Wordpress Tweaks

Text Widget Basics

Text widgets can be your best friend in WordPress. They give you the ability to add a unique div class, html, and other script inside of them making the possibilities for their use almost endless. In some previous posts, I’ve… Continue reading

Positioning a Sidebar within Your Header

Some of you who followed my instructions on how to add a widgetized area to your header may only want the widgetized area in a part of your header instead of covering the entire area. You may be especially frustrated… Continue reading

Adding a Specialized Style Class to a Text Widget

Do you want to highlight the content of a text widget so that it appears differently than other widgets or text within your sidebar? Try creating your own class for the widget, and see how quickly you can make your site stand out from that standard “template” look of other Artisteer generated themes. Continue reading

Adding a Widgetized Sidebar to Your Header

The newest version of Artisteer already comes with a lot of widget spaces, but sometimes you want even a little more flexibility. This post is designed to show you how you can easily add a sidebar area within your header although the same principles can be applied to add a sidebar anywhere within your site. It’s a great place to ad social icons, advertisements, or a slider that you can easily edit and adjust in the future through the use of simple widgets. You can also just simply use it to place a different header image into the header space whenever you want to. Tip: use a plugin like Widget Logic to be able to choose which which widgets display on which pages, posts, or categories and you can easily have your own image or slider per page! Ok, on to the steps. Continue reading

Reminders when Posting

Based on some frequent customer questions, I thought I’d do a quick post on basic reminders for posting. Most of these are from people who are having trouble with the preview or final publish showing up differently then what they added. Here are a few of the most common mistakes. Continue reading

CentsAble Stewardship Facelift

I just had the privilege of working on a complete Branding and WordPress Theme Design with the Coupon Queen Holly from over at CentsAble Stewardship. Holly was looking for a more professional web presence as well as a way to better organize her blog about savings. She had a few ideas in mind, but wasn’t really sure about the next step. After discussing her needs, we were able to get her blog and feeds moved from the Blogger Platform over to the more powerful WordPress Platform as well as come up with a completely customized and professional logo and theme design. Continue reading

China Food Services Redesign

I just recently launched a complete redesign for China Food Services. By complete, I mean a total and complete transfer from just a standard html based site to a full WordPress CMS including content transfer, content editing, site organization and consultation, social networking, layout and design, and plugin and media installation. Continue reading

Hide Category Titles in Artisteer 3 Themes

I actually like the way that Artisteer gives you the options to feature the category title along with your category description in the upper left hand corner of the sheet. However, not everyone wants that title to appear and some… Continue reading

How to Add a Button Class to a Text Widget

I frequently answer questions on the Artisteer WordPress Forum, and this was a recent question that popped up. Most Artisteer users have specifically styled a nice button, but don’t know how to add it to a widget or any other part of their site for that matter. It’s actually quite simple to do, and once you realize how, a whole lot of other styling possibilities will open up for you. So, here are the simple steps. Continue reading

Creating a Secondary Horizontal Menu Holder

Having two separate horizontal menus for your WordPress theme can be extremely helpful, especially if you have a lot of content that needs to be organized. I wanted to highlight some of my static pages and most important content in a large menu above everything else, but also have easy navigation for all of my categories in another horizontal menu. Here are detailed instructions for how you can do the same thing. This is specifically for those using Artisteer 3 generated themes for WordPress. If you are still confused about custom menus in general, please see my post on Organization of your WordPress Site. Continue reading

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