David Fiske Affiliate Marketing & Web Development

May 2009 Archives

11/05/09 - SunPress Extreme! – Part Two

So the last post walked you through what the widgets look like and the content side of things. This post will walk you through the SunPress side of things.

Here’s the process of booking a holiday using SunPress right out of the box: More

11/05/09 - SunPress Extreme! – Part One

Since building "that" widget, I’ve become addicted to SunPress. Admittedly, I’ve not used it much until now, mainly as I’ve not had a Wordpress blog to install it on. Well that’s changed and over the past few weeks, I’ve been hacking away at SunPress to make it suit my needs.

Sunpress is ready to go from the box but for those who put some time and effort in, you can hack away at making it unique and personal to you. Needless to say, I’m not one to install it and leave it alone and so here is my effort.

The Site

The site is called Cheap Honeymoon Deals and focuses on honeymoon trips predominantly to the Caribbean. It’s a Wordpress powered using a self-developed custom theme (inspired by a free template) running SunPress, Sunpress Exchange and my new travel agent box widget, as well as a few other bits and bobs.

I only installed the core functionality of SunPress, so at the beginning of this project stood an empty Wordpress blog with SunPress bolted on. There’s an option to integrate it fully (automatically setting up permalinks, categories and draft posts) but I chose not to. More