Archive for Wordpress Code

20 Dec
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Changing the Size of the Avatar

The default size of an avatar in a wordpress theme is 32×32px, which is sometime’s a bit small. In my new theme design I want to change it to 60×60px instead. In your theme, open the comments.php and look for the following code:   This simple line of code has a lot of options available. [...]

20 Dec
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Say hello to WordPress 2.9 “Carmen”

The long awaited WordPress 2.9 is finally here. This version is called  “Carmen” on the behalf of honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae. You can upgrade easily from your Dashboard by going to Tools > Upgrade, or you can download from WordPress.org. A few of the new features are outlined in the video below.

12 Dec
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How to create your own WordPress theme

For quite some time I’m working on websites and WordPress themes. As a designer it’s not that hard to ‘draw’ a good design. The real job is turning this great design into a functioning WordPress theme. But no fear,  I´ve found some great tutorials and resources which tell you exactly how! Designing a WordPress Theme [...]

5 Dec
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How2 Change wordpress default avatar

Also want to change the default wordpress avatar called Mystery Man? You want to use your own image instaed of it? Follow this tutorial and choose a avatar which is more suitable to your theme.

3 Dec
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Customize Widgets

Always want to assigns icons to the widgets in the sidebar? I show you how it´s done just by adding a few lines to your theme’s CSS. This tutorial is intended for people with basic XHTML / CSS skills. Structure Widget ready themes are built in such a way that each widget acts as an [...]

2 Dec
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WordPress Cheat Sheet

A WordPress Cheat Sheets can be very helpful for every WordPress user. Especially if you start working on your own WordPress theme. Or you just want to customize a existing theme. You can find on Google a lot of WordPress Cheat Sheets. But most are outdated, not finished or just too complicated. If you want [...]

7 Nov
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WordPress – functions.php

Functions.php is a little known wordpress template file. Not many themes take advantage of it but , used properly, it can be incredibly powerful. The file can be used as a way to add your own functions to wordpress themes (hence the name). One of the common misconceptions, at least based upon my experience with [...]

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