Force the "read more" to display on pages. Suppose you have created a page template that calls up a couple categories and you want them to display the read more link inside of the standard [...] that WordPress will insert if you use the_excerpt in your WordPress loop. Stop the read more link from "jumping" when going to the post by adding this to your theme's functions.php:
Read moreI don't like using plugins for share buttons when I'm designing a WordPress theme. Instead, I add something like this to my functions.php: Make sure your icons are located in your theme's images folder. You can get some free icons here. Then add this to your theme wherever you want the buttons to show up: You can wrap that last bit of code in a div and style it with CSS. For example, I have placed my code with this: Styled it with this: So it looks like this: You can add or remove any of the share links/icons you want by editing the function code above.
Read moreMost WordPress users will probably never have a need to customize the WordPress dashboard other than with the built-in options WordPress already provides i.e. the Screen Options located at the top right of the dashboard and the Personal Options located on your Profile page. Those of us who use WordPress to build websites for clients often do have a need to customize the dashboard for our clients. When I first started out designing for clients I used the excellent Custom Admin Branding plugin. Recently, I've been trying to eliminate the need for as many plugins as possible. This post will deal with adding a custom logo to the header, custom header CSS, and a custom footer. The next post will demonstrate how to add or remove parts of the dashboard. All of these tricks require editing you...
Read moreOne of the awesome new features of WordPress 3.1 is the inclusion of an admin bar like the one seen on WordPress.com blogs. WordPress 3.1 allows the individual user to choose whether or not they want to see the admin bar by editing the settings in their user profile. Checking off the boxes there will hide it. As great as this new feature is, suppose you don’t want anyone to see an admin bar on your site. Maybe it conflicts with your site design or you just don’t like the functionality. Removing the admin bar is easy, just add the following to your theme functions.php: If you want to hide it from everyone except the admins you can use this instead: Note: This is for self-hosted blogs running WordPress 3.1 only.
Read moreSuppose you want your Wordpress installation to have one layout and CSS styling for some pages be completely different from the layout and styling for other pages. For example, you might like to have a members only section have a completely different style than the public side of your site. Some Wordpress users suggest using multiple installations of Wordpress. Another way to do it would be to have two different headers and two different css files used in conjunction with page templates. Another advantage to this technique is there is no need to edit any of the HTML or add any additional CSS classes or IDs. To use this technique you will need a text editor, an ftp client, and ftp access to your server. I recommend using TextWrangler for code editing and Cyberduck for the ftp client if ...
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I am web designer/developer partnered with Keri Marion of Keri Marion Design and based in Providence, RI. I love working with WordPress. In addition to my own WordPress projects, I am also a moderator of r/WordPress and r/Poetry on reddit.com.
