- WordPress Tutorials
- Artisteer Tips
- Add Button Class to Widget
- Add Style to Text Widget
- Add a Sidebar in the Header
- Create Custom Post Header
- Create Unique Page Template
- Create Secondary Menu
- Create Styled Donate Button
- Create Widget Style – Part 1
- Create Widget Style – Part 2
- Hide Category Titles
- Styling Featured Image
- Styling Sheet Borders
- Using Theme Options
- Design Tips and Tricks
- Recent Projects
Adding More Widget Styles to WP Part 2
In my last post, I shared how you can edit the “simple text” widget style of your Artisteer 3 generated WordPress theme. In this post, we’re going to take things a step further, and I’ll show you how you can create as many block styles as desired for your theme. So, let’s get started! Continue reading
Adding More Widget Styles to WP Part 1
If you have upgraded to the newest version of WordPress, you are loving the ability to style your widgets individually. If you are an Artisteer user, and you’ve upgraded to version 3, you have this ability as well. What you may not be able to figure out, though, is how to edit the styling of your widget options. Continue reading
Creating Custom Post Headers
So, you might be wondering how I created the fun, matching post headers that seem to wrap around the page using an Artisteer generated template. It’s very simple to do, and once you learn how, you’ll have a wide variety of options made available to you for not only just post headers. Continue reading
Sheet Borders with Artisteer
I use Artisteer as the base for almost all of the websites I design because they do a great job of putting out compliant and flexible code for WordPress and Blogger sites (others also, but those are the two I focus on). Now, as much as I love Artisteer, and as much as they continue to improve, it is always good to learn how to design your own images, edit the CSS and sometimes the PHP as necessary to really produce some “non-template” style websites. If you don’t want to mess with the code, at least you need to learn how to creatively add your own images into Artisteer and edit images after the Artisteer build. Continue reading
Sneak Preview of BookRoom Reviews
I’ve been busily working on a site redesign and reorganization for BookRoom Reviews. Here’s a little preview of what it will look like when it’s finished. I still have this new design on a test platform, so if you go… Continue reading
Personalized Business Card Design
This is the customized business card design I just did for Heather Mitchel, an independent consultant for Thirty One Gifts. Heather wanted an eye-catching business card that would be able to include all of the necessary information on it as well as a personal picture without looking too cluttered. Continue reading
Clean and Modern Black and Green WP Theme
I’ve finally gotten around to posting another free theme! This one is a theme I just did for someone, so it’s WP 3.0 compliant. The image below is a screen shot of the working theme, and has the following features:
- Two Column Design
- One Column Page Template also included as a check box option for each page.
- Sidebars include right sidebar, top sidebar, bottom sidebar, and dynamically widgetized footer
- Valid XTML
- Horizontal Menu (works great with new customizable menu found in WP)
- Vertical Menu also available if desired within the theme
- Built in Social Icons
- Built in div for Header Logo or Graphic
Let me show you what you’ll need to know in order to download this theme and edit the Header and personalize your social icons. Continue reading
Set up Your iGoogle Page
Even though it’s been around a long time, I have just started messing around with an iGoogle page, and I LOVE it! Continue reading
New WordPress Features!
I’m loving the newest version of WordPress and the newest Artisteer upgrade as well that perfectly meshes with WordPress! The new features that I especially like are the new Menu options as well as the new Featured Image option. Continue reading
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