April 5, 2009
Confession time: I have made supreme messes with categories in the past. One blog had, at its worst, 83 categories - of which more than a dozen only had one post in them. Another went to the opposite extreme, and had one single category called "Stuff". Again, hardly helpful. Adding the possibility of tags as well just made this worse: is "stuff" a category or a tag? Any blogger is free to... Read more
March 3, 2009
What is a custom field? A custom field is simply a way to add the same type of information to some or all of your WP posts. Just as all posts can currently have a title, category and tags, as well as content, you might choose to add custom fields to show your mood, the music you're listening to, the deal of the week on your ecommerce website or the filename of a thumbnail picture you want to... Read more
November 20, 2008
Most up-to-date themes should support widgets; anything you download from the official WP theme repository will do so. But what if you're running an old theme, or writing one yourself? Actually, adding widgetability (is that a word? you know what I mean) is pretty straightforward. You'll need to have an up to date install of WordPress*, and to edit two theme files. Firstly, functions.php. Add... Read more