For WordPress 2.7+ Installations

Locate the following code in your index.php or single.php file (whichever file your theme uses to show single post pages):

<?php comments_template(); ?>

Replace that code with the following:

<?php comments_template('', true); ?>

That is it for that file.   Now go to your comments.php file and locate the following code:

<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>

Immediately below that code, insert the following code:

<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['comment']) ) : ?>

Okay, once that is done, you’ll next need to scroll down a little further (still in the comments.php file) and locate the following code:

<?php wp_list_comments(); ?>

You’ll want to replace that code with the below code:

<?php wp_list_comments('type=comment'); ?>

Immediately below this function you should see the following code:

</ol>

Directly below that code, place the following code:

<?php endif; ?>

That should take care of the comment loop.  The last step is to insert the code which will display the trackbacks/pingbacks.  This can be placed anywhere below the code we just hacked above:

<?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['pings']) ) : ?>
<h3 id="pings">Trackbacks/Pingbacks</h3>
<ol>
<?php wp_list_comments('type=pings'); ?>
</ol>
<?php endif; ?>

Some people prefer to display their trackbacks and pingbacks below the comment form or somewhere else out of the way, so this is really up to you!  Just place the above code where you want to show them.   If you don’t like them showing at all on your blog, just don’t place the above code at all.

Once that is done, it is time to give it a try.  Check it out on your blog and let us know how everything turns out!

For Pre-WordPress 2.7 Installations:

Prior to WordPress 2.7, the comment form wasn’t nearly as functional as it is with the newer versions and also included a lot more code, but it is still possible to separate the trackbacks and comments using the old comment loop.     If you’d like to separate your trackbacks from your comments on a WordPress 2.6 or earlier installation, here is the steps you’ll need to take.

First, access your comments.php file and grab the following code:

<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>

Immediately after the above code, you’ll want to place the following code:

<?php $comment_type = get_comment_type(); ?>
<?php if($comment_type == 'comment') { ?>

Next, scroll down a little bit and locate the following code:

<?php endforeach; /* end for each comment */ ?>

Immediately before the above code, you’ll want to place this code:

<?php } /* End of is_comment statement */ ?>

This will filter out all of the trackbacks and pingbacks from your main comments loop. Now we need to create a second comments loop to display the trackbacks and pingbacks.  Almost immediately below the code from step 2 you should find this code:

<?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>

Immediately before the above code, you’ll want to place this code:

<h3>Trackbacks</h3>
<ol>
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
<?php $comment_type = get_comment_type(); ?>
<?php if($comment_type != 'comment') { ?>
<li><?php comment_author_link() ?></li>
<?php } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>

You can adjust this code to display how you want to, including using a different header if you have a specific look for your header 3.

If you’ve tried this tutorial, let us know how it worked for you in the comments!

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Below we’ve gone out and collected our favorite real estate themes and provided you with screen shots and information on where you can go to get a hold of one of these designs.   Each design should include a control panel to easily setup your design and will also include a variety of features built in specifically for Realtors to use.  Examples include the ability to upload maps to the property, videos tours can be added, etc.

Agent WordPress Theme

Multiple-Use ($59.95), All StudioPress Themes ($199.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Smooth Real Estate WordPress Theme

Single-Use ($119.95), Multiple-Use ($189.95), Developer’s Pack ($289.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Bel Air Realtor Theme

Single-Use ($79.99), Multiple-Use ($149.99), Developer’s Pack ($349.99)

Source/Demo | Purchase

WP Pro Real Estate WordPress Theme

Multiple-Use ($25.00)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Open House Theme

Single-Use ($79.95), Multiple-Use ($149.95), Developer’s Pack ($249.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

iReal Estate Theme

Multiple-Use ($59.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Colonial Real Estate WordPress Theme

Multiple-Use ($79.95), Developer’s Pack ($199.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Sources:

• Real Estate Themes

• Impressive Church WordPress Themes

Below you’ll find we’ve gathered a variety of church templates which are already available for anyone to use.   Once purchased, these themes should all include control panels which allow the user to help avoid having to deal with code, and many include other advanced features.

Grace Church WordPress Theme

Single-Use ($59.00), Developer’s Pack ($159.00)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Church WordPress Theme

Multiple-Use ($59.95), All StudioPress Themes ($199.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

bChurch WordPress Theme

Multiple-Use ($79.95), Developer’s Pack ($149.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

WordPress Church Theme

Multiple-Use ($20.00)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Springs Religious WordPress Theme

Multiple-Use ($79.95), Developer’s Pack ($149.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Church Life WordPress Theme

Multiple-Use ($79.95), Developer’s Pack ($149.95)

Source/Demo | Purchase

Sources:

• Church Themes

• Professional Real Estate WordPress Themes

After about a week of development between design and coding, the new theme is ready and loaded!  Here is a screen shot of the new homepage:

What do you think?   Let me know in the comments!

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While scouring the internet, we came up with a number of great resources for Bloggers users, which we’ve collected below.

How to Build a Better Blogger Template Series:

• The Structure of a Blogger Template
• The Structure of a Blogger Template Code
• The Structure of CSS Styling Section
• Setting the Properties of a Container
• Common Containers and Elements in a Blogger Template
• Using the Generic Blogger Template
• Setting the Template Size
• The Body Section of the Blogger Template Code
• More Explanation about the Body Code
• Making a 3-Column Template
• Starting Your Own Blogger Template
• How To Embed Images as Background

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• Blogcrowds
• Blogger Themes
• Btemplates
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• Falconhive
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• OurBlogTemplates
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Blogger Widgets and Plugins:

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• U Comment I Follow Widget
• Label Cloud Plugin
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• Google Talk Widget
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• Sudoku Game Widget
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• Alexa Traffic Widget
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• Flash MP3 Player Widget
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• Tab View Widget
• Random/Rotating Banner Widget
• Social Bookmarking Widget
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• Twitter Profile Widget
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Blogger Hacks:

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Other Blogger Resources:

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Know of some resources that belong on this list?   Please let us know!

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One of the things I recommend readers do on these types of blogs which use WordPress is to adjust the date field to instead show the last modified date.   This way posts that were written two years ago won’t have that date if you’ve updated them more recently!

Here is the code you’ll need to easily accomplish this.   As always, you’ll want to make a backup of your single.php file (or any files you will be changing) before proceeding.

Locate the following code in your template (may not look exactly like this):

Posted on: <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?>

Now replace it with the following code:

Posted on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?>
<?php $u_time = get_the_time('U');
$u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U');
if ($u_modified_time != $u_time) {
echo "and last modified on ";
the_modified_time('F jS, Y');
echo ". "; } ?>

Now your posts should show the last modified date immediately after the original posting date, rather than just showing the original post date!

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Here is the code you’ll need to easily add the most recent Twitter entry:

<?php
// Your twitter username.
$username = "TwitterUsername";
// Prefix - some text you want displayed before your latest tweet.
// (HTML is OK, but be sure to escape quotes with backslashes: for example href=\"link.html\")
$prefix = "";
// Suffix - some text you want display after your latest tweet. (Same rules as the prefix.)
$suffix = "";
$feed = "http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=from:" . $username . "&rpp=1";
function parse_feed($feed) {
$stepOne = explode("<content type=\"html\">", $feed);
$stepTwo = explode("</content>", $stepOne[1]);
$tweet = $stepTwo[0];
$tweet = str_replace(”&lt;”, “<”, $tweet);
$tweet = str_replace(”&gt;”, “>”, $tweet);
return $tweet;
}
$twitterFeed = file_get_contents($feed);
echo stripslashes($prefix) . parse_feed($twitterFeed) . stripslashes($suffix);
?>

Simply add your Twitter username where it says “TwitterUsername” in the code above!

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There are actually a number of reasons bloggers would want to keep their pictures from being indexed by Google, a few examples being bloggers who like to post personal pictures, or custom make their pictures and don’t want others to take them.

If you feel that you fit into this category, Google has made it very easy for you to opt out of having your images indexed.  Simply place the following code into your blog’s header file above the < /head > tag:

<meta name="robots" content="noimageindex">

If your site has a problem with people taking your content (including the pictures) via scrapers, etc., then there is a chance Google will still index them when they index that person’s website. Another route you can take is to place images into a folder then add a disallow to your Robots.txt file.

If you are a WordPress user, this is fairly easy as by default, as we already have pictures in either our Images folder of our theme, or the uploads folder (unless you’ve assigned a custom path for your images). You can add something like the following to your Robots.txt file:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /images/

or

User-agent: *
Disallow: /uploads/

Any questions? Leave them in the comments!

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For those unfamilar with these buttons, they only show up for people who are logged into the admin panel (readers can’t see them).   When clicked, you are routed directly to the post/page or comment within the admin panel so you can edit the post.   It has been my experience that having access to these buttons can save a lot of time when trying to manage and update older posts. 

If you’d like to add an “edit” button on your individual posts or pages, here is the code you will want to place somewhere in your post and/or page template (usually called single.php and page.php) where you want it to display:

<?php edit_post_link(__("**Edit**"), ''); ?>

If you’d like to add an “edit” button to your individual comments, here is the code you need to place somewhere in your comments loop (usually called comments.php) where you want it to display:

<?php edit_comment_link(__("**Edit**"), ''); ?>

Don’t forget that you can also wrap them in a div to control its placement and appearance.

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Well, I for one still believe that categories and archives should be displayed on blogs.   If you’d like to do the same for a WordPress blog, here is the code you’ll want to use.   For your convenience, we’ve provided two options for each:  traditional display and drop-down menus.

Simply paste the WordPress code below in your sidebar.php file where you want the category or archives to display:

Display Categories

<h2>Categories</h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name'); ?>
</ul>

Display Categories in Drop-Down Box

<form action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/" method="get">
<?php
$select = wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_none=Select category&show_count=1&orderby=name&echo=0');
$select = preg_replace("#<select([^>]*)>#”, “<select$1 onchange=’return this.form.submit()’>”, $select); echo $select; ?>
<noscript><input type=”submit” value=”View” /></noscript>
</form>

Display Archives

<h2>Archives</h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
</ul>

Display Archives in a Drop-Down Box

<select name=\"archive-dropdown\" onChange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;’>
<option value=\”\”><?php echo attribute_escape(__(’Select Month’)); ?></option>
<?php wp_get_archives(’type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=1?); ?> </select>

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