Designs of the Week 3-26-10
March 26th, 2010
Some Wordpress sites for your inspiration. nanyate Allananova Carol Rivello Adaptik Komodo Media Just Coded Rails on the Road
Tags: Design, Inspiration, Wordpress
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Archive for March, 2010
Better WordPress Post Excerpt
March 21st, 2010While working on a site for a client, I was struggling with how best to control the display of recent posts using the_excerpt();, especially when I wanted one section on a page to display the excerpt in this way, and another section on the same page to display them in that way. Aside from writing multiple custom excerpt functions in functions.php, I found this plugin: The Excerpt Re-reloaded It makes a vast improvement on the default wordpress excerpt display, which is anything ...
Tags: excerpt, post, Wordpress
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WordPress CMS Tips
March 12th, 2010
After utilizing Wordpress as a Content Management System for many different websites, including PestaRoo.com and Nebraska Christian Music Festival, I have found what I believe to be some of the best techniques. Categories Section off the content of the website into different categories. For example, if you are developing a theme for a magazine-style website, you may have categories such as: Local US Global Entertainment Sports Business Humorous etc, etc The website's posts (articles) are then filed into these different categories to allow for easy browsing by readers. Use your website's categories ...
Tags: cms, tips, tutorial, Wordpress
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March Designs
March 12th, 2010
I'm always keeping my eye out for new, excellent designs. Below are what has caught my eye as of late. Dilate Media Graph Force Eagle Bend Apostolic Church Simple Station Zefxis Crafted Pixelz Velox Media
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Alternate Your Comment Colors
March 8th, 2010
Effectively styling comments can be a difficult task. One tip to make your comments more readable is to alternate their background colors. By default, Wordpress assigns a class of "even" or "odd" to each comment in the list; the first is odd, the second even, the third odd, etc, etc. So, to achieve the desired effect, put this in your style.css: li.even { list-style: none; background: #FFFF; } li.odd { list-style: none; background: #F9F9F9; } Add in a few other styling elements, such as borders and clever margins, and you can get some ...
Tags: comments, CSS, Wordpress
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