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This WordPress tutorial from www.startablog.ca will show you to create new posts in WordPress This video shows you how to make a new WordPress blog Post

In a recent news from the development team of WordPress, they said ‘Themes are GPL too‘.
I do not agree with all of that post’s content, as I am still thinking WordPress is similar to clay and a theme is similar to a statue you build using the clay.
but, before I write a detailed post on this, I will just point you to this post below.

I still don’t believe that the GPL was conceived with the intention of being used to protect the interests of big corporations and manipulate the little guys, but it is what it is….

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I know it’s been a couple weeks since the last issue of WordPress weekend resources. The following links cover a massive amount of WordPress theme development information, so hopefully it makes up for it.

How To Create a WordPress Theme – This series of posts by Ian Stewart over at ThemeShaper will take you through the process of making your very own WordPress theme from scratch, similar to a series of posts made by Small Potato over at WPDesigner over 2 years ago. This really is a must-read series if you’re interested in WordPress theme development.

Power Tips For WordPress Template Developers – This article by Jacob Goldman over at Smashing Magazine goes over a number of useful tips for theme developers, complete with code examples and screenshots. Topics such as how to code a featured post and members only pages are covered.

That’s all for this week. As always, be sure to let me know of any other recently published WordPress resources in the comments.

bloggingforprofits.biz Steve Pohlit shows two methods (he uses both) to backup the database (MYSQL) that contains your WordPress blog posts and comments. This is critical if you want to move your blog or have a problem with your blog (web host goes down or files become corrupt.)