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10 WordPress Plugins For Enhancing Typography

Posted on23. Feb, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

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If you’re looking for a little more control over the typography within your WordPress blog, sometimes a simple plugin can provide the resource that you’re after. There are plugins for adding drop caps, attractive pull quotes and even for adding just about any font that you can think of. While we recommend making typography changes on your own via CSS and hard-coding, there are times when a plugin just makes life a little easier.

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30 Helpful WordPress Video Tutorials

Posted on09. Feb, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

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When it comes to learning about WordPress development, there are literally thousands upon thousands of tutorials to choose from. There are tutorials covering from the most basic install of WordPress to digging pretty deep into plugins and theme development.

While 90% of these tutorials are written, there are a growing number of video tutorials making their way to the web. I find video tutorials to be much easier to follow along with when compared to something written or typed out. It helps tremendously to actually see exactly what is going on rather than being given a couple of screenshots for each step.

In this roundup, you will find a collection of 30 helpful WordPress video tutorials that will aid you in a number of different aspects of WordPress development. Some are pretty basic, while others are more tailored to the seasoned WP developers who already have a good grasp of this powerful CMS.

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10 New jQuery Plugins Released In 2010

Posted on22. Jan, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

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Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been rounding up some of the best WordPress plugins, focusing on some specific categories, and posting them here on a weekly basis. Seeing how we’re just a few weeks into the new year, I thought in this article we would shift gears a little and showcase a few brand new plugins all of which combine the powerful use of jQuery.

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10 WordPress Plugins For Adding A Contact Form

Posted on01. Jan, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey.

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If you have a contact page on your website or blog, it is almost standard to now have a contact form embedded somewhere within it. There are several different ways to add contact forms to your website. You can build it yourself pretty easily through a tutorial, you can pay someone to write up a [...]

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40 Free Stylish And Versatile WordPress Themes

Posted on29. Dec, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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If you’ve taken the time to browse through the thousands of free WordPress themes on the web, then you’re well aware that the number of not so pretty themes far outweighs the great ones. Of course there is the option of choosing a premium theme, but you’ll have to pay up for that pixel-perfect look, or will you?

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Display Tweets In Your Sidebar Without A Plugin

Posted on22. Dec, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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There are dozens of WordPress plugins available for displaying your tweets in the sidebar of your blog. I’ve tried just about all of them here at bluefaqs and just couldn’t find one that I was satisfied with. I needed something simple (minimalistic style) and easy to customize.
If you’re having the same problem and have given [...]

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15 WordPress Plugins To Enhance Your Comment Section

Posted on04. Dec, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey.

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The main medium for allowing readers to interact with authors and other visitors is a blogs comment section. While typically just a simple form with a couple of fields for including your name, website and a piece of your mind, there are a few ways in which you can give it a quick face-lift.

Thanks to some free WordPress plugins, enhancing this section of your site couldn’t be easier. Whether you’re looking for a little more spam protection or needing a way to encourage more of your visitors to interact, there’s surely a plugin that can help you out.