Used iThemes Builder child theme, Everett to redesign a old WordPress installation at http://myranissen.com/blog/. Updated WordPress, cleaned up unused plugins, revamped with a modern theme to maintain the overall look and colors.
Used LoopBuddy to pull 4 latest posts from a specific category for the FEATURED ARTICLES section.
Used Justin Tadlock’s Get the Image plugin to automatically show the first image in every Post in case a Featured image is not present.
In wp-content/themes/BuilderChild-Everett/extensions/post-teasers-left/functions.php
replaced
<?php edit_post_link( '<img width="150" height="200" src="' . $this->_base_url . '/images/no-feature-image.jpg" class="alignleft teaser-thumb no-thumb" />', '<div class="teaser-thumb-wrapper">', '</div>' ) ; ?>
with
<?php if ( function_exists( 'get_the_image' ) ) { get_the_image( array( 'image_scan' => true, 'image_class' => 'alignleft', 'size' => 'it-teaser-thumb', 'default_image' => 'http://websitesetuppro.com/demos/myranissen/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC_0040blog.jpg' ) ); } ?>
Before:
Live Demo: http://myranissen.com/blog/ (might soon look like the after image below)
After:
Live Demo: http://websitesetuppro.com/demos/myranissen/