October 30, 2008 – 1:39 pm
I’ve recently started to take a more organic approach to site design – I was getting hacked off with the ‘clean’ or ’3D’ look that web2.0 seems to be wallowing in. Previously connection speeds have been an issue but with browser and IP technology improvements this isn’t so relevant. I tend to do basic layouts [...]
October 30, 2008 – 1:03 pm
At some point you may decide to take the leap from a pre-packaged online blogging platform such as Blogger or WordPress.com and set up your own WordPress installation. It may seem like a crazy notion but if you choose the right host they will do most of the work for you. Also these days the [...]
October 24, 2008 – 5:27 pm
A recent problem found some interesting solutions – I wanted to show a feature on posts of a certain category only. The feature was the excellent ratings widget from gdragon – the problem was that from their dashboard it was either all or nothing regarding which posts showed the widget. So I included the following [...]
September 26, 2008 – 4:09 pm
I was recently asked by JohnC from lifeonwards for some icon creation tips for Photoshop and links to tutorials about the same. My first tip for icon creation is to steer away from Photoshop for this sort of image creation – all the tools are there if you need them but Adobe Illustrator is much [...]
August 15, 2008 – 3:06 pm
For a loverly calendar style date for your posts please steal the following code… First you need to place some code into your index.php file just after the start of the loop ie just after <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?> as follows… <div class="date_cal"> <div class="day"><?php the_time ('D'); ?></div> <div class="date"><?php the_time [...]
- my first full theme for WordPress. You can download it here. Please get back to me if you find any glitches, bugs or hooning errors. Or actually – just keep them to yourself and let me live in blissful ignorance…
…the header for my new theme. I just have to cobble together the rest of the site and it’s all done (…?)
This depends on how far you want to go… …if you just want to change the header graphic, and maybe the colour scheme you will find that K2 is fantastic in that respect (also take a look at Thematic). However if you want to completely butcher the layout – for example change sidebar configuration and [...]
I’ve sifted through many contact form plugins for wordpress. Luckily you don’t have to go through the nightmare of trying them all out as I have done it for you! The best, most customisable I’ve found is available at delicious days (great recipes there too – in case you get peckish during installation). A huge [...]
If you want to change your archives in WordPress from full posts to excerpts go to design>theme editor>archive.php and change the following code from <?php the_content(); ?> to <?php the_excerpt(); ?> If archive.php doesn’t exist then best leave well alone….. (PS this also works on your index page)