I’ve enjoyed playing around with jQuery so much lately that I’ve decided to take on another project with this useful library — a new WordPress theme, of course. I typically try to stick to XHTML, CSS, and PHP, but I need to branch out a little. Sure, I used jQuery on the Visionary theme, but [...]
This theme has been discontinued. Check out ThemeHybrid.com for the new themes. Features Customized front page to look like a news or magazine site. Sidebar tabbed navigation through the use of a custom jQuery script (jQuery is packaged with the theme). Embed YouTube, Google Video, and Metacafe videos easily with Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict. Or, [...]
This is an updated version of this article. If you’re looking for the older version, see page 2. Do you write long series of posts? Do you have a bunch of articles that definitely need to be linked together? This WordPress custom fields technique will allow you to do that without a lot of hassle. [...]
I’ve been scouring the WordPress plugin pages, other blogs, and the Web in general looking for a decent contact form that works with WordPress. Nope, not a one to be found. Well, I’m sure there is one, but I haven’t found it yet. Every plugin I found was easy to implement, but didn’t seem to [...]
This tutorial will explain how to add images to your posts using WordPress custom fields. It is the third part of the
I decided a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to do an ongoing tutorial series with WordPress custom fields. At first, I thought I’d simply write a complete guide, but that idea seemed daunting. It seems far easier to break down the guide into individual posts in a series. Instead of writing a general [...]
I finally found the perfect flash video player: Flash Video Player Plugin for WordPress. This thing has more options than anything I’ve ever seen. It even lets you add a logo over the video. I particularly like the floating controls it offers. Plus, everything can be overwritten for each video you post to your blog. [...]
This is a tutorial on how to make your blog or website header image clickable with valid XHTML. This is assuming that you’re using a CSS background image for your header or that you want to. I was recently designing a theme that I wanted to add a clickable header image to, but had forgotten [...]
Theme Information: Description: A 920px, fixed-width, 2-column, widget-ready theme. Its focus is for fun news blogs and sites. Features a custom home page, sidebars, and templates. Requirement(s): Wordpress 2.1+ Download Theme () | Live Demo Free header image: The first 20 people that request it, will get a free header image customized by me. Nothing [...]
This article, or series of articles, is long overdue. I’ve been using custom fields to make “little” fixes around this site for a while now. They are probably the most powerful feature of WordPress, yet the least used. Maybe that’s because they’re hidden away at the bottom of the “Write” page. I want to share [...]