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Having a local WordPress test environment is essential for developing themes, plugins, and updating sites. The last thing you want to do is update a live site or install a plugin that completely breaks the site. In this tutorial I'm going to take you through the steps that will give you a local WordPress environment that will allow you to safely and efficiently develop for WordPress.

If you are a Wordpress user who likes to get your hands dirty with the codes, or one who just loves installing plug-ins and changing themes, you'll understand

"WordPress has a built-in feature Post Thumbnails aka Featured Images. There is also a built-in function add_image_size() which lets you specify image sizes and give you the option to crop. Using these core functions in your theme can essentially eliminate the need of a third party script like TimThumb in most cases."

"In celebration of Cyber Monday, today we're going to show you a technique for creating a custom "Splash Page" for your WordPress theme. You're probably seeing a lot of these around the net today, so you know that they're great for running quick promotions of products or events... but you can have fun with it and come up with creative ways to use a splash page such as advertising, donation button, radio pledge drives, highlight of an upcoming race, or highlight of a new product."

Wordpress startup guide, themes - CMS as a wordpress etc...

Building your own wordpress themes will open your eyes to a lot of things, mainly the fact that you'll be retyping a lot of code over and over and over again. So in this post I am going to show you ten wordpress code hacks that you can add to your arsenal that will not only save you a lot of time, but they will also set your themes apart from others who don't come pre built with these types of features.

A while back I wrote an article about a function to generate a dynamic copyright to display in themes. Although I imagine the function can be adapted to be used elsewhere, the original intent was to place the function call in the footer of any given theme.

In our Weekly WordPress Roundup #37, I want to talk a little about the phrase you probably heard a lot before - Giving Back to the WordPress Community.

These 10 professional freebies from DealFuel, will not only save you a lot of time but also make sure that your creations have the right edge.

A new week has passed and it is time to summarize the week´s events. Let´s take a look at the week´s events. Here is our Weekly WordPress Roundup #32.