The Designer's Block

Over the past year I have gradually been learning and developing skills in the art of WordPress, a Content Management System for the masses – “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.”

Here I would like to share some useful links that I have accumulated over this period – Enjoy!

Getting Started

11 tips for speeding up WordPress theme development

Convert XHTML & CSS to WordPress

How to convert any web template into a WordPress theme

How to create a WordPress theme from scratch

How to create WordPress themes from scratch

So you want to create WordPress themes, huh?

Designing for WordPress: Complete series downloads

Developing a WordPress Theme

Dissection of a WordPress theme

WordPress.org Codex: Template Tags

WordPress for beginners: Optimizing WordPress settings

Advanced and Misc

10 steps to protect the admin area in WordPress

101 techniques to create a powerful CMS using WordPress

20 WordPress tricks to improve your blog

Build your own online store using WordPress

Create date badge with WordPress and CSS

Easily adaptable WordPress loop templates

Horizontally Sequenced Display Order for WordPress Posts in Two Columns

Huge compilation of WordPress code

Multiple Loops and Multiple Columns with WordPress, XHTML and CSS

Power tips for WordPress template developers

Taking WordPress one step further

Use body ID / Class to control WordPress page elements

Widgetising themes

WordPress 101: WordPress tutorial videos

WordPress Developer’s Toolbox

WordPress god: 300 tools for running your WordPress blog

WordPress MU Tutorials

Plugins

10 WordPress plugins guaranteed to save you time

18 WordPress plugins to add professionalism to your blog

AJAX calendar plugin

Cross-linker plugin

Flutter – wordpress CMS plugin

Google website optimizer plugin

Gravatar – globally recognised avatars

IntenseDebate – imagine better comments

Moderator plugin: allows you to view and moderate comments from your desktop

Multi-level navigation plugin

Page link manager plugin

Widget Logic – control the pages that the widget will appear on

WordPress e-commerce plugin

Themes

Free

Blueprint WordPress theme – FireAndKnowledge.org

Flow theme

Free magazine WordPress themes – UnoDesignStudio.com

FREEmium WordPress theme

Free Themes – DesignDisease.com

Free themes – ForTheLose.org

MyoKyawHtun.com

Outdoorsy theme

WebRevolutionary.com

WooThemes.com – Free

Wordspop.com

Premium

ElegantThemes.com

GraphPaperPress.com

PremiumThemes.com

PremiumThemes.net

RichWP.com

ThemeForest.net

ThemeGalaxy.net

WooThemes.com