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Anna Ladoshkina is a freelance web designer and developer who likes to build pretty things with WordPress and write about it. Connect with Anna on Twitter (@foralien) or on her website, www.foralien.com.

Adaptive content with WordPress

Responsive design not only challenge our tools and approaches to web design and development, but also forces us to review our ways of planning and managing content. New workflows require the right tools. Upon first thought, this opens an opportunity...
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Matt Kelley says:
It seems like Advanced Custom Fields, would help this implementation a lot ( faster setup, better meta box UI out of the box, and much lighter functions file )...
/ Apr 9, 2013

Beyond blogging: WordPress as a platform

WordPress has evolved hugely over the years from simple fork of blogging software to a powerful platform. According to a WordPress Survey, 66% of respondents use WordPress as a CMS, not just blogging software. The growth of WordPress adoption...
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Isak Edblad says:
WordPress is a great platform! Hundred of thousands of people already know about it – that's its strength. That's why we decided to build our e-commerce platform...
/ Mar 13, 2013

How to build effective 404-error pages in WordPress

The greatest sites out there are always notable for their attention to detail. One often underestimated detail is the existence of a useful and user-friendly 404-error page. WordPress provides an easy way to create and customise the 404-error...
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Juliette Giannesini says:
Awesome tips and code snippets! Implemented on my website.
/ Feb 26, 2013

What we can expect from WordPress 3.6

The most recent WordPress release, 3.5, has passed the 6 million download mark. It brought us a renewed media experience and various improvements in the dashboard. But life moves on, and the scope of the upcoming version 3.6 release has already...
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Anna Ladoshkina says:
Not only UI - the standards for data handling also... that's also very helpful for developers and friendly for their clients :)
/ Feb 6, 2013

How to improve your writing in WordPress

WordPress is a powerful and popular CMS for nearly all types of websites. But what about content creation? Writing is one of the most important aspects of a website especially for freelancers, small business owners and individuals. WordPress...
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Skyler says:
Thanks, I wasn't aware of many of these plugins! They look like they'll be a big help.
/ Jan 31, 2013

Introduce brainstorming to your creative arsenal

Creative thinking is an integral part of design and all art-related professions. Hyper-creative people appear to conceive of brilliant ideas as easily as magicians pull rabbits from hats, but the truth is that we all meet with creative blocks....
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Erwin Cordón says:
Very good article! thank you! we do the rain dance! to see if the storm comes, lol.
/ Nov 26, 2012

Building your first WordPress plugin (part 3)

There is no need to ask why anybody would want to write a plugin for WordPress. It's one of the primary features that makes WordPress so flexible and a good fit for a wide range of projects. In the first part of our series we created the base...
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Marlyse Comte says:
The first 2 parts went smooth - but this first one gives errors in Wordpress. One error I found is a missing escape on "Author's" single quote (as it is part of a single...
/ Nov 21, 2012

Building your first WordPress plugin (part 2)

In the previous part of our series we created the base for a WordPress plugin recognisible by the core. Today we are going to learn how to actually alter the default functionality of the core. The concept of hooks, actions, and filters is responsible...
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Julia Agnes says:
WOW! amazing tutorial! Thanks a lot for sharing
/ Oct 30, 2012

Building your first WordPress plugin (part 1)

One of the primary reasons for WordPress' continued popularity is the ease with which it can be extended and customized with plugins. Building a plugin may seem like an impossible task, but it's simpler than you may think. Today we begin our...
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Anna Ladoshkina says:
Hope this has inspired you to try :) And good luck if so!
/ Sep 12, 2012

Creating a responsive header in WordPress 3.4

Amongst all the new features and improvements that the recent WordPress 3.4 release has introduced, there is a hidden gem. The Custom Header Image feature has been supported by WordPress for some time, however previously its fixed dimensions...
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Julia Agnes says:
WOW! Cool post ) Thank you for sharing ! I've learn a lot here )
/ Sep 5, 2012