The Good and Bad of the Web Design Reference Smashing Book
I love reading Smashing Magazine as it is extremely helpful for an aspiring graphic designer slash web developer. When they were advertising the release of their book Smashing Book, I pre-ordered right away. I had great hopes and they sure delivered a book chock full of ideas, concepts and smashing content. The Good As always… Continue Reading…
How To Display Most Recent Posts and Comments on WordPress
Default WordPress allows you to display recent posts and recent comments through a widget. However, as I develop my own theme, I want to be able to customize as much as possible without using a widget in my sidebar at all. The problem is, displaying recent posts and recent comments is not as simple as… Continue Reading…
How To Add Author Information on a WordPress Post
It is always nice to add custom features to enhance the user experience. One of these enhancements is to add the an author’s bio information to an article he or she has written. This is particularly useful because when reading a good article the user may be inclined to learn more about the author. A… Continue Reading…
How To Add a Tabbed Menu to Your Custom WordPress Design
The sidebar for WordPress is typically where the archive, categories and other items are listed on your front page. However, as your categories and numbers of posts in the archive grow, so does the list; resulting in a really long sidebar. Having a long sidebar can take up precious onscreen real estate. It can also… Continue Reading…
How To Place A Login Form Anywhere in Your WordPress Theme
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… Continue Reading…