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Change the Footer in Your WordPress Admin Panel

By Editorial Staff in Themes {4 Comments}  
Change the Footer in Your WordPress Admin Panel

There are times when you want others to know that you designed the specific WordPress theme. So you would put a credential link in the WordPress footer. But if you want to take it even further, you can modify the WordPress Admin panel footer.

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How to Add Custom Dashboard Widgets in WordPress

By Editorial Staff in Themes {13 Comments}  
How to Add Custom Dashboard Widgets in WordPress

There are tons of new themes coming out for WordPress every day, but none of them seems to utilize this feature. WordPress developers should add custom dashboard widget with support information. In this article we will show you how you can customize dashboard widgets in WordPress.

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How to Display Featured Posts with Thumbnails in WordPress

By Editorial Staff in Themes {12 Comments}  
How to Display Featured Posts with Thumbnails in WordPress

In this tutorial, we will share a function which will allow users to select specific Post IDs and display them as featured posts with thumbnails by utilizing the WordPress Post Thumbnail feature that was added in WordPress 2.9. This way allows you to avoid using Sticky posts which sometimes may be necessary due to other functions in a custom project.

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How to: Related Posts with Thumbnails in WordPress without Plugins

By Editorial Staff in Themes {17 Comments}  
How to: Related Posts with Thumbnails in WordPress without Plugins

Related posts can be easily displayed with plugins, but did you ever wonder how you could display related posts with a Thumbnail without using a Plugin? In this article, we will share two different algorithm which you can use to generate related posts with thumbnails and avoid using any plugin.

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Use CSS Sprites to Beautify your WordPress Post Dates

By Todd Santoro in Themes {36 Comments}  
Use CSS Sprites to Beautify your WordPress Post Dates

Ever wonder how to super style your blog’s post date? I am going to show you how to do this using CSS sprites in about 18 minutes.

Editorial Note: This post is geared toward theme designers. Prior knowledge of CSS and WordPress is recommended.

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