Creating Custom WordPress Themes: Part 2 – Custom Templates
Yesterday, I talked about starting your WordPress themes by identifying them and setting up a base for all your themes. Today, I’d like to talk about using custom templates within WordPress’s dynamic structure. Most people assume that since WordPress is dynamic and based off three main templates, single.php, index.php and archives.php, that every page of your...
Read more…Creating Custom WordPress Themes: Part 1 – Identify Your Theme
Have you ever wanted to create your own WordPress theme? If you know HTML, CSS and PHP, you’re already 80% of the way there. The rest deals with WordPress syntax, mainly the loop, and the little customizations that make your theme professional. I’m not going to show you how to code a theme – like...
Read more…How To Add BuddyPress Avatars To WordPress MU
Not many people know what BuddyPress is ( I sure didn’t), so let me start off by pulling a quote from their own site: “BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you’d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact.”...
Read more…How To Create A Dynamic Portfolio in WordPress Using Categories
There are plenty of portfolio themes for sale out there, but many just don’t have “it” as far as the certain design element you’re looking for in your portfolio. Sometimes it’s just better to design one yourself. But what if you want to put it in WordPress and make your portfolio a little easier to...
Read more…Budgeting For Freelancers
It’s tough enough to budget money correctly when you’re on a regular income, but it gets really tough when your income is irregular and unpredictable. What do you do with all that money you make, now that you’re a fabulous freelancer? Do you throw it in a bank account and pray there’s enough for that...
Read more…A Step-by-Step Guide For Moving WordPress From One Site To Another
For some reason, moving WordPress can actually be harder than developing for WordPress. I never noticed this before, because I had either developed directly on the client’s server, or had only worked with the basic skinning and CSS of WordPress itself. However, when you start majorly developing for WordPress; i.e. custom functions, changing the structures...
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