Category Archives: Wordpress

Coding a WordPress Theme from HTML / CSS in 26 Minutes

In this video I demonstrate the first steps of coding a WordPress theme from HTML / CSS. I also show how you can speed up the process by using Dreamweaver snippets. To create the basic foundation of this theme only took me 26 Minutes. Second video will cover more advanced development

Amazon Affiliate WordPress Plugin – Product Style 2

The best Amazon affiliate WordPress plugin, Product Style 2: amzps.com This Amazon WordPress plugin allows you to quickly generate completely customized affiliate advertisements and comparison charts by using Amazon Product Advertising API directly through your WordPress blog. Typically, ad information will have to be manually obtained from Amazon, but Product Style 2 will generate all of this information for you. It will even locally save product images to optimize them for search engine rankings – this plugin has a track record of top ten and even number one Google rankings for many different affiliate sites. In addition to creating image or text affiliate ads with this plugin, you’ll also be able to automatically generate product information to be displayed next to the advertisements. This product information creates an affiliate ad that is actually useful for website visitors, which results in higher CTR and more commissions. Unlike other plugins that automatically generate Amazon affiliate ads for WordPress blogs, Product Style 2 encourages unique content with a creative way to use Amazon Product Advertising API. Instead of creating the exact same ad as all other affiliates, Product Style actually lets you pick and choose the product information you want to display with your affiliate ads. You can also edit this information and even rearrange it to suit your needs. Since you can customize the way ads are created with this plugin, the plugin will actually remember an

Developing Themes For WordPress: Part 2

In the last video, I began the series in which I’m creating the complete WordPress theme that is to used on my personal site. During that first installment, we set up the basic structure of files that will generate markup but also setup some foundation styles. Today we continue the design process with part 2. Within that, we expand on CSS rules that we’ve also created and also begin outputting data from the comment system among other things. Website: www.tom-rogers.com