Need inspiraton? Check out these WordPress showcase sites
Want WordPressThemes.com to build a custom WP-powered site for you but don’t know where to begin? Try browsing through these showcase sites and experience just how innovative and powerful WordPress can be: WordPress Showcase: the official listing of sites that take WordPress one step further, maintained by no less than the developers of WordPress themselves. From university websites to business, government, and entertainment, this showcase... Read the Entire Post →
Add Twitter to your WordPress themes for more star power
Twitter is one of the hottest things on the web right now, and although this microblogging service could overtake (macro) blogging with WordPress, why not take advantage of its popularity and use it to add even more star power to your WordPress themes? Here are several guides that make WordPress blogging and tweeting a seamless experience: Read the Entire Post → view post
Try porting existing HTML templates to WordPress themes
Whether you’re currently in creative drought or you just want to spend less time coming up with a new WordPress theme, perhaps you could try porting existing free web templates to WordPress themes. Hongkiat has listed 38 beautiful HTML templates you can use as base for your next WordPress theme. Some things to remember though: Check with the designer/owner first if you can use their templates and if the license you’re applying to the... Read the Entire Post →
Styling comments in WordPress 2.7
WordPress 2.7 has been out for a while now, and one of the biggest new features it has is threaded comments. And they just happen to be pretty complicated to style. So for all the theme authors out there, Andrew Rickmann made a diagram illustrating all the HTML elements and CSS classes used in nested comments. This includes guides for the comment form area. If you need inspiration for the actual look of the threaded comments, Performancing has 7 great... Read the Entire Post →
Tip: Add value to your theme with an options page
Always assume that typical WordPress users will want to customize their themes, whether they’re willing to pay for them or not. And since you’ll probably be manipulating the functions.php file to widgetize your theme, why not go even further? Custom Theme Design has written an excellent tutorial on building a control panel for your WordPress theme. This is a great resource for all the theme designers out there. view post
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