In this post, I’m going to talk about custom post types in WordPress – a very handy bit of knowledge to become familiar with. If you’ve ever wanted to add a custom section of your WordPress website, this post will benefit you. And the thing is, while setting up custom posts and custom archive pages […]
Wordpress
The WordPress category includes posts and articles that cover tips, tutorials and best practices for various areas of WordPress design, development and management. Discussion relates to theme and plugin creation, as well as how the various areas of WordPress contribute to the construction of a fully functioning website. Additional topics include installation, customization, use and troubleshooting.
WordPress Archive Templates
In this post, I’m going to talk about archive templates in WordPress. Archive templates have quite a lot of versatility and if you wanted to, you could really drill down and customize large portions of your site. Before we begin though, let’s take a look at the WordPress hierarchy one more time. Reminder: Click the […]
WordPress Page & Post Templates
In this post, I’m going to cover a few aspects of static page templates, blog post templates, comment templates along with post formats. Setting these types of templates up is actually a lot of fun. There is a fair amount of flexibility when it comes to how far you can drill down with specificity inside […]
WordPress Homepage Templates
In WordPress, you have a few options when it comes to displaying your homepage. You can either display a static one or you can display a dynamic one, such as a page that displays your latest posts. To make the settings according to which one you would like to see, you can either use “Settings […]
The Anatomy of Your WordPress Theme
Every WordPress theme has a common set of files to ensure a functioning website. While some of these files, which are considered “core,” are not required, others are absolutely necessary. In this post, I’m going to discuss a few of both types of files, while offering commentary regarding each. STYLE.CSS We all know what stylesheets […]
Working With WordPress Templates
I’m going to start talking about WordPress a lot on this site and I thought the best place to begin is on the template end of things. I know the whole download and install saga sounds more logical, but I’m not sure if I can coerce myself into writing those instructions. Honestly, you can already […]
WordPress Theme & Plugins Installed On This Website
Team Treehouse offers a wonderful and quite in-depth track that covers WordPress Development. I’ve been using WordPress since 2006, but I have to say, I never knew exactly how extensive it is and how expansive it can be. I’m a bit taken aback by all the possibilities that are at my fingertips. I just finished […]