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Themes

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

Plugins

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 …

Themes

Creating a WordPress Theme

What goes into Creating a WordPress Theme? After making a WordPress Blog you want to know how to create a WordPress Theme. You’ll find out in this video tutorial. I’ll also show you how to: Set up a Blank Theme Place a Search Form Where you Want Create a WordPress 3.0 Horizontal Menu Place a Featured Banner Where you Want Create 2 Sidebars Display Recent Posts with Excerpts Pull Articles from RSS Feeds Dynamically Create Subscription Links to your Feed, Twitter and Facebook Set up a Dynamic Footer Code is Here: goo.gl

Themes

Divine Elemente: WordPress Theme from your Photoshop Design

Divine Elemente is a plugin for Adobe Photoshop, that creates a “non-existent bridge” between Photoshop and WordPress (PSD to WordPress) This short 5-minute video covers the essential information about Divine Elemente and its work, including installation, new PSD template creation, theme publishing, etc. Anyone getting acquainted with Elemente should watch this video first.

Themes

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 3 – Single Post Template

In HD! This tutorial will teach you how to make your own theme using WordPress, the popular blogging tool. In this video, we finish up going over the functions used on the homepage, and then adapt the template from the homepage to an individual page. It’s really just a continuation of the last video. See codex.wordpress.org for more info. Files Used in Lesson (as of Part 3): andrewanimation.biz

Themes

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 2 – Homepage and Functions

In HD! Post your thoughts on the quality. This part of the tutorial shows you how to build the homepage for your website, while introducing several important WordPress core functions in the process. See codex.wordpress.org for more info. Files Used in Lesson (as of Part 3): andrewanimation.biz (Note: The index.php does NOT change in Part 3, so you are safe to use this .zip as a guide.)