The focus of this article is taking a look at the Theme-Check Plugin. According to its description:
The theme check Plugin is an easy way to test your theme and make sure it’s up to spec with the latest theme review standards.
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Interview with Ian Pope: Web Devloper
Ian Pope is a web developer, design engineer as a contractor, and lead developer for a marketing agency in Portland. I spoke with him about his work and WordPress.
What kind of work does being a “lead developer” mean?
I design, develop, and implement both WordPress and HTML websites for a number of clients. Probably around 10 to 25 websites on any given week. I appreciate… how modular regular HTML is. It’s easier for me personally to write code, as opposed to creating an entirely different WordPress Theme. Continue reading Interview with Ian Pope: Web Devloper
Alex King: Original WordPress Contributor
When you talk about web development alongside the name Alex King, there are are a number of different projects you can associate him with. He is the founder of Crowd Favorite, which build websites and web applications. He is involved in BackupMoxie, which provides website backup and recovery. He even invented the “Share” icon, which we can see on a countless websites today.
But when you talk about WordPress, Alex King might ring some bells if you know your WordPress history. That is because King is one of the original contributors for WordPress.
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Maintaining Your WordPress Website
The Buisness2Buisness Community has just released a quick guide to Maintaining Your WordPress Website. While it is seemingly aimed at marketers, it’s a quick guide than anyone running a WordPress website could probably benefit from,.
How to Use the WordPress.org Forums
Most people who spend any time on the web are familiar with forums, message boards where people get together and talk about certain specific subjects.
The WordPress.org forums are a great tool for anyone having trouble with their self-hosted WordPress site. In this tutorial, we cover some basics about using the WordPress.org forums:
- How to access the forums
- Posting on the WordPress.org forums
- How to properly phrase a request for help
- How to answer a forum question
How to Access the WordPress.org Forums
- Go to WordPress.org Support Forums
- Select the forum that best pertains to the problem you are having.
It is worth noting that there is a specific forum for Multisite WordPress users as well as WordPress Plugins, Themes, and other areas of WordPress interest and support.
Posting on the WordPress.org forums
Now that you’ve navigated to the appropriate forum that pertains to the problem you’re having, it’s time to learn how to post in the forum.
- First, login to your WordPress.org account using the form at the top of the forum screen. If you do not already have a WordPress.org account, instead click on the “Register” button, which will take you through the steps of creating an account.
- Click on the “Add New” button next to the forum’s title to start a new post.
How to properly phrase a request for help
When starting a new post, it is important to give it a title that will clearly convey what help you are seeking.
Here is an example of a properly phrased request for help:
Anyone viewing the forums can tell at a glace what problem this user is having and if they are able to assist them.
A properly phrased request for help means it is more likely to get a response. Avoid overly general titles like “Looking for help!” or “I’m getting an error” as these are more likely to be ignored.
How to Answer Forum Questions
To answer a forum question, simply log in and click on the title of the post you wish to answer. This will bring you you to a screen that will allow you to reply to the question asked.
Finding posts that have a fewer number of replies will usually be more beneficial than responding to a post that has a large number of replies. While there’s nothing wrong with adding your voice to the conversation, there’s a better chance that the poster has already found the help they were looking from from a previous response.
Putting It All Together
WordPress.org’s forums can be a very powerful and helpful resource. By following the steps detailed in this post, you can not only find help to issues you are having with WordPress but also help strengthen the community by helping to solve the problems of others as well.
Here are some helpful articles to guide you through the WordPress Support Forums.
What is Blogging, Anyway?
Defining a Blog
If you were setting out to write an article titled “What is Blogging, Anyway?”, you would probably start out by looking into the topic the way any true internet researcher would: by typing “Blog” into Wikipedia and seeing what results came up. The definition of what constitutes a blog is fairly inline with what you might expect:
A blog (a truncation of the expression web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries (“posts”) typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). Continue reading What is Blogging, Anyway?
