Ptah Dunbar proposes a get_widget()
function. Similar to get_sidebar()
, but it’s there to show that widgets don’t necessarily have to show up on a sidebar area. What do you think? [Link]
Author Archives: hafiz rahman
Help for WordPress 2.7 Users
Article includes a link to a beginner’s guide to WordPress 2.7 and also a WordPress 2.7 training material PDF. Useful. [Link]
Theme Playground interviews Matt Mullenweg
Ryan Imel interviews Matt Mullenweg about WordPress and the community surrounding it. [Link]
Howto: Displaying Recent Posts per Category
Alex Cristache explains how to create a multiple-category archive that lists each category and recent posts within it. [Link]
WordPress 2.7.1 is Out
It’s a maintenance release with 68 fixes to various things (none of them critical security issues). Time to put that shiny new Automatic Update feature into use, guys. [Link]
WordPress Fundamentals for Newbies
More directed towards new WordPress coders, this is a very quick information on how WordPress works in general. [Link]
30 WordPress Comments Page Hacks
You’ll be surprised at how many different things you can do to the comment section of your blog. Have a look. [Link]
On the Ethics of Redistributing a Premium Theme
Upstart Blogger starts an interesting conversation on the ethics of redistributing a modified premium theme. [Link]
Justin Tadlock on properly coding the WordPress Loop
With the Loop being the most important part of any WordPress theme, you might want to learn one thing or two about it. [Link]
Tutorial: Making your own plugin
There are plenty of other tutorials out there covering this subject, but with it being the most updated tutorial so far, you might be able to catch new techniques and ideas there. [Link]