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Tutorial: How to add forms to Store-Locator plugin in WordPress
Yesterday I had to add some custom forms to a WordPress plugin called Google Maps Store Locator for WordPress (version 1.2.28) and found it's not as straight-forward as one might expect. After about forty-five minutes of digging through all of the plugin's files, I located four that were of use ... Read More »
Setting your post or blog to private
We have been getting a lot of questions recently about how to make blogs or specific posts private. Here's a great video from WordPress.tv that explains how.
So simple yet so useful.
If you have any questions regarding this feel free to contact any of us at Blueprint Design Studio. Read More »
10 things to do after installing wordpress
After a fresh install of WordPress it is essential to complete the following items. This will not only assist you get your blog up and running but help you get the most out of your blog or website.
1. Change the Admin Password and Manage Your Authors
2. Edit Permalinks
3. Upload Your ... Read More »
Top Twitter WordPress Plugin Roundup
Here at Blueprint Design we have been trying to figure out which WordPress Twitter plugins we should use to integrate our twitter account. Here are the results of our research. Look at the end of this post to see what we picked to use. Please note all of these plugins ... Read More »
Wordpress 2.7 hits 1,000,000 downloads
Wordpress passed the million download mark for the latest version 2.7. Congrats!
Source: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ Read More »
Blueprintds.com feat. on Welovewp.com
We recently redesigned our web site and we were just picked to be featured in welovewp.com gallery (if you don't know, see below).
Our listing on we love WP here.
"We love WP is a niche gallery specifically showcasing WordPress powered sites.
We Love WP has been around for quite a while now and ... Read More »
Wordpress 2.7 Released
Last week if you noticed in your WordPress you should see a message saying “WordPress 2.7 is available! Please update now.” That is correct, version 2.7 has been released and you can download it here.
Version 2.7 is a major upgrade to Wordpress. Here is a list of new features:
new interface to ... Read More »
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also click here to see our the bacolicious version of our site?! Read More »
WordPress Flash Photo Carousel Plugin
We often develop sites that include static flash galleries, headers, menus, and intros. It's often difficult, then, to explain which parts of the site can be changed within WordPress, and which are hard-coded. This plugin is built to manage the excellent flShow Photo Carousel within the comfort of the WordPress ... Read More »
Preview Our Projects
We've finally removed the dust from our preview site. After years of updating a single HTML file every time we started a new project, we've caught up to our clients, and our main site. We've switched over to a WordPress powered portfolio. Even though we're all quite competent at mucking ... Read More »
Wordpress 2.6 is released
WordPress Announced the release of version 2.6, which provides some new features that our clients have been interested in for a while:
Captions for images are now easy to add, and won't be eaten by the visual editor
Wiki-like revisions for posts, allow you to change your content back to a previous ... Read More »
Vulnerable Software and Vindictive Search Engines
Technorati, a blog search engine (as opposed to a search engine that indexes all websites), has started taking the easy way out. They've started removing websites whose WordPress software has not been upgraded to the latest version shows signs of being compromised. For our clients, make sure you've ... Read More »
Reasons to Upgrade (or not) to WordPress 2.5
Who Should Upgrade?
People using wordpress primarily for blogging, who don't use many plugins. Also, people who like shiny new things, as the dashboard has been completely redesigned.
Who Should Not Upgrade?
People who use wordpress in conjunction with other software, like a forum, e-Commerce, etc. 2.5 introduces database changes that will ... Read More »
Wordpress 2.5 Tease
WordPress 2.5 is just around the corner. Last week, we’d expected a St Patrick’s Day launch, but it looks as if we’ll have to wait just a few more days for the official launch. That doesn’t mean you can’t get a sneak peek of the new version.
Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ... Read More »
An update to the List
We'd like to thank Mark Ghosh from WLTC for picking up our post yesterday. We're glad our list was so well received. Many people have commented that they'd like to see a longer list. Oxeye Daisy is picking up where we left off the list, adding 4 ... Read More »
Top 10 WordPress CMS Plugins
For moderately sized sites (including simple e-Commerce sites), WordPress does a pretty good job as a CMS, making it easy to maintain your site, and update your content. Of course, it does this best with the help of a good theme, and some great plugins. The strength of ... Read More »
Organizing Pages in WordPress
WordPress can be a very straightforward CMS for many types of websites. Our website, like most of our clients' sites, runs on WordPress exclusively. Writing and editing static content is pretty easy, but organizing your static content is a little less obvious. There are two parts to ... Read More »
Upgrading Wordpress the Easy Way
WordPress 2.5 is set to be released on March 10th. I don't recommend running out and upgrading right away, since there are no security flaws (yet) in 2.3.3. It is important, however, to keep your WordPress installation up to date. The good news is, most hosts provide ... Read More »
The Future of Premium WordPress Themes
Ian Stewart, who was one of the runners up in the Sandbox Designs Competition, has started up a new blog called Theme Shaper. He has a post up with predictions about the future development of WordPress themes, including a comment from myself. Ultimately, design depends on context, so ... Read More »
Formatting Images with WordPress
Most likely, the first thing you'll need to do with your WordPress powered site, once it's been set up, is to add content and images. We'll get into content later, but first I'll show you how to add images, since the process is less familiar. Mainly because we ... Read More »
