Well, that was one heck of a week. Version 5.0 was released, my birthday came and went, and I was able to knock out some really great (if I do say so myself) posts. I thought I would have to force myself to make these more in-depth posts, but once you get in the groove, it’s not bad at all. I’m actually enjoying it.

Breadcrumbs are becoming more and more popular in new Wordpress templates. People want added functionality to their blog and breadcrumbs are a nice little addition that if done right, really add a uniqueness to your theme design. Today I will show you how to very simply add breadcrumbs to any theme design in Wordpress.

Twitter is becoming more and more popular everyday it seems. Even Rid and I here at ForTheLose.org have gotten caught up in all the hype. If you own a website, you are probably (or probably want to) add a Twitter feed to your page so your readers can track what you’re doing at every single moment of the day.
But what if you don’t want to display just your own Twitter feed on your site? What if you …

Being a web designer myself, I understand that sometimes we undergo a period of a form of “writers block.” During this bland period, things are frustrating. You have no inspiration, no ideas, and no motive. All you need to get going is a spark of creativity. Once the flame is ignited in you, there’s no stopping it. Here I’ve collected some of my personal favorite tools that I use almost every time I am working …

Well, the results are in. I just numbered each comment (only once for each commenter, excluding me) on a list from 1 – 7. I input those numbers into Random.org and pulled the lever twice. Each of these winners will receive a free Developer License to my premium WordPress Theme, Stitches, as well as 1,000 Entrecard credits. Once ForTheLose.org gets bigger, my plan is holding bigger giveaways with actual physical as well as cash prizes. …

Theme Options pages are growing in popularity among quality WordPress themes. They provide the user with greater customization control over their website without having to know a hint of HTML or CSS. If you’re a theme developer, user-friendliness should be one of the top things in your mind when you are creating a new theme for public use. You have to remember, not all of the people that use your theme are going to be as code-savvy …