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The more tag & css style different from the extract

For you guys who are, just like me, fond of the <!–more–> tag, here’s a php code extract to add to single.php in order to give your introductory paragraph a different style . Read more…

Slideshows using WordPress Gallery Slideshow

Here’s another plugin that enables slideshow integration. Compared to Nextgen, it focuses on the slideshow function. Its author decided to keep it simple and efficient, as it is able to integrate photos from the blog as well as pictures from flickr, picasa… Read more…

Displaying a different number of articles depending on the page

Here’s a plugin that enables you to customize the number of articles displayed, depending on the page: home-, category-, tag-page. For example, 3 articles on the home page, 5 on the category and tag pages, 10 on dated archives… you name it! Read more…

Which basic plugins should you install?

Here’s a list of plugins I recommend, to get down to basics. Though this is a blurry notion indeed… You’ll find stuff to publish properly and to be refenrenced accordingly. Any suggestion is welcome… Read more…

Integration of a google calendar

This plugin was developed by google themselves in order to display your “google calendar” in your wordpress blog… Read more…

Can you build a site with WordPress?

Yes, clearly, if your site remains classic without chronology, and with a few presentation pages.

Note: you won’t run out of available tools… Let’s have a closer look: Read more…

The lightbox plugin to view pictures

With WordPress you can insert images into articles, and in particular reduced versions when they’re too large (see this article to learn how to parameter image size).

In order to see the image in actual size, you can add a link in the image editor to the image’s file, that will open in the same window or in a new one. As you want.

This is not very convenient compared to everything a lightbox can do… Read more…

Using subcommander as visual client of subversion

Publishing your own plugin on the official repertory http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins requires the use of the management system subversion (svn). This means you need to use locally an svn client to forward your plugin files to wordpress’ svn server (http://svn.wp-plugins.org/). There are command line clients and graphic clients, such as subcommander. Read more…

Random generator of guitar rhythms

This plugin will add a new widget, with a random guitar rhythm inside. It can display up to 625 differents rhythms. Guitarists may find new rhythms and beginners new exercises. Since version 0.2, the content can be refreshed without reloading the page.

The plugin will give you only the rhythm, it’s up to you to choose the chords.

See what the plugin does:

Exemple de rythme sur 4 temps

4 beats rhythm

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Publishing a plugin at WordPress

Here’s the follow-up to the series “creating a plugin”. What’s on the menu? widget parameters, adding a cron and publishing your plugin.

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    "WordPress From the beginning" is written by a French web developer and teacher currently based in Switzerland.

    Originally planned in french, both blog and its functions were developped in this language. This explains why not all functions are available in the English version.

    However, new translated articles are regularly posted for use by the wordpress' web community.

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