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Online Resources

This page lists Web sites and pages mentioned throughout the book. Consult these resources for up-to-date information, software products, or examples of WordPress in action.

WordPress Information

WordPress information
wordpress.org.
WordPress.com
wordpress.com.
WordPress.com support
faq.wordpress.com.
WordPress Codex
codex.wordpress.org.
WordPress forums
wordpress.org/support.
Introduction to Blogging
codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_blogging.
WordPress server requirements
wordpress.org/about/requirements.
WordPress compatible Web hosts
wordpress.org/hosting.
Words that commonly appear in spam comments
codex.wordpress.org/Spam_Words.
Using images
codex.wordpress.org/Using_Images.
Codex themes information
codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes.
Featured themes, links to lists of themes
wordpress.org/extend/themes.
Templates information
codex.wordpress.org/Templates.
Codex template tags information
codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags.
Template hierarchy
codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy.
Plugins information
codex.wordpress.org/Plugins.
Plugin directory
wordpress.org/extend.
Importing content into WordPress
codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content.
Custom fields
codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Meta.

Other Resources

Aggregators

FeedDemon
feeddemon.com.
iTunes
apple.com/itunes.
NetNewsWire
ranchero.com/netnewswire.
Newsgator Online
newsgator.com.
Wizz RSS News Reader extension for Firefox
addons.mozilla.org/firefox/424.

Blogging tools

BlogJet
blogjet.com.
Ecto
ecto.kung-foo.tv
MarsEdit
ranchero.com.
w.bloggar
wbloggar.com.

Browsers

Firefox
www.getfirefox.com.

Web Colors

An online list of color codes
www.december.com/html/spec/colorhslhex.html.

Favicons

Create a favicon
www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/

Google AdSense

Google AdSense
www.google.com/adsense.

Macromedia Flash

Macromedia Flash Player plugin
www.macromedia.com/flashplayer.

MySQL

CocoaMySQL-SBG client
www.theonline.org/cocoamysql.
MySQL & MySQL Administrator
www.mysql.com.
SQLyog client
www.webyog.com/sqlyog/index_sqlyogfree.php.

OPML

Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML)
www.opml.org.

PHP

PHP
www.php.net.

Ping and other services

Learn more about Ping-o-Matic and other services
codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services.

Plugins

Adhesive
redalt.com/wiki/adhesive.
CG-Feedread
www.chait.net/index.php?p=238.
Customizable Post Listings
www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/08/27/plugin-customizable-post-listings
Duh Gallery
blog.perfectspace.com/2006/03/28/duh-gallery-the-simple-wordpress-photo-gallery-plugin
Event Calendar
blog.firetree.net/2005/07/18/eventcalendar-30
Exec-PHP
www.soeren-weber.net/post/2005/08/18/50
Jerome’s Keywords Plugin
vapourtrails.ca/wp-keywords.
PodPress
www.mightyseek.com/podpress.
Random Header
www.martinet.nl/wp-site/random-header-plugin-header-plugin
Search Pages Plugin
randomfrequency.net/wordpress/search-pages
Spam Karma
unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma
Static front page
semiologic.com/software/static-front
Subscribe to comments
txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments
WordPress Contact Form
ryanduff.net/projects/wp-contactform
WP-Cron and WP-Cron-Mail plugins
www.skippy.net/blog/category/wordpress/plugins/wp-cron
WP-Shortstat
jrm.cc/archives/blog/wp-shortstat

Robots.txt files

Learn about robots.txt files
www.searchtools.com/robots/robots-txt.html

RSS feeds

RSS feed icons
www.feedicons.com.

Validators

Validate CSS files
jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator
Validate web pages
validator.w3.org.
Ben Hammersley’s tool to validate RSS feeds
www.benhammersley.com/tools/xhtml_validator_to_rss.html.

Web servers

Apache
httpd.apache.org.
Litespeed
litespeedtech.com.

XFN

XHTML Friends Network (XFN)
gmpg.org/xfn.

Blogs

An Eclectic Mind (Maria’s Blog)
marialanger.com.
Maria’s Guides
mariasguides.com.
KnowIT
knowit.co.nz
Miraz Jordan
mactips.info.
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