Over the past couple of years WordPress has grown into much more than just a blogging platform. People are now using it as a CMS (Content Management System) to power many different types of websites. Using WordPress more as a standard CMS often requires some creative thinking when building themes and setting up the structure of categories and content. In this article we present to you 12 very useful plugins that will give your WordPress install extended CMS functionality. (via 12 Essential Plugins that Extend WordPress as a CMS | Web Design Ledger
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The Custom Admin Branding Plugin allows you to brand and customize the WordPress administration area for clients or for personal use. You can display custom images and styles for the login screen, admin header and footer. The plugin has been updated for WP 2..9 It should be fairly easy to use for anyone familiar with Wordpress and has basic css and html skills. At its simplest it only requires you to activate and then replace three images with your own. Photoshop templates are included to help you with that. (via Wordpress Custom Admin Branding « Red Letters Studio
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Agregado is a WordPress theme by Darren Hoyt and Matt Dawson, commissioned by the folks at Smashing Magazine. It features a built-in lifestream module and contact form with custom control panel options. The motivation was to preserve the personal website, aggregate your data from sources around the web like Flickr, Delicious and Twitter, and publish it all in one convenient place in a consistent format. (via Agregado Lifestream Theme for Wordpress Released | Darren Hoyt Dot Com
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The Web Design Ledger is a publication written by web designers for web designers. The primary purpose of this site is to act as a platform for sharing web design related knowledge and resources. Topics range from design inspiration to tips and tutorials and everything in between.
Mit seiner Tarnkappe macht sich Liu Bolin beinahe unsichtbar. Könnt ihr ihn in diesen Foto entdecken? Das Verfahren, das der chinesische Künstler einsetzt, um sich unsichtbar zu machen, ist leider etwas langwierig. Es taugt nicht dazu, sich flugs zu tarnen und so vor dem Chef zu verstecken, wenn der mit irgendwelchen Aktenstapeln anmarschiert kommt, die bis Feierabend abgearbeitet sein müssen. Liu Bolin benutzt Farbe. Er bemalt seinen gesamten Körper so, dass er sich völlig in den Hintergrund einfügt. Das funktioniert wirklich gut, ist aber auch ziemlich aufwendig. Gelernt hat er das wahrscheinlich von Rambo. Also nicht die Augen aufmachen, sonst fliegt die Tarnung auf! (via Liu Bolin ist ein Meister der Tarnung - DAS GADGET WEBLOG - DIGITAL LIFESTYLE TODAY AND TOMORROW
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WordPress Visual Cheat Sheet is the new document, of the Visual Cheat Sheet family, that contains a practical reference guide to WordPress 2.8. This cheat sheet (5 pages) contains the full reference guide to WP Template Tags with detailed descriptions and sample code. The simple visual style I used to design this sheet allows you to find at a glance everything you are looking for. (via WordPress Visual Cheat Sheet – woorkup.com
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Put your website or weblog home page URL in the input box and a little spider will read the html code and check for the broken links. The spider splits links in two categories, internal, from the same host, and external, outgoing link to different domains. Once you have put your start URL the bot will visit your website and follow all links checking for their status. When finish you will see a report showing all the bad links found, not only 404 status.
The URL Shortener for WordPress allows you to create your own short url using the WordPress Post ID (for eg: http://yoursite/POST-ID ). It provides two method of redirection, namely, wprewrite redirect and templateredirection (template redirect). Furthermore, it integrates multiple URL Shortening service with your WordPress.org installation, emulating the WP.me feature of WordPress.com blogs, bringing one-click or automated URL shortening upon post/page publishing using 3rd party URL Shorteners. (via URL Shortener WordPress Plugin
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Li Wei, a contemporary artist from Beijing China, has been taking self portraits to new heights… literally! His gravity defying photos have been mesmerizing the world, capturing impossible looking moments of apparent extreme danger. You’ll find Wei hanging on in dangerous situations, or crashing head on into sidewalks and cars. (via The Unbelievable and Impossible Photos of Li Wei | Webdesigner Depot
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Apple’s Aperture provides a large assortment of output options. In addition to straight printing, you can create on-screen slide shows, books, and two kinds of web galleries. Pre-built themes are provided for books, web galleries and web journals. While Aperture includes no built-in facility or documentation for creating your own templates, if you’re comfortable with Cascading Style Sheets and HTML, you can edit the built-in web gallery templates to create customized designs.
