Jun 24

WordPress can be used for much more than blogging. After all, it is a really complex and flexible publishing system, and with the right additions, you can do lots of other types of websites. TkJ tips me about WP Candy who has written a very good and detailed article on ten items you can use Word Press to, in addition to running a blog.

The various points in the list are all thoroughly explained, with suggestions for extensions (plugins) you can download and install in Word Press for implement the project. For example shows you how you make a link directory or an advertisement site.

1.      Create a Static Web Site

2.      Build a Directory

3.      Start a Classifieds Site

4.      Create an Article Repository

5.      Make an Image Gallery

6.      Build a Review Site

7.      Start a Discussion Forum

8.      Aggregation

9.      Membership site

10.  Ecommerce Site (online store)

So if you ever meet a person who says that WordPress is limited, you can throw this article in the face of the person … Again, fascinated by the possibilities of WordPress!

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May 11

Tutorial Blog has a very good list of 10 WordPress Tips & Tricks for Your Comment Page on WordPress blogs that you can do. Here you will find helpful tips on how you can make your comments easier to read, more well-designed and transparent, and more. Sometimes forget you to trim away commentators, which it is a bit unfortunate as it is often among the comments that it really fun with the blog posts will appear.
Titles of the guides Tutorial Blog has gathered are:

1. Display the total amount of comments on your blog.

2. A cleer row of alternating colors for your comments.

3. Giving your Wordpress comments a bit of style.

4. Seperate your comments from trackbacks.

5. Styling your author comments.

6. Numbering your Wordpress comments.

7. Disabling commenting on older posts.

8. Remove the comment section on your blog.

9. Use Twitter graphics in comments.

10. Ajax edit past comments.

 

There is a tips that I think is smart; Seperate your comments from trtackbacks,

something I probably soon will introduce in Sundream Estate blog. I have written a lot of tips and links for WordPress before. Since I run with WordPress for my blogs,try I to keep a little eye on what happens in the field – for example, the useful additions, and write here in my blog about it.

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