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Wordpress ~ 7 comments WP 2.5 upgrade guide

Since WordPress 2.5 is finally out here is the quick guide and overview of some new futures. In some of mine previous posts you can see some screenshots of new user interface and and a word about new features like a customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times . So let’s start upgrading!

The first and the most important thing you need to do is backup. I use WordPress database backup plugin from Austin Matzko and it’s really easy to use, you can backup all your tables

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Design, General ~ 35 comments Browser testing

I’ve written many times about cross browser importance and you all know how clients can be difficult when it comes to project review and the final result isn’t what they asked for (usually because most of them still use IE6) so you just have to test your code and design in all major browsers, operating systems, screen resolutions etc.

Multiple IE program can help you here for IE testing and here’s the list of couple services you should bookmark that make testing your latest web design a breeze.

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Wordpress ~ 10 comments Wordpress 2.5 Interface

The official Wordpress blog posted up a sneak peek into the Wordpress 2.5 release, with updated interface thanks to Happy Cog. A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times will make our lives so much easier.

As Matt says the software is basically done and stable, and could be released , but they’d like to incorporate feedback from a wider audience before making it available to the general public.

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CSS, Design ~ 108 comments Most used CSS tricks

Earlier before I have written an article about current best CSS hacks which you can see here. And now here’s the list of today’s most used CSS tricks – tips. I have added image examples for most of them because of critics on CSS hacks article. If you think I have missed any please let me know

1. Rounded corners without images
2. Style your order list
3. Tableless forms

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Wordpress ~ 10 comments Before you start blogging

Originally I wanted to write how to develop a Wordpress theme, but when I’ve done some research I’ve found out that there are many good resources for that for example on wpdesigner, so if you are starting a blog or just redesigning or whatever here’s the list of useful thing and tips you should pay attention to when you are designing – developing your blog.

If your site wants to be successful it should have unique, attractive, user friendly design and color scheme. If you are not really designer, hire someone for that, it’s good investment…

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Wordpress ~ 11 comments Wordpress Archive page

Since lot of people asked me how i have made my archives page http://stylizedweb.com/archive/ i realized that they are not really familiar with page templates so i looked over the web for some tutorials and i really couldn’t find good ones, so this tutorial will shortly explain how to do it.

If your Wordpress blog is getting bigger archive page is really good to have, and here you can list all your posts, months, weeks what ever you want.

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