February 8th, 2010
If your running Wordpress, you’ll know that if you want to log into the admin dashboard, you have to type in the URL for the login page. This can be inconvenient if you set up a social website where you want users to be able to login.
Sure, a link to the login page can be done, but that requires one extra click and loading of the page.
WPDesigner has a great snippet of code to add to your theme so users can login from the front page.
The Code
You can download the code from WPDesigner. But here is a quick preview of the code:
<li>
<?php global $user_ID, $user_identity, $user_level ?>
<?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
<h2>Control panel</h2>
<ul>
<li>Identified as <strong><?php echo $user_identity ?></strong>.
<ul>
<li><a... Continue Reading...
Tags: login form, Wordpress
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February 4th, 2010
Today, I decided that I needed to move my website, a Wordpress, installation to a different location. Since I was going to move and migrate my entire website, I figured I might as well choose an ideal location.
Being hosted on Bluehost meant that my primary domain resided in the root folder. Any add-on domains were in their own sub folders or sub directories inside the root or public_html. The downside to this is it keeps all the files to my primary domain unorganized in the root folder.
In order to have it organized, I wanted to have my primary domain folder reside in its own sub folder or sub directory. I am not as comfortable in the server environment as my knowledge of working with the .htaccess file is limited.
I searched Bluehost knowledgebase as well as other sources and finally... Continue Reading...
Tags: bluehost, primary domain in sub directory, primary domain redirect, Wordpress
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February 4th, 2010
Wordpress is a popular blog. I did not know how much I would fall in love with developing on this platform.
For my installation, I have it hosted on Bluehost. Since I installed it in 2007, I was not aware of its capabilities at the time. I had it in directories nested two levels deep and also had it pointing to a different subdomain, http://blog.designrjc.com. This is not ideal for SEO and it kept organization chaotic.
I had previously moved a Wordpress installation to a different location on the server so I have had experience, but that one was a bit more straight forward.
There are several methods to move or migrate your Wordpress to different locations on your server but I believe this to be the easiest implementation.
Backup your Wordpress installation by downloading the entire... Continue Reading...
Tags: changing url, migration, moving directory, Wordpress
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February 4th, 2010
Wordpress is a great platform to work with because of the structure, however, there are limitations to a default Wordpress theme.
One of the limiting factors of Wordpress by default is that the included pagination for navigation is too simple.
The default Wordpress pagination allows for “previous” and “next” hyperlinks only. As you can imagine, without using the search function, it may take you some time to jump several pages. Bonus: If your blog has many articles and posts, the number of pages displayed can show the visitor how much you’ve actually written on a certain subject.
As a web designer focused on user interface and experience, I am not satisfied with the default. Instead, I want better pagination for the website. Thanks to Wordpress’... Continue Reading...
Tags: page navigation, pagination, Wordpress, wp pagenavi plugin
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January 19th, 2010
In design, there are four fundamental principles that need to be followed. These four rules are as follows:
Contrast
Repetition
Alignment
Proximity
If you browse to a website or pick up a magazine, you will notice that many successful designs follow these principles. Once you familiarize yourself with these principles, you will begin to notice them in other components from the table of contents in a book your reading or the flier you just picked up at the local coffee shop.
Contrast and Repetition
Contrast is the state of being strikingly different between two objects, colors or textures. In design, contrasting elements is how to make things stand out. You use opposite colors such as a dark colored background with a light colored text. By using opposite or contrasted colors, you... Continue Reading...
Tags: alignment, contrast, crap, principles of design, proximity, repetition
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