How to Create a Wordpress Theme from Scratch
Following on from the recent article on "PSD to HTML", this tutorial will look at taking a HTML/CSS template and turning it into a functioning WordPress theme. There is so much you can do when creating your own theme we couldn't nearly cover it all. So, we're going to look at how themes are structured, creation of the core files and splitting up that index.html file. The structure of a WordPress theme is fairly simple, I like to start with the CSS file. It details everything about the theme for WordPress to use. Because this is such a large topic we're splitting it into a two part series - this part making a simple but functioning theme from a standard HTML & CSS template, and the second part will look at adding more of the advanced features. I will be working on turning the great template "Typography Paramount" by Six Shooter Media into a simple WordPress theme. The style sheet is the defining file of the theme for WordPress. We're now going to create index.php Continue to Part 2.
Make Yourself Available to Readers with a Contact Form
Blogging has become popular over the past five years for two main reasons. Bloggers like the ability to have their voice heard without having to go through editors or censorship, while readers enjoy blogs because they are quicker to break news and they allow direct interaction with the author. Whenever I create a new blog, the first thing I add is an About page to give more information about the author, and the second thing I add is a way to contact the author. This form provides you with the security you need to protect your e-mail address and personal information from spammers while at the same time providing you a bunch of useful functionality. Add a drop-down menu to give users optionsGive users the option to carbon copy themselvesAdd a challenge question that users need to answer If you are a WordPress user and don’t have a contact form, or you just aren’t happy with the one you are using, I recommend giving this one a shot. Contact Form ][ PXS Mail FormEnhanced Contact Form
User:Lastnode/Wordpress CMS
User:Lastnode/Wordpress CMS This Page is Obsolete Since the introduction of Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, and MultiSite in WordPress 3.0, the customization described below is no longer necessary to utilize WordPress's content management system (CMS) capabilities. For examples of how others are using WordPress, take a look at the WordPress CMS showcase. This page describes WordPress some five major versions ago, and has been nominated for deletion. This article is a ROUGH DRAFT. Ever since the very early releases of WordPress, users have been eager to customize the software to suit their own needs. What is a CMS? In computing, a content management system (CMS) is a document centric collaborative application for managing documents and other content. In plain English, CMS is basically a blog on steroids. Pages vs. Let's begin by defining the differences and what aspects of the WordPress default functions need to be changed in order to turn WordPress into a CMS. Control Over Archives 1.
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Fresh Icon Sets To Improve Your Designs - Noupe Design Blog
Mar 09 2011 A predefined icon set collection is like a resource reservoir for graphic designers which can be used to improve the appearance of the designs they’re working on. Nevertheless, these icons should be seen as an inspiration and we encourage you all to try creating your own icons for designing portfolios, blogs, corporate designs, magazines and Web applications. Tutorials on how to create your own icons (almost everything is possible!) are available after the jump. Here, all icon sets are free. IC Minimal Icon Set – by Design Deck – Available in 28 Icons in total all PNG & JPG format and a size of 64x 64. Mail Icons / Elements – A set of vector mail icons. Web Icons Tile-Style – A clean set of stylish web icons in 256 x 256 pixels. Weather Icons – A set of beautiful ‘weather’ icons. Shopping Icons – Set of 12 shopping icons in 256 x 256 pixels. Glossy: Free Icon Set – This free icon set has 20 high quality semi-transparent and glossy icons. The Lost Props – Movie based OSX icons. (ik)
Photoshop to WordPress: A Basic Guide | Randa Clay Design
Recently I asked you what you’d like to learn how to do, and one reader asked about the process of taking a mockup of a site into WordPress. There are quite a few good tutorials out there and you’ll want to read several as you’ll pick up different ideas and tips from each one. Anyway, this is my process: Create your mockup When mocking up the site, always keep CSS in the back of your mind. Don’t let it stifle your creativity, but do keep in mind you’re going to have to translate your design into code and considering how you’re going to make that happen as you’re creating it is helpful. Also consider the size of graphic elements as you’re designing. Print out or sketch your mockup and make notes This step isn’t always 100% necessary, but depending on the complexity of what I’m trying to accomplish, I often find it helpful to think through where all the divs are going to go on paper and make notes about border and background color codes as well. Slice your mockup Code! Validate and test
How to Use Wordpress as a Membership Directory
Top 50 Wordpress Tutorials - NETTUTS
As a web developer, you can broaden your potential client base and add value for existing clients by listing 'Wordpress' as an area of expertise. Of course, unless you want to bluff your way through jobs, you'd better have the skill to back-up that claim. This collection will help. Wordpress Basics 1. Nettuts+ author Gilles Maes has written an in-depth overview of the comments.php file and how to make the most of the template. 2. iThemes has a tutorial on how to become a Wordpress developer. 3. Streamline your Wordpress set-up by installing multiple instances of Wordpress on the same database. Theme Tutorials 4. Nettuts+ author Sam Parkinson gives a thorough overview of how to make your own custom theme from scratch, complete with source code. 5. A lengthy and thorough series of tutorials covering nearly every aspect of Wordpress theme development. 6. Drew Douglass will teach us, using easy to understand screencasts, exactly how to design for WordPress. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Videos and slides
Last updated February 6, 2013. Created by Steven on May 1, 2006.Edited by jhodgdon, LeeHunter, sepeck, AjK. Log in to edit this page. Here are a variety of video/screencast resources for Drupal. If you would like to add a video to the section, add a new child page under the most appropriate topic below, after reading at least the Policies section of the Contribute your own Drupal Videocast page. If there is not already an appropriate topic, first create a child page for the topic, and then add your video description as a child page to that section. If you want to create a page to describe your video repository, add it to the Video Repositories section, not here. AGAIN: DO NOT ADD CHILD PAGES DIRECTLY HERE. Looking for support?
