Articles in the Wordpress Category


Feb 6, 20123

WordPress Action Hooks and Filter Hooks – An Introduction

Categories: Web development, Wordpress
WordPress Action Hooks and Filter Hooks – An Introduction
If you’re learning about WordPress and are thinking of doing some plugin or theme development, then hooks are something which you should become familiar with.Even if you don’t plan on becoming a fully fledged programmer but simply like to tweak themes to suit your needs, then WordPress hooks are also something which you should be aware of.In this brief article we are going to introduce you to the two types of hooks which are used in WordPress and how you can identify them.We will also briefly look at you how you can leverage hooks to insert customised code in order to achieve some new functionality. So what are WordPress hooks? To put it simply, a “hook” is a certain location in the WordPress code which allows you to attach or run your own code. The word “hook” is an apt description because it literally conveys the act of hooking onto something - in this case hooking your code up to the core code of WordPress.Another way of describing WordPress hooks is that they are sort of like designated areas within the WordPress code which give you the opportunity to execute your own functions.If you decided to write a WordPress plugin or if ...
Jan 25, 20124

Some Useful Things About WordPress Which You Should Know

Categories: Web development, Wordpress
Some Useful Things About WordPress Which You Should Know
Straight out of the box, WordPress is an amazingly effective content management system and blogging platform.Within its core PHP interior resides functionality which makes it the most flexible and easy to use platform for creating websites ranging from the simplest blog to a full blown business eCommerce site.The majority of the WordPress functionality is clearly visible and accessible from the user interface in the administration panel.However there are also some other less obvious but powerful functional features which are available when you delve a little deeper into the WordPress internals.This article will introduce you to two common and useful functional features of WordPress which you should be aware of. WordPress Template Hierarchy WordPress uses a hierarchical template structure which determines how it renders any particular page or view for your currently active theme.The mechanics of this hierarchy are quite simple. WordPress will automatically check for the existence of certain template files in your theme folder in a pre-determined order whenever it is trying to render a particular page or view.For instance let’s take the example of a WordPress page. Before rendering any “page”, WordPress will check for the following templates in the order shown until it finds one and it will then display ...
Nov 20, 20118

How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)

Categories: CSS, Video Tutorial, Wordpress
How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)
In this video tutorial we will show you how you can customize the sytle of your WordPress site easily using a FireFox addon called Firebug. You can do the same thing using Google Chrome's inspector tool too. We'll do this by walking you through a live example in which we will make a selection of modifications to a standard WordPress site using the TwentyEleven WordPress theme. What is Firebug Firebug is a handy tool which every web developer and blog owner should have in their arsenal. Firebug enables you to very easily investigate or troubleshoot almost any CSS design question or problem. It is an ideal tool for WordPress bloggers because you can use it to assist you in making modifications to your WordPress site's styling or layout. What will be Covered in this Video Tutorial we will show you examples of CSS modifications for properties and scenarios such as the following:Changing the background color of a page Modifying the padding and margin properties to achieve a particular spacing between elements Changing the colors of text such as the main blog title and post titles Moving a particular element on a page by modifying some of its propertiesUse Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site's CSS Video Part 1Use Firebug ...
Nov 13, 20119

What’s New in the Upcoming WordPress 3.3 Release?

Categories: News, Wordpress
What’s New in the Upcoming WordPress 3.3 Release?
The new and improved edition of WordPress will be version 3.3 which is due for official release in November and it contains some exciting new features and improvements.In this post we will highlight some of these changes. Cosmetic Improvements 1. Refined Admin Menu bar The admin bar has been refined but it now also appears as part of the dashboard section too.This improved version has had some re-arranged items and it also contains new menu items such as the WordPress logo in the top left corner. When you hover over it it reveals some useful links such as an “About WordPress” and also links to the WordPress site, documentation, and support forum.Some elements in the previous version of the menu bar have been merged such as the Dashboard and Appearance which are now both combined into one menu item which has a label bearing your site’s name.2. Refined and Improved Menu Sidebar The menus on the sidebar have also changed and most if not all of the menu changes are actually only CSS3 implementations. For instance in previous versions the sidebar menu items utilized a click-to-expand format. Now each component within the sidebar menu contains a neat fly-out menu which appears when hovering over it ...
Nov 1, 201111

How to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Blog Setup, Video Tutorial, Wordpress
How to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress (Video Tutorial)
The default search engine that ships with WordPress does not do a very good job when you start to get a bit of content on your WordPress powered site. It just isn't as smart as Google search so you should integrate Google Custom Search (CSE) into your WordPress site as sooon as possible. This will allow your visitors to searh your site efficeintly.In this video tutorial I will show you how you can easily change your default Wordpress search to use Google Custom Search without using any WordPress plugin(s). Integrate Google Custom Search into WordPress VideoAlternatively, you can view this video on YouTube by going to the following linkHow to Integrate Google Custom Search into WordPressNow you should be all set to let your visitors search your site using Google search.
Oct 2, 20115

Share Your Cart Plugin Adds WP eStore Integration

Categories: News, Wordpress
Share Your Cart Plugin Adds WP eStore Integration
ShareYourCart enables product sellers to reward their customers for spreading the word about their products/services to their friends, by offering them a coupon code for their purchases, thus helping increase sales conversion.You can choose how much of a discount to give (in fixed amount, percentage, or free shipping) and to which social media channels it should be applied to. You can also define what the advertisement should say. Currently it can be integrated with the following three WordPress shopping cart plugins:WP e-Commerce (Instinct) eShop (Rich Pedley) WP eStore  (Tips and Tricks HQ)The developer of the SharYourCart plugin informed us that he integrated the plugin with our WP eStore shopping cart plugin. So if you are using the WP eStore shopping cart plugin and like the idea of what the ShareYourCart plugin does then download this free plugin and try it out.
Jun 22, 201113

Important Things You Should Know About the Upcoming WordPress 3.2 Release

Categories: News, Wordpress
Important Things You Should Know About the Upcoming WordPress 3.2 Release
The upcoming WordPress 3.2 release has moved from beta to release candidate (RC) which means the final release is just around the corner. You can download and install the WP3.2 release candidate (RC1) and install it on your test server to test and make sure that the plugins and themes that you use are working correctly. We have already tested some of our popular plugins (WordPress Shopping Cart, WordPress membership plugin etc) on this WordPress version and they are working fine. 1. Minimum MySQL5 and PHP5 Required This is good news for any plugin or theme developer as you do not have to make your plugin or theme work with the older version of PHP or MySQL. This should also force the hosting providers to sell hosting with newer version of PHP and MySQL. In my opinion it is very unfair to the customer for hosting providers to sell hosting that uses very old version of PHP.If you happen to be on a server that is still using PHP4 or MySQL4 then you need to contact your hosting provider and get them to upgrade it so when WordPress 3.2 gets released you can upgrade your site. If your hosting provider refuses to ...
Jun 3, 201117

How to Easily Import or Export any of Your WordPress Database Content (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Tech Tips, Video Tutorial, Web Hosting, Wordpress
How to Easily Import or Export any of Your WordPress Database Content (Video Tutorial)
I get asked a lot of questions on how to import or export data to or from a particular WordPress database table on a regular basis. For example:How can I export all my products details from a particular WordPress plugin to a CSV file? How can I export all the products info from WP eStore plugin to a CSV file? How can I export all my members details from the WordPress membership plugin to a Spread sheet? How can I export all my affiliates details? How can I export my customer details in a certain way? and so on...WordPress uses MySQL database and one of the benefits of MySQL database is that you can easily import or export data to and from any MySQL database table. Many people probably do not know that there is a great tool called PHPMyadmin that you can access from your cPanel (most hosting provider will offer cPanel with your hosting account for free).It is extremely easy to use PHPMyAdmin to do any kind of importing or exporting of data and it is available to you for free. All you really need is a good tutorial that shows you how to use the PHPMyAdmin tool. So we have created a ...
May 17, 20115

CSS Bugging You? Fire Those Bugs!

Categories: Blogging Tips, CSS, Shop Admin Tips, Wordpress
CSS Bugging You? Fire Those Bugs!
Cascading Style Sheets; Cascading Style S***; Convulsions, Sleeplessness & Spaghetti -- whatever you choose to call it, figuring out what's going on with your CSS can be one of the most maddening tasks a site administrator can face.  In this article, you will learn about a tool that will lessen your frustrations.In the beginning, when web pages contained only static content, HTML coding was used to define both the content and the way (style) in which information was presented to users.  Formatting, or markup codes, affecting the way content was styled was easy to debug; because the codes were usually located in proximity to the content being affected, and it was not possible for the formatting of one display element to affect another.With the advent of dynamic web pages, and content management systems such as WordPress, it became necessary to separate the styling of display elements from the actual content.   By defining element styles separately from the content, it became easier to give users a consistent presentation experience, independent of the actual content.  The styling for paragraphs, table, bullets and headers could be defined once in a style sheet, and then applied consistently throughout the content.The CSS markup language ...
Apr 19, 20118

How to Track Google Analytics Events from Your WordPress Site

Categories: Blogging Tips, Online Marketing, Wordpress
How to Track Google Analytics Events from Your WordPress Site
You are probably using a WordPress Google Analytics plugin to track your page visits and other traffic related statistics already but what if you wanted to track how many times a particular button or link gets clicked? You can use Google Analytics event tracking to get more insights into the following type of scenarios:Does the red button gets more click or the green button? Which "Buy" button gets the most clicks on my sales page (the one in the middle or the one at the end)? Which version of the banner gets clicked more often?Google Analytics (GA) is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website. Google Analytics can be customized to track any number of events. All you have to do is modify the code to match your website's needs. Setting up Event Tracking with an Example Event Tracking is a method available in the ga.js tracking code that you can use to record user interaction with website elements, such as a button click on your website. This is accomplished by attaching the method call to the particular UI element you want to track.To track an event (example: a click on a link) you need ...
Page 1 of 512345

Newsletter Subscription

Follow us for news, site and product updates, tips and freebies.

rss icon mail_icon twitter_icon

Search

Your Shopping Cart

Shopping Cart Empty
Shopping Cart is Empty
Visit The Shop

Project Stats

Blog Stats
Projects Page
Google PageRank
6,461
6351
814

Browse Posts By Category

Comment & Socialize

Here are some recent comments from our users.

Welcome to Tips and Tricks HQ

Tech tips, WordPress plugins, WordPress blog tweaks and Technical tips to build a better blog.

If you have a WordPress site you will love us. If you sell something from your WordPress site, you will love us even more!

Featured & Popular Articles

Tips and Tricks Hot Items

wordpress estore plugin
wordpress membership plugin
WordPress PDF Stamper Plugin
WordPress Lightbox Ultimate Plugin
WordPress Affiliate Link Manager Plugin
wordpress affiliate plugin