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WordPress 3.0 is Released: New Menus, Theme Options, Better Help

WordPress 3.0 is the newest release of my favorite blogging software. The new release includes an all-new easy-to-use menu system, more options for theme customization, a lighter admin interface with more contextual help, and more. You can download it directly or upgrade your existing install.
I’m sure I’ll write more in depth about specific [...]

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Six Plugins You Don’t Need if You Use Thesis

I’ve talked about how much I love Thesis, but here’s a reason that doesn’t usually come up in first conversations: Thesis means I don’t have to use a bunch of plugins. Why does this matter? Because each plugin is one more bit of overhead that runs when your blog serves up content, and [...]

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WordPress 2.9: New Photo Features Screencast

Image management in WordPress changes with version 2.9 (due to be released in the next few days). Basic photo manipulation tools have been added as part of the core WordPress functionality. You can now crop, resize, flip, and rotate images from within WordPress (without any plugins).
Here’s a tour of the new image manipulation [...]

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How to Back Up a WordPress Website

Today we feature a guest post by Justin Stanley, a database administrator and freelance writer. Check out his occasionally-updated blog at neverbeencool.com or follow Justin on Twitter.
Look, here’s the deal. At some point in your blogging life, something is going to go wrong with your site.
Maybe it’ll be something small. Like that [...]

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Thesis Just Got Better: An Easy to Customize WordPress Theme

I’ve blogged previously about why I think Thesis is the best WordPress theme. The folks at DIY Themes just released Thesis 1.6, a new version that adds some incremental updates along with some really nice new design and customization features.
Thesis has always offered menu-driven customization for things such as number of columns and the [...]

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Pump Up Your WordPress with the Thesis Theme

I’m a big fan of WordPress as a blogging platform, and I highly recommend the Thesis theme for anyone wanting to get up and running with a search-engine-friendly, powerful system that can be customized and extended.
When choosing a theme, there are three general options:

Use a free theme
Hire a designer/developer to build a theme from [...]

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Upgrading WordPress: It’s Easy

With the automatic upgrade features now included in WordPress, instalilng updates is much easier than it has been in the past. Even though it’s a simple process, there are still a few things to keep in mind for a smooth upgrade experience. Here are my recommendations for upgrading the WordPress software:

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Do You Need to Update WordPress Every Time a New Version is Released?

A while back on Twitter, @RWPhoto pondered why he should update his blog from running WordPress 2.8 to version 2.8.1. It’s a great question. As we setup our own social media infrastructure such as a WordPress blog, what needs to be done to maintain that infrastructure? For a self-hosted blog, there are [...]

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