Show and Tell
I've been extremely busy for the last several months, working on many blog headers and custom themes. I haven't had time to update my portfolio, but I thought I'd show off several of the sites I've worked on, and encourage you to pay them a visit - they're all very...
A Basic Guide to WordPress Template Tags
Recently a reader asked how to add the time of a post to a theme, so I thought I would give a basic overview of WordPress template tags. This is one of those things that seems like it must be really complicated, but actually isn't. What is a template tag? Template...
Are You a Link Whore?
Since the whole I Follow Movement thing last spring, there have been lists of blogs published with titles like "10 High PR I Follow Blogs" encouraging readers to visit and comment, and "be sure it doesn't look too spammy or it might get deleted." Now that page rank...
Online Treasure Hunt
Performancing is celebrating their 2 year anniversary with an online treasure hunt! There are some great prizes to be had: 1 hour free consultation with Chris Garrett (value $150) Free custom logo from Randa Clay (value $350) 1-year free Professional MegaEdition...
SmartLinks Plugin and Widget: a Review
There's a cool new plugin out that automatically gives your readers extra information about some of the items you link to. It's called SmartLinks, and basically what it does is analyze the links in your posts and brings contextually correct information directly to the...
Blog Design Review: ChrisG.com
I've been reading Chris Garrett's blog since I began blogging, and have always found it to be an outstanding resource. Reading his e-book, "How to Write Killer Flagship Content", had a great deal of impact on how I think about my content. If you haven't read it, stop...
Free Daily Stock Image
I've just discovered a new source for free stock photography and vector images. I've been a regular visitor to iStockPhoto for their weekly free image for a while, but Crestock offers a daily free image! You can subscribe to the free image feed as well, which is...
The easy way to learn CSS and customize your blog theme
With the release of my DIYTheme last week, I promised I would show you step by step how to customize it. I know there are a lot of people who would probably like to change some things about their current theme, but just aren't sure where to begin, and don't want to go...
DIY Theme Released
Click here to see the live demo of this and other themes I've released. Click here to download the zip file. This theme is a clean and simple design, set up for you to be able to customize it. I have included seven different header images for you to choose from in the...
Are you right brained or left brained?
I have always thought I was a straight down the middle kind of person - I can be extremely logical, literal and analytical, but creative and intuitive as well. I guess I'm more right brained than I thought, because for a long time I could only see this dancer spinning...