K2 is a wonderful theme for the Blog Platform- WordPress. Before modifying it you need to know the basics of XHTML, CSS and PHP. You can find good tutorials for these on the net. A good introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can be found here.

Continue reading ‘How to create a custom K2 Scheme: Part 1′

A reader just reported to me that the Adsense Ads were not being displayed on the header and sidebar. So I looked into it and fixed the problem. Your blog name and description will also appear on header.

You can download TechnoBlue from here.

If you downloaded the latest version of WordPress (2.0.3), you will encounter the “Are You Sure” Bug when you edit comments in the WordPress Administration Panel. When you are finished editing comments, it asks you “Are you sure?” and when you click OKAY, it takes you to the wrong page and screws up your comments by inserting a slash before every quote mark.

To fix the problem download the new WordPress Plugin, upload it to /wp-content/plugins/ and activate it.

Found via Lorelle’s blog

What do you do when you want to test WordPress Themes and Plugins before activating them on your blog? Do you test them online and waste bandwidth? Well, there is a better way. With EasyPHP you can test WordPress Themes and Plugins offline. EasyPHP is a program that allows to easily install Apache, MySQL and PHP.

Continue reading ‘How to setup WordPress in EasyPHP’

After a lot of requests from readers, I decided to put my previous theme called TechnoBlue for download. It is a 3 column K2 Mod for WordPress.

Continue reading ‘TechnoBlue Released’

Wordpress has released the latest stable version of 2.0 Series, 2.0.3, and is ready for download. This version is a bug fix and provides security and other small performance enhancements.

Via WordPress Development Blog

Michael Heilemann recently posted on Flickr these screenshots of the future navigation system of K2.

Continue reading ‘Future of K2′

Akismet is an anti spam plugin for WordPress that checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use this service.

A new version of Akismet Anti Spam plugin, version 1.15, is now available for download.

Continue reading ‘Akismet WordPress Plugin version 1.15′

It has now become possible to get a WordPress.com account without getting a free WordPress blog. WordPress.com has updated the registration page

If you ask me, I say this is a good idea as it helps bloggers who want an API key for the Akismet plugin without getting a blog. You can also leave comments on blogs that require sign-in, without getting a blog for yourself.

This is useful for WordPress.com also as they can now save system resources on empty blogs

The Shuttle project began over a year and a half ago, aiming to beautify the WordPress administration panel. With the help of Khaled Abou Alfa, Michaeil Heilemann, Chris J Davis, Joshua Sigar, Joen Asmussen, Ryan Boren and Bryan Veloso, Shuttle has finally taken off.

To get a better sense of what Shuttle is, I recommend you take a look at some of the screenshots. Shuttle is not a plugin you can download, instead it will be integrated into the next version of WordPress. The Shuttle team has worked closely with Matt Mullenwegg, lead WordPress developer, to seamlessly incorporate their efforts into WordPress.