WordPress Tutorial: Simple Image Gallery with Captions
We wanted to get some images into WordPress side by side and with captions, but also in categories on the same page.
About Bradley Charbonneau
I've done the big corporate thing. I've done the creative writer thing. Now I'm happily in the middle. I like to help small businesses who are interested in "working their website before their website works them." I'm also interested in creating beautiful sites with powerful WordPress themes. Google+San Francisco Delayed Exchange
John Kalayjian needed a site for his San Francisco Delayed Exchange site. We combined a sleek and clean logo (Red Letter Day Graphic Design) with smart copywriting (Zeimer's Advertising Shoppe), and WordPress features to create a clean, easy-to-navigate, professional site.
The Accidental Santera
Irete Lazo's The Accidental Santera brings together the beauty of the book, its colors, its icons and shapes, and the feature-rich backend of WordPress.
ThoughtCast
Jenny Attiyeh's ThoughtCast is a superb mix of media showing off the powers of WordPress.
WordPress Tutorial: Creating a simple post (2.6.1)
Here's a brief WordPress tutorial that covers adding a simple post to your site. I choose the category, give it a title, paste in some body text, publish, and voila!
Browser Shots
A client said her site looked wonky in Internet Explorer 5.5. Of course, my first reaction is, "Internet Explorer 5.5? Well ... " But I was determined to see if it'd be an easy fix. Otherwise, I'd tell her that 0.00238% of the population uses that browser and ... " You get the idea. The [...]
WordPress Tutorial: Uploading images and adding captions (2.6.1)
With WordPress 2.6 +, image captions are built into the core image/media manager so no more need for plugins! Also, the video directly below is using WP 2.6.1 and the new media manager, its upload, editing, alignment, and caption function — all built into the core now.
Body Solution
Joanne Stearns needed a site for her bustling massage practice, Body Solution. She wanted soft colors and a relaxing atmosphere as well as a bit of calming motion. She found the bubbles at iStockPhoto and we embedded that into the sidebar for a soothing aquarium feel.
Stop Loss Alliance
With the expert help of Rock + Feather Graphic Design, we put together a beautiful site that's easy to navigate and full of just enough information. Stop Loss Alliance now has a very professional site with a few bells and whistles to put it over the top.
Things to Consider when Choosing WordPress as a CMS
Thord Daniel Hedengren says that people say he's crazy to use WordPress when there are obviously some more "powerful" applications out there. His response, "I know WordPress." I have to agree. I'd also add, "I know and LOVE WordPress." Also, I want to do one thing and do it well. I don't want to learn [...]
WordPress 2.6 Launched
WordPress 2.6 brings some speedy features as well as some I've been waiting for e.g. image captions!
NextGen Gallery: upload_max_filesize
The fabulous NextGen Gallery was maxing (timing) out when uploading zip files. My server said it could only handle 2 MB uploads, so I went searching. Most help said to make changes to the .htaccess file, but I did that and I think my host has something set up (suexec or something) that doesn't allow [...]
I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Bradley and Clive worked with me to find a title for my book. They were extremely attentive, listening deeply to what I wanted from them and working creatively and persistently with me until we found it. They generated long lists of ideas, invited plenty of input, provided their guidance, expertise, and opinions, and took a [...]
WordPress Tutorial: Image Captions and Text Alignment
Captions for images are tricky enough, then add text alignment (wrapping) and CSS and it's a recipe for disaster. Using the "Image Caption" plugin for WordPress and the simple alignment tool in WordPress, I'll walk through aligning images, their captions, and the surrounding text.
Tudla
Technology User Data Base, Latin America (TUDLA, tudla.com) needed a revamp, a rewrite, and keys to the building.