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Author and profile displayed or not

Posted by Panos ⋅ August 15, 2009 ⋅ 70 Comments

https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ [Post re-written December 2011, after the recent WP updates.] Profile & avatar Normally you upload your avatar image in Users > My Profile; in case this doesn’t work, you can do it directly at http://en.gravatar.com/. Note: avatar or gravatar = user pic; not to be confused with favicon or blavatar = blog pic (shows … Continue reading →

The customizer and other settings/options

Posted by psao ⋅ March 28, 2013 ⋅ 14 Comments

What the tool does, what to do if it doesn’t work, and why you should do it anyway.

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Guide to The Morning After

Posted by Panos ⋅ June 2, 2011 ⋅ 243 Comments

https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ (To Vivian) The Morning After is one of the most recently added wp.com themes. Distinguishing feature: its homepage template – plus lots of options. The header area Upper section: title, tagline, search, header links The special header links (green icon plus text) can be any of these five: Home, About, Archives, Subscribe, Contact. Each … Continue reading →

RSS and social media icons

Posted by Panos ⋅ May 16, 2011 ⋅ 27 Comments

Guest post by fellow forum volunteer Sergio (airodyssey) https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ RSS Feeds Some themes come with built-in RSS links (posts and/or comments), either as a text link, an icon, or both, as indicated on the list below. “Built into the theme”: icons/links can be hidden with the CSS upgrade and a knowledge of the CSS language … Continue reading →

List of posts

Posted by Panos ⋅ January 9, 2011

https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ 1. THEME SURVEYS General • WordPress.com themes – from oldest to newest • WordPress.com themes – from most to least popular Various features • Archives and Links page templates • Blockquote style • Category/archive pages: full posts or not • Category descriptions • Child pages: links displayed on parent or as dropdowns • Color … Continue reading →

Non widget-aware themes

Posted by Panos ⋅ May 27, 2009 ⋅ 10 Comments

https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ Update July 09: post obsolete – all themes except Monotone have become widget-aware. (The descriptions below still apply, but only to the themes’ default, i.e. what you get if you don’t activate any widgets.)