WordPress 2.5.1 has officially been released. The new version includes over 70 bug fixes, performance enhancements, and an important security fix. For more information on WordPress version 2.5.1, read the official WordPress version 2.5.1 documentation.
Download the latest versions of WordPress: 2.5.1

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SDAC Inc. provided:

• XHTML/CSS programming
• bbPress theme customization
• WordPress blog theme customization
• bbPress plugins and customization

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, CSS, bbPress

front end:

The client approached me with mockups for the site that I then turned into the XHTML and CSS in the bbPress and WordPress themes. The layout is simple and to the point.

back end:

The main site uses a heavily customized version of bbPress for the main site that I put together using custom functions and existing plugins. This functionality and layout that is not typically seen in “forums”, but the site is a great blend (functionally/visually) of a blog and a forum. The other pages and blog part of the site was created using a basic install of WordPress.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

This was a great project to work on and it really made me spend a lot of time looking through all the bbPress functions to turn bbPress into a flexible framework to get this job done. I look forward to more bbPress sites in the future because even though the codebase is still rather immature - there is a great base it’s lightweight footprint makes it really easy to work with.

After upgrading a number of sites to WordPress 2.5 - the questions are pouring in over the new user interface and the new functionality. I have compiled a list of the top questions I have received so far.

1. I am getting weird PHP errors on my pages, what is going on? I have been busy with a lot of these issues and mostly from people who have updated to WordPress 2.5 but did not update any of their plugins at the same time. During the installation process - do not forget to grab the latest version of your plugins as well.
2. My thumbnails are squished - how do I make them look better? WordPress 2.5 allows you to set the size of your thumbnails as well as gives you a “medium” size image option. By default, WordPress uses this option: Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are proportional). If you upload images that are not square - this will really make your thumbnails look squished. I would recommend un-checking this option. (Settings > Miscellaneous)
3. How do I turn on/off Gravatar support? This setting is located at the bottom of the discussion setting page (Settings > Discussion)
4. How can I link my images to a page (attachment) like I did in 2.3? If you want to link your images to a page with a bigger version of the image within your page template, you can do so by selecting “Post URL” in the “Link URL” field when uploading an image with the new media uploader. There is also a new template for this page - image.php. You can find an example template in the default theme.
5. My comments are not visible in the WordPress admin - what can I do to fix this? I have found this to be an issue on some sites with really outdated versions of WordPress. By executing: create index comment_date_gmt on wp_comments(comment_date_gmt); on the WP database - I have found that that usually clears it up. (Thanks to the WordPress forum thread on this)
6. What all changed? If you want a great overview (with a video) check out the WordPress blog post on WordPress 2.5

Hopefully these answers will help you with getting more comfortable with WordPress 2.5. There are a lot of big and small changes to this new version of WordPress and every day I use it - I like it more (and hope you do too).

url: http://www.tamradaviscookingshow.com/

SDAC Inc. provided:

• XHTML/CSS programming
• Custom web design
• WordPress theme customization
• Custom WordPress plugins

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress , PHP, CSS

front end:

The client approached me wanting a very simple interface that would allow people to focus on her content. She wanted something that would be dynamic and easy to maintain so all content areas of the site are editable by using the WordPress admin.

back end:

The client also wanted an easy way to combine different posts to create a “master” post (the show) so her viewers could see a lot of content without taking up a lot of room on the page. Because of this - I used AJAX to show/hide content with an accordion in the “shows” section. I then created a custom plugin to tie in multiple posts in the “show” section.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

The shows and recipes are great and I look forward to the cookbook!