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Nothing Flashy…Just a Bunch of Darn Useful WordPress Plugins

19. November 2009

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Lesterchan.net doesn’t make flashy WordPress plugins, but he does make some of the most useful plugins out there: WP-PageNavi – Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog WP-Polls – Adds a slick AJAX poll system to your post/page WP-PostRatings – Adds an Ajax rating system to your blog’s post/page WP-DBManager – Wordpress database manager WP-Print [...]

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WordPress – Elegant Themes

21. September 2009

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Elegant Themes has been busy.  They have released a handful of new themes, adding to their already large library of beautiful Wordpress themes.  I really love the luck of their eBusiness theme and the simplicity of the CherryTruffle theme.  I recently used the CherryTruffle theme on www.coastalsurfing.com .  It comes with multiple color variations, well [...]

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WooThemes Release New Wordpress Themes

29. July 2009

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WooThemes, developer of premium Wordpress themes, has just released four new themes for the month.  Woo makes some really slick, feature pack themes that can spice up your blog and help monetize your posts.  I use a WooTheme for this blog! Check out WooThemes newest additions

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FLV Embed Wordpress Plugin

10. July 2009

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I have been using YouTube to publish the videos that I have been creating.  However, I wanted the freedom of self-hosting some of my videos.  I have been looking for a good WordPress plugin that can quickly display the videos that I create.  Because I render my videos to the .flv format (Flash video), I [...]

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StudioPress Streamline Theme

1. July 2009

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I can’t get over how sick the StudioPress Streamline theme looks.  When I say “sick” I mean it in a good way.  For only a few bucks you can take your WordPress them to the next level.  This theme offers a fixed width, threaded comments and three columns of WordPress bliss…and yes, it is compatible [...]

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Building Custom WordPress Themes

5. January 2009

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Web Designer Wall is a great resource for CSS, Photoshop, and WordPress tutorials.  Back in November, WDW posted an easy to follow tutorial on how to build a custom WordPress theme.  This is a great introduction for someone wanting an entry level understanding of WordPress and PHP.  Check it out! del.icio.us Tags: building custom WordPress [...]

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WordPress 207 Upgrade

4. January 2009

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WordPress 207 Upgrade

I’m currently planning on a WordPress 2.7 upgrade to Tutorial Stop.  I’m making copies of my data and will proceed after everything is properly backed-up.  If you notice a momentarily failure (keep your fingers crossed) it is more than likely me "wrenching" on the back-end. Happy New Year! (wrench image on flickr)

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Elegant Wordpress Themes – A Great Bargain

23. December 2008

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Elegant Wordpress Themes – A Great Bargain

I have a site that I am currently looking to port over to Wordpress for the Content Management System (CMS).  One of the themes I’m considering is designed by Elegant Themes.   Elegant Themes has some really great looking Wordpress themes that are compatible with all of the largely distributed browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc.).  [...]

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Revolution WordPress Theme

29. November 2008

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Revolution WordPress Theme

I’m currently running a Revolution WordPress Theme on www.coastalsurfing.com .  The theme is easy to use and has a great look to it.  I have modified the style sheets a bit and added the “Featured Content Gallery” plugin to it, but I think it has a great look and all the right features.  About a month [...]

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