Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

  Jan 9 2009  

Add Widget-Capable Sidebars To Your WordPress Theme

Ever wanted to add more widget-capable sections to your WordPress theme? This article shows you how very simple it is to create an unlimited number of widget-capable areas in your theme and get them to output the way you want them to. No development knowledge required: copy & paste examples included!

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  Dec 22 2008  

Level The Playing Field: Using A Reset Stylesheet

Ever heard of a reset stylesheet? No?

In this article, we explore what a reset stylsheet is, why it’s useful, and why you should be using one. There’s a little history involved, some romance, some action, and intrigue! Well, not really…except for the history. We’ll even do a rundown of a customized reset stylesheet gleaned from CSS master Eric Meyer.

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  Dec 1 2008  

The Making of a Not-So-Boring Search/RSS Widget (Part 2)

In my previous post, I decided I would share my rough methodology on how I went about sprucing up my search widget in WordPress. If you’re just tuning in, here’s a quick update on what I described in The Making of a Not-So-Boring Search/RSS Widget:

We downloaded some cool Photoshop brushes featured in Smashing Magazine, [...]

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  Nov 28 2008  

The Making of a Not-So-Boring Search/RSS Widget

Maintaining your own site can be a real chore.  That’s one of the many reasons why I like WordPress so much: it makes updating and adding new content easy.
But what about non-content updates?  I’m talking about tweaking something that doesn’t look exactly the way you’d like it to visually.  A lot of people seem to [...]

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