Using Text Expander to speed up your theme development workflow
As developers, creating a WordPress theme can often become a copy-and-paste affair. It’s modular architecture means that you’ll often reuse large chunks of code with just a small tweak here and there...
View ArticleCreating a Twitter Count Widget
When developing custom WordPress themes, having a knowledge of WordPress widgets is exceptionally handy. Developing custom widgets allows you to add niche bits of code to your site, whilst still...
View ArticleMaking a more useful & informative admin bar
Love it or hate it, the WordPress Admin Bar is here to stay. With a bit of creative coding, you can change it from being a nuisance to a helpful tool. Today, we’re going to cover how to make your...
View ArticleEasily change the look of your site with a simple pattern
Ok, heres a little disclaimer: this is a simple post just to show you how to quickly and easily change the look of your site, even if you have little experience or knowhow with css or background...
View ArticleCreate a slick dropdown or flyout menu in minutes
As the amount of content in your site grows, at some stage you’ll want to implement a drop down or fly-out menu to better group the navigation on your site. Implementing a drop down or fly-out menu...
View ArticleCustomizing your WordPress Admin area
When developing WordPress sites for clients, it is likely that you’ll want to customize the admin area to make it easier for your client to navigate and use. Today’s article is going to cover a few...
View ArticleAdding a Tweet Box to your site
Both Windows and Mac are integrating social media platforms more and more into their systems – creating a new Tweet is just a click or two away. You can do this on your own website too by integrating...
View ArticleCreating a useful 404 page – for both your visitors and yourself
Having a creative 404 page is always fun. Site developers end up spending a lot of time coming up with something awesome because if they nail it, it always get a lot of attention (read: traffic)....
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