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How to Get More From WordPress With Multisite Blogs (Network Install) WordPress is surely the most used CMS in the world. Here we will talk a little about it’s incredibly easy multisite install (a.k.a. Network install). With multisite you can set up multiple blogs that share the same WordPress files, DB, plugins, themes, so you can do some cool things with it. We will see how to get posts from another blog in the network, as it was yours, create users, dynamically create a blog, how to create multiple blogs in different domains, and much more. So, let’s rock. What is Multisite? Why it is so good? With Multisite install you can create (and remove!) It gives you a lot of power to build complex networks with a few clicks.

For example, let’s say that as a really good freelancer you have a lot of good customers (I hope so! Advantages Share info You have some info that is easily shared between all blogs, so you don’t have to worry about: Common user data – Users who are added to your network will have subscriber access to all sites on your network. Examples. Setting up Wordpress on Windows XP to use IIS 5.1 | Brokentoken.com. I recently built a Windows XP virtual machine with the intention of doing wordpress theme development and testing on it. Getting WordPress up and running normally requires running Apache, MySQL and the wordpress binaries, but instead of running Apache, I wanted to use the version of IIS included in Windows XP. Getting everything for WordPress up and running wasn’t that difficult, but I wanted to record my steps and sources in case anyone else is considering doing the same. Also consider installing FTP with IIS so that you have a mechanism to move files in/out of the VM. I choose to go this route so I can more easily replicate my production server configuration since mapping drives and Windows networking is out of the question in an internet-facing/production scenario.PHP Installation After IIS is installed, and you are all patched up-to-date on XP, then perform the following to install and configure PHP on IIS 5.1: Congratulations!

PHP is now installed and functioning correctly on IIS 5.1. How to install WordPress 3.0 on XP and IIS 5.1 Manually | Domain Web Center. PART I – Install PHP on IIS 5.1 (Win XP) Manually For instructions see Download file php-5.2.13-Win32.zip from Alternatively, download php-5.2.13-nts-Win32.zip (nts stands for Not-Threat-Safe) Unzip it into C:\Program Files\PHP Copy, create or edit php.ini file Either add PHPRC environment variable pointing to C:\Program Files\PHP\ Or add C:\Program Files\PHP\ to the PATH PART II – Configuring IIS to process PHP requests Download Microsoft FastCGI Extension for IIS 5.1 and 6.0 from Install fcgisetup_1.5_rtw_x86.msi Add PHP entry to IIS mapping. This step is not mentioned in most manuals. PART III – Configure MySQL Database Download latest MySQL from Select mysql-5.1.48-win32.msi file This file allows for installation.

PART IV – Configure WordPress 3.0 on IIS Tags: IIS, WordPress, XP. Developer Documentation — WordPress.com. The Ultimate WordPress Cheat Sheet. Messing around in WordPress is a pure knowledge thing. It really has nothing to do with skill since all you really have to do is learn what all the different tags do, mean and what their possibilities are. There is no other way to get to that information than to check the tags out and try them for yourself or read up about each one of them. It’s a mammoth job to know everything about WordPress, and I think few people do. However, that shouldn’t stop you from completely immersing yourself into the world of WordPress.

It so happens that after the huge success of Techking‘s HTML 5 infographic, they set out on a mission to create one of the most complete (if not THE most complete) WordPress Cheat Sheets you can lay your hands on, and it is completely free. So if you’re a theme creator or a WordPress modifier and blog owner, you can step up your game with this ultimately useful sheet. WordPress Cheatsheet: What You Need To Know In One Sheet. Today, we are glad to provide free a WordPress Cheat Sheet for WordPress theme designers or developers.

It's created by Paul Maloney a UK based web designer or developer exclusively for Onextrapixel's readers. He particularly enjoys using and working with WordPress and has a keen interest in typography. WordPress Cheat Sheet WordPress is one of the very best content management systems available, it has won numerous awards, has a huge community and following with a number of high profile users. The Content Management System (CMS) has moved away from being a blogging CMS to being a pretty compete solution to nearly every niche you can imagine, with plugins such as Buddypress you can even build a social network on WordPress. So given its obvious success and attraction, designers and developers are getting up to speed with WordPress theme development, and producing themes for personal use, themes to sell and for their clients projects.

Conclusion. New To WordPress - Where to Start. WordPress.org Codex Codex tools: Log in Interested in functions, hooks, classes, or methods? Check out the new WordPress Code Reference! New To WordPress - Where to Start This page was moved to except above language locator. Retrieved from " Codex Resources Code is Poetry. A magazine for WordPress fans! WordPress Published on May 30th, 2013 | by Andrew In this post, I have compiled a list of more than 40 WordPress shortcode plugins for your review.

Usually WordPress premium themes already have all kinds of built in shortcodes. However, an issue often arises when you decide to switch themes. Unless you transfer the code to the new theme manually, you will lose every capability of your shortcodes. The better solution would be to use WordPress shortcode plugins. Shortcodes can be very useful for adding extra design features or functions to your website. Let us take a look at the WordPress shortcode plugins that I have collected in this post. Column Shortcodes – MORE INFO Adds shortcodes to easily create columns in your posts or pages. Post Content Shortcodes – MORE INFO This plugin adds two shortcodes that allow you to display either the content of a post or a list of posts within the content area of a post. Shortcode Domination – CSS3 Graphics for WordPress – MORE INFO Shortcoder – MORE INFO. How to Create a WordPress Member Site. Introducing the WordPress Member Site Blueprint.

My Brand New, 9 Parts, Step By Step Video Course That Shows You How You Can Create A WordPress Member Experience That Will Have Your Customers Coming Back For More. Step by step instructions on how to create a WordPress Member Site! This WordPress Member Blueprint Is Aimed At Increasing Your Conversions and Business Growth Grab this video course and learn how to create a WordPress member site experience that will make your customers feel at home and feel like they have taken action (which ultimately results in trust and back-end sales). About the Author: Mike Barnes (323 Posts) Always taking advantage of the latest Internet Marketing possibilities, Mike Barnes has become globally recognized for his Search Engine Optimization abilities as well as his innovations using Social Media, Mobile Marketing, WordPress Design and marketing virtually anything online.

How to Create an Online Store with WordPress. If you’re trying to build a business online, creating an online store is one of your best bets. After all, that’s how Amazon.com and Zappos.com did it. The problem is, to create a successful e-commerce site, you need to worry about design, functionality, and security…all of which can be quite expensive. Luckily, there’s an easier way! When you combine the wonderful WP e-Commerce plugin by Instinct Entertainment with Thesis, you’ll get a stunning online store that is SEO optimized, feature-packed, and geared for sales.

Which Type of Online Store Do You Want to Create? There are two key ways you can implement the WP e-Commerce plugin with the Thesis Theme for WordPress: gallery view or standard view. What’s the difference? Quite simply, the only difference between the two is how the homepage looks. 1. When you have a store with a Gallery View home page, you’ll see products arranged in a grid, with products spanning horizontally and vertically.

Figure 1. 2. Figure 2. Before We Get Started… 3 Best WordPress Cheat Sheets. Working with WordPress is almost like learning a new language. Not only do you need to learn some of the basic fundamentals of PHP, but you also need to learn what WordPress tags go where, and what they do. Since nobody has the time to do that these days, I thought it would be about time to break out my WordPress cheat sheet collection. This first WordPress cheat sheet comes from Ekin Ertac’s blog: It covers a lot of the basics for your template and theme creation tags, and can also be downloaded at blog.ekinertac.com. The WP Help Sheet is the next one I want to show you.

Last, but not least, we have a cheat sheet for template tags to use in WordPress from DBS Interactive. Hope these three cheat sheets help out the next time you dive into WordPress template editing, and get a little lost. The Essential Elements of a Wordpress Design Site. How do you begin to set-up your own Design site? Here I am going to discuss the key points you need to cross off, if you wish to setup your own design site.

Some things I hope to discuss are in finding your design sites niche, which plug-ins are the best to use and how to setup your brand image. The first thing your going to need is to think of a name relevant to the site your going to setup, if you are focusing on being a web design based site you would consider using words associated with this. (code, grids, frame, css, web.. etc) If you were a WordPress tips site it is feasible to think your site title would almost definitely feature WordPress in the name. Suitability of the name will instantly get readers to associate the type of content with that brand name. After thinking of your name and what it represents you should brainstorm logo ideas and come to a simple and effective design.

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