Update! There is a much better method for accomplishing this. Just skim the comments on the post to see how many people have had issues with this outdated method. Learn more about creating custom category templates. One of the most important tools WordPress provides a custom theme developer is the simple ability to create custom page templates…
I wrote a post a few months back that discusses >how to use pages in a horizontal navigation bar. It’s a pretty standard thing to see a horizontal navigation, but a lot of blogs that don’t pull as much focus to their static pages are using their categories as their main navigation. If you’re wanting…
I’m going to exercise my writing muscles a little bit as I begin to prepare a tutorial series that will cover how wordpress templating works. It will include explanations of basic functions and then give ideas for expounding on the basics a bit, including styling tips and examples. But I want to make sure I…
I am developing a new premium theme called “Tidings” which will be a news theme unlike most I’ve seen available. One module on the front page will contain recent comments or “discussions”. I want to give the user the option of having an entire page for discussions (i.e. listing the most recent comments), and then…
One of the first things I do when I create a new WordPress Theme design, is to remove the page listing from the sidebar, and give it more prominence in a horizontal nav bar. Even if you use WordPress as a blog, putting your pages in the header area of the layout makes them stand…