Wordpress is rightly a popular, extendible and effective way to build and manage websites. This section of the blog contains articles which cover: WordPress theme design and coding and delopment notes and tutorials.
Custom taxonomies in WordPress are, amongst other things, suited to a grouping classes of things, much like a tag might be used. The difference between tags and taxonomies is that taxonomies can be grouped in a hierachical manner, with parents and children. On the Clients page on creativeglo.co.uk there is Continue reading…
Custom post types in Wordpress - The second article in a series covering implementing, and combining, custom taxonomies and custom post types to produce a listing page in WordPress 3.0. Continue reading…
Since the introduction into WordPress of Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies, there has been a much discussion regarding the correct uses of these two features. For a while now I've been searching for an opportunity to try them out. This series of articles covers implementing and combining these features Continue reading…
Personalise the theme admin page for your client with these quick and easy functions. Continue reading…
No matter how much them development and testing has been done locally, eventually a WordPress theme will need to be tested on a live site. The Theme Tester plugin provides a handy way to do this. Continue reading…
This tutorial shows how to retrieve a post's excerpt for use within the page header in WordPress. Continue reading…
A simple tip to help keep track of which plugins are required for a theme to function. Continue reading…
Tutorial covering how to display the version number of a WordPress theme in either a template file or post using a function and shortcode. Continue reading…
Did you know that it’s possible to place a plugin shortcode inside a WordPress theme file? It’s very easy to do, and a great time saver in situations where you’ve found a plugin with exactly the functionality you were searching for only it delivers that functionality via a shortcode. What Continue reading…
For a number of reasons keeping track of alterations to a theme as it evolves is really useful. As it takes only a minute or two to do it's foolish not to do it. Continue reading…