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- 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
Free Sunny Tropical WordPress Theme!
Yes, I have a new WordPress theme to give you, and this one has a lot of added goodies included. Who couldn’t use a little touch of the summer sun right about now! First, of all, it’s WP3.04 compliant, and works really well with the custom menus, featured images, and theme options. One of the things I love about the newest version of WordPress is the ability to choose and change widget styles. This theme contains three widget styles, and you can see all of them functioning on the demo site. (as of December 31, 2010). So, what is included in this new theme? Continue reading
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
Smooth Slider Plugin Revisited
As a note, I replaced Smooth Slider with Meteor Slides instead because I don’t need to feature a post, and because I found it to be much more user friendly and lighter. However, if you are looking for a featured posts image slider or one that allows text and images, the notes below still apply.
I’ve been working on a new project for an acne treatment company, and I’ve incorporated Smooth Slider into the theme. I’m so pleased with the results! As a note, I used Artisteer 3 beta and installed the theme to the most recent version of WordPress. I’m going to show you how you can easily add the slider into your WP header. 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
Reflecting the Designer on Blogger
It’s been a long time in coming, but I recently transferred my Blogger Scrapbook Blog over to a new blog Reflecting the Designer. This blogspot blog is designed to give tips on working specifically with Blogger, shows recent Blogspot projects, provide free graphics, and gives more information about the design services I offer specifically for Blogspot blogs. Below is the redesign I did for this site and some more information about it. Continue reading
A Work in Progress
My own personal website is continually and will probably always be a work in progress. If you have visited before, you might wonder why I change my theme so frequently. There are a few reasons, actually. 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
Free Rustic Word Press Blog Theme
My rustic WordPress theme has been the most searched term by far on my site, so I decided to create a new, updated rustic theme that is WordPress 3.0 compliant. 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
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