Sometimes Ironic
I was about to post yesterday about BrowseHappy. I had been meaning to for sometime, then yesterday I had the urge to post about it. Then, for whatever reason, I didn’t. So what about that is ironic?
It seems that yesterday, an announcement was made by the Web Standards Project (another fabulous site, by the way) with the headline
BrowseHappy Now Part of WordPress as WaSP Refocuses Mission
Appearently, WaSP felt that BrowseHappy compromised its position by infering a lack of neutrality toward various browsers. That makes sense to me, since BrowseHappy really promotes Mozilla browsers (and specifically, IMO, …
My First WordPress Theme - LimeLite
OK. Here is my first WordPress Theme for WP 1.5. This was tested on 1.5.0 and 1.5.1. The theme is called LimeLite and this is the first beta release.
It is HEAVILY based on Kubrick. In fact, it is Kubrick with a modified header and modified font colors. So the beta is basically a Kubrick mod.
To install, download the theme, extract, and load to /wp-content/themes/. This should give you a /limelite/ folder in /themes/. There is no additional support available for this release.
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Wordpress Sidebar Images Hack
In my current theme (a mod of a mod of Kubrick which is becoming less of a mod and taking on a life of its 0wn), I wanted to change the headers in the sidebar to images. This was because I wanted to make use of a typewriter font so the headers would look like this:
I wanted these headers to be specific only to this theme so that I could still easily and fully switch themes. In doing this, I ran into a couple of small, but interesting “snags” that caused me to have to …
WordPress Themes
The abundance of site themes is another reason for the continued popularity of WordPress. If you are design impaired, there are freely downloadable themes available that you can easily manage through the WordPress admin. (In English, for the not so technically inclined: You can change the entire look and feel of your blog with a single click.)
Good places full of free themes:
Alex King’s Site - This is the mother of all theme sites. Alex runs a contest for themes and posts them on his site. He also has equipped it with the theme switcher plugin (see plugins) so …
WordPress Plugins
One of the great things about WordPress is the plethora of plugins available. This is a benefit of working with open source software that has a big following.
Here are some good places to get started looking for plugins.
WordPress Wiki
The WordPress Plugin Repository
WordPress Plugin Database
WordPress Plugin Competition Blog
Blogging Pro Plugins List
Google Search for WordPress Plugins
There are some prettey cool plugins out there. Good luck and happy blogging.
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