Category Archives: Tutorials

Developer Tip: Host a Wordpress Blog for Development

Developer Tip: Host a Wordpress Blog for Development By Ryan

This idea, simple as it is, was completely foreign to me until my friend Cory Miller brought it to my attention. Install Wordpress into a subdomain of your website for testing and creating new themes.
Here’s a quick rundown of how to set up your own Wordpress development blog:

Add a new subdomain to your hosting account. [...]

Getting the Most Out of Your Wordpress Template Tags: Listing Pages

Getting the Most Out of Your Wordpress Template Tags: Listing Pages By Ryan

This series on Getting the Most Out of Your Wordpress Template Tags is meant to help you speed up and, even more so, improve your use of Wordpress Template Tags.
The following tag is suggested (and provided) for use in Wordpress blogs in order to generate a list of the pages of a blog:
<?php wp_list_pages(); ?>
Of [...]

Getting Rid of the Smiley Face (Thanks Wordpress.com Stats!)

Getting Rid of the Smiley Face (Thanks Wordpress.com Stats!) By Ryan

Earlier this week I posted a tentative review of Automattic’s new Wordpress.com Stats plugin available for all Wordpress blogs. Now, as a follow-up, I offer a guide to ridding one’s blog of the Smiley Face (read: frustration and, somewhat, freaked-out-edness).
The Story
My friend Cory and I were throwing ideas back and forth on a Wordpress theme [...]

How to Install Google Analytics on Your Wordpress Blog

How to Install Google Analytics on Your Wordpress Blog By Ryan

As Theme Playground approaches the end of its first week online I decided it would be a good idea to set up Google Analytics to track the stats. And it seems only fitting that we take this opportunity to, together, walk through the steps of setting up Google Analytics on a Wordpress blog.