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Overriding default table colors
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ In most wordpress.com themes, when you create an html table the background of each cell is transparent unless you specify otherwise. But in a few of the newer themes...
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Sidebars and other widget areas: number and position
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ No widget areas Sidebar optional: [Depending on the theme, either by selecting the relevant option in Appearance > Theme Options, or by not adding any widgets in...
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The workings of Twenty Eleven / Duster
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/ Chief attraction: the unique Showcase page template. Chief drawback: no sidebar on single posts and static pages (Duster), no sidebar on single posts (Twenty Eleven). Post...
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RSS and social media icons
Guest post by fellow forum volunteer Sergio (airodyssey) http://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...
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Guide to The Morning After
http://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...
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Clickable header image in Vertigo
In all wp.com themes, the header image or the blog title works as a link back to your homepage. Some themes allow you to hide the actual blog title and tagline (see list in my post Header images)....
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WordPress.com themes – from most to least popular (July 2011)
Stats: July 2, 2011. Data taken from the Theme Showcase site. Compare with Dec. 2010 & Jan. 2011 ranking. And watch WP continue to play games with the stats... Continue reading »
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Post formats in Vertigo
Vertigo supports ten different post formats: standard, aside, status, chat, image, gallery, quote, link, audio, video. Each one meant for different types of content, each one visually differentiated on...
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Alternative post formats
In most wordpress.com themes, posts have the same standard format on the main posts page (title, content, plus metadata & comment tab), and all the posts in a theme have the same styling. Usual...
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Customizing the blog title in Blogum
The blog title in Blogum is black, and it comes with a decorative dash. If you don't like the dash, you can use HTML in a text widget to hide it. Using a similar technique, you can also color the...
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The Gallery format as custom excerpt
Some themes support custom excerpts on index pages - see The Excerpt function. A new group of themes can now be added to the list: the themes that support custom excerpts when you use the Gallery post...
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Clickable header image in Clean Home
In all wp.com themes, the header image or the blog title works as a link back to your homepage. In Clean Home, the header image doesn't work s a home link (as a rule, this happens only when the regular...
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Gallery attachment pages: navigation links and image links
In almost all WordPress.com themes, gallery attachment pages feature previous/next navigation links; their style varies (thumbnails, text, or icons). What happens when you click the image on a gallery...
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WordPress.com themes – from most to least popular
• December 2010 & January 2011 • July 2011 • January 2012 Continue reading »
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On the recent featured image issues
Two days ago users started complaining that their featured images stopped showing up. This post explains why this is happening, as well as what you need to observe from now on. Continue reading »
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Blockquote style
When you quote a passage from another source, you can mark it as a blockquote. Doing so will automatically result in some differentiation, to make the quote stand out. The styling varies from theme to...
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Image captions with no dash in Twenty Eleven
Image captions in Twenty Eleven are adorned with a strange dash some users don't like. Using the workarounds described in this post you can get rid of the dash and center the caption text. The same...
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WordPress.com themes – from most to least popular (January 2012)
Stats: January 2, 2012. Compare with Dec. 2010 & Jan. 2011 ranking, July 2011 ranking. Continue reading »
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Full-width header image in Imbalance 2
The newly added Imbalance 2 is an unusual and interesting theme. Its main posts page normally displays post excerpts in four columns. The header area of the theme is also unusual: instead of displaying...
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Guide to Mixfolio
A detailed guide to the Mixfolio theme - including how to use the gallery and image post formats (the feature that is hopelessly underdocumented in the official wordpress.com intro to the theme)....
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