Since Google takes the loading time of a page as a ranking factor, it is always important for a theme designer to incorporate the required resources correctly. In Xtreme One WordPress Framework our JavaScripts are loaded only when they are…

After the international launch of Xtreme One WordPress Framework we received quite a few questions, how we have realized the pages and whether we have used language Plugins. xtreme-theme.com is a WordPress Multi-site installation and the support forum is a…

Some days ago, Frank wrote a post about Custom Pagination without WordPress Plugins. Jay comment, that something like this already exists (since Version 2.1). We don't know everything. How do you get it in your template? The best is, if…

We are very happy and proud to announce the international launch of Xtreme One WordPress Framework today. After a very successful one month pre-launch in Germany we are excited to offer Xtreme One for only $79,95 worldwide now. Xtreme One…

Today a small snippet, which I frequently use in my WordPress Widgets. It is about the determination of minimum and maximum values. Here is a piece of code from the WordPress Widget Recent Comments: if ( !$number = (int) $instance['number']…

A few minutes ago, a first version of the announced admin bar can be found in the current trunk. This feature will be included in WordPress 3.1. The admin bar can be accessed from the backend and the frontend as…

In a WordPress Framework or Basic-Theme are one or several Widget Areas (Sidebars) defined. But how can you remove the widget areas if you don't need them and just confuse other backend users. The line unregister_sidebar('my-sidebar'); in functions.php of Child-Themes…

Archive pages are usually paged according to your settings in options/reading. Sometimes you may want to offer a page with all posts for an archive (time, category, search result). You need: a separate address for the unpaged archive, a filter…

WPBeginner wrote a nice post today, how to create a separate page for blog posts. And we appreciate WPBeginners great posts, but before you start to use their solution, here is a 3 second solution to make this work faster,…

I just recognized, that the Nav Menu UI of WordPress 3.0 got updated. Here are 2 screenshots from the trunk: © WP Engineer Team, All rights reserved (Digital Fingerprint: WPEngineer-be0254ce2b4972feb4b9cb72034a092d)…

The new menus WordPress 3.0 just got an update, provided by Ptah Dunbar. Thanks Ptah, cool work! I checked out the new version. But first a screenshot of the backend: As you can see, you can build your menu from…

Unfortunately we don't have time right now to write new posts, but at least we want you to show some new screenshots of WordPress 3.0. WordPress 3.0 Background settings Now you have the option to set positon, repeat and attachment.…

In WordPress 3.0, it will have, additional to the Custom Header Image support, also a Custom Background Support. A first snapshot is in the current trunk. To use the functionality, the theme needs in functions.php this line: add_custom_background(); After that,…

Everybody who installs WordPress quite often knows the problem: You always have to do the same adjustments, for example deleting the Hello World post. That cost time and money. Our friend Thomas Scholz alias toscho had a simple but genius…

In WordPress 3.0 it will be possible to use specific author templates. The function get_author_template() has been expanded in wp-includes/theme.php. Now you can create a author-michael.php or author-123.php, which will be called via the WordPress Template Hierarchy in connection…

Exclusively 2 Screenshots of the new WordPress 3.0 Multisite Settings. You can find them under Options->Network: After you set the settings, you receive in a second step the content for wp-config.php and .htaccess. Additionally you have to create the subfolder…