How to Set a Default Custom Background in WordPress 3.0
If you’re a theme developer and you want to allow users to set a custom background image or color, activating the feature in WordPress 3.0 is as simple as including…
Category: Tutorials
Add a Copyright Notice to Copied Text
I was checking out the CBC website and I noticed that if you copy and paste any text from the site a reference link appears at the bottom, indicating the…
Meta Descriptions for WordPress
A very important thing to pay attention to when optimizing your site for search engine ranking is creating unique pages meta descriptions for all of the pages on your website…
Turning On PHP Errors
For security reasons, most web servers have PHP errors turned off. This makes sense on live sites since you really wouldn’t want people to see all your root paths if…
Using CSS Resets
Before you start building a new site, one important decision you need to make is whether or not you want certain elements of your design to rely on the default…
A Sleek Navigation Menu with CSS3
I’m in the middle of working on a new layout and design for Themes by bavotasan.com and I have been tossing around a few ideas for my main navigation menu.…
A Basic jQuery Slideshow
Most sites you will visit nowadays will have some sort of slideshow or content slider. Check out Themes by bavotasan.com and you will see my Sliderota jQuery plugin in action.…
Text Rotation with CSS3
I’m working on a new design for Themes by bavotasan.com and I have been contemplating a few different approaches for some new buttons. This one fell by the wayside but…
Adding a Tweet Button to WordPress
After I completed the redesign for bavotasan.com, I was looking for some social media links to add to the bottom of my single post pages. The main two buttons I…
Developing Themes for WordPress: Part 5
So far I have gone over a lot of the basic requirements for putting together a WordPress theme. Some stuff is pretty simple and other stuff might take a bit…