Domain: wpprothemes.com
Domain: wpman.com
Domain: wpclub.com
Domain: wplife.com
Domain: wpbible.com

Not Affiliated

Domain: wpbooks.com What: Walker Percy Books
Domain: wpjobs.com What: Movie Trailer
Domain: wplist.com What: Washington Post/Newsweek
Domain: wpdirectory.com What: Wedding & Party Network
Domain: wpblog.com What: Blog about MS Wordperfect
Domain: wpnews.com What: West Point News
Domain: wpschool.com What: Driving School
Domain: wptv.com What: T.V. Station
Domain: wpguide.com What: Local Guide
Domain: wpinfo.com What: House for Sale
Domain: wpadvertising.com What: Ad Firm
Domain: wpbase.com What: Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Domain: wpstore.com What: Clothing Company
Domain: wppress.com What: Movie Trailer
Domain: wpgallery.com What: Wall Paper Gallery
Domain: wpsupport.com What: ITU Study Group
Domain: wpfriends.com What: German site
Domain: wpmobile.com What: White Pages
Domain: wpsoup.com What: Wolfgang Puck
Domain: wptools.com What: Software

DOA (3 Months of No Activity)

Domain: wpfun.com What: Themes
Domain: wpteacher.com What: How to
Domain: wpcode.com What: Forum
Domain: wpdesign.com What: Design Firm
Domain: wpfree.com What: Weather Links
Domain: wpportfolio.com What: Gallery
Domain: wphost.com What: Hosting
Domain: wpqueen.com What: Blog
Domain: wpnotes.com What: Blog
Domain: wpfan.com What: Blog
Domain: wpsites.com What: Blog
Domain: wpdesigner.com What: Blog
Domain: wpblogs.com What: WPMU site

Not Registered (As of 3/2/09)

Domain: wpapple.com
Domain: wpcooks.com
Domain: wpparking.com
Domain: wpiphone.com
Domain: wpcritic.com
Domain: wpforms.com
Domain: wpmeet.com
Domain: wpporn.com
Domain: wpcraft.com
Domain: wpintel.com
Domain: wpsplash.com

Dropping/Expiring (As of 3/2/09)

Domain: wptalk.com
Domain: wpnation.com
Domain: wpgirl.com

]]> http://www.wpfood.com/2009/03/04/wpinsertnameherecom/feed/ 5 Freemium Theme http://www.wpfood.com/2009/03/03/test-of-gallery/ http://www.wpfood.com/2009/03/03/test-of-gallery/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:10:38 +0000 Marco http://www.wpfood.com/?p=316 This is a new test theme gallery for the stars theme this is just a test.

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If your using the stars theme and don’t like updating those extra files on your server and want to do everything from your WordPress dashboard then this is the plugin for you.

Download it here

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp125/

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Below is what I found to be the most widely used (FREE) forum’s on the internet.

Name: Vanilla – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | Documentation
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: bbPress – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | WP plugin | More
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: phpBB – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | WP2BB
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: Simple Machines – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | WP Post to SMF | WP Bridge
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: punbb – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: MyBB – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: YaBB – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: Yet Another Forum – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: Simple Press – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes


Name: ImperialBB – Website
WordPress Integration: No
Themes and Styles: Limited
Plugins and Add-ons: Limited
Language Packs: No
Active Community: Yes
Support: Limited

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I know there a couple I might be missing so if you can think of any or know some that should be on this list please post it below.

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Let’s add it!

Open up your bookmarks.php and right after this code:

<?php
$title_encoded = urlencode(get_the_title());
$link_encoded = urlencode(get_permalink());
$target = '_blank';
?>

Place this code:

<a title="Tweet this!" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=WPFood.com:+<?php the_title(''); ?> <?php echo $link_encoded ?>&amp;title=<?php echo $title_encoded ?>" target="<?php echo $target ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/ico-twitter.png" alt="Twitter!" /></a>

Remember to change the WPFood.com: above with your site name or whatever you want to put there.

After you’ve done that just download one or both of these twitter images:

Now put the image in you theme’s image folders. (Right click and Save As)

That’s it!

For additional support using the <?php the_title(”);?> see the WordPress Codex

See it in action below!

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STEP ONE

Add the below CSS to the bottom of your screen.css

/* Ad Blocks

---------------------------------------------------------------- */

.block

{

margin: 0px 0 0;

padding: 0 0 0px;

color: #aaa;

text-align: center;

text-transform: lowercase;

font-family: monospace;

line-height: .8em;

}

.halfblock

{

width:50%;

float:left;

padding:0;

margin:0;

}

STEP TWO

Download and extract, then add these two files to your ads folder (example: themes/thsestars/ads/)

Download here

Alternatively you can just copy the files you have in your stars theme and then rename them ads-125×125right.php and ads-125×125right.php

STEP THREE

Add this code in your sidebar.php where you want the two 125×125 ads to appear.

<!-- 125/125 Ad blocks section -->

<li id="asides">

<div class="block">

<div class="halfblock">

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/ads/ads-125x125left.php'); ?></div><div class="halfblock"><?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/ads/ads-125x125right.php'); ?>

</div>

<div class="clear"></div>

</li>

<!-- End 125/125 Ad blocks section -->

When adding all of the above you must remember to add your ad spots using the left/right.php files or else nothing else will show up.

Example:

<a href="thelinktoyourad" target="blank"><img src="thelinkwheretheimageisstored" alt="nameofad" /></a>

See the ads in action in my sidebar ————>>>>

Any trouble post below.

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How to Add pages to your main (Black) menu.

In the header.php add:

<?php wp_list_pages(‘title_li=’); ?>

So you change this:

<ul id="nav" class="clearfix">
<li class="<?php if (((is_home()) &amp;&amp; !(is_paged())) or (is_archive() &amp;&amp; !(is_category())) or (is_single()) or (is_paged()) or (is_search())) { ?>current-cat<?php } else { ?>cat-item<?php } ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>"><?php _e( 'Home', 'wpbx' ) ?></a></li>

<!– change "depth=3" to suit your menu depth level, and change "exclude=x" with the category ID that you want exclude from the menu (multiple categories separated by , (comma) –>
<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=ID&amp;order=ASC&amp;depth=3&amp;title_li=&amp;exclude='); ?>

<li id="m-subscribe"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/YOURFEEDBURNERUSERNAME"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/YOURFEEDBURNERUSERNAME?bg=e33258&amp;amp;fg=ffffff&amp;amp;anim=0" height="26" width="88" style="border:0" alt="" /></a></li>
</ul>

To this:

<ul id="nav" class="clearfix">
<li class="<?php if (((is_home()) &amp;&amp; !(is_paged())) or (is_archive() &amp;&amp; !(is_category())) or (is_single()) or (is_paged()) or (is_search())) { ?>current-cat<?php } else { ?>cat-item<?php } ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>"><?php _e( 'Home', 'wpbx' ) ?></a></li>

<!– change "depth=3" to suit your menu depth level, and change "exclude=x" with the category ID that you want exclude from the menu (multiple categories separated by , (comma) –>
<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=ID&amp;order=ASC&amp;depth=3&amp;title_li=&amp;exclude='); ?>
<strong> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?></strong>

<li id="m-subscribe"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/YOURFEEDBURNERUSERNAME"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/YOURFEEDBURNERUSERNAME?bg=e33258&amp;amp;fg=ffffff&amp;amp;anim=0" height="26" width="88" style="border:0" alt="" /></a></li>
</ul>

Remember when you add this code pages AND categories will be visible on the menu.

If you only want to show a couple of pages add this string:

<?php wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&exclude=1,2,3′); ?>

Where 1,2,3 are the page numbers you want to exclude.

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-M

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Free Weather Website Codes:

Wunderground.com
http://www.wunderground.com/geo/BannerPromo/US/NY/New_York.html

Weather.com
http://www.weather.com/services/oap.html?from=footer

Weatherforyou.com
http://www.weatherforyou.com/snapshots/

Intellicast.com
http://www.intellicast.com/content/products/consumers.asp

Accuweather.com
http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/signup-page1.asp

National Weather Service RSS Feeds
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/rss/

Find another weather website offering free services? Post it below!

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Why use this plugin? Well for people like me who have a theme disorder and can never commit to any one for specific long period of time I can see instantly what other themes look like but also more importantly I can work on an alternate them while never disturbing my visitors.

See it in action here and here using this site as an example using the Classic and Default themes.  (Tested in WP2.7)

About the Plugin:

Author:Vladimir Prelovac

Theme Test Drive Wordpress plugin allows you to safely test drive any theme on your blog as administrator, while visitors still use the default one.

It happens completely transparent and they will not even notice you run a different theme for yourself.

Best part is you can even set the testing theme options (if it has them) in the Admin panel while you are testing the theme.

Download the Plugin Here

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