Have you ever wondered how you could style different elements of the WordPress theme? Well it varies from theme to theme, but there are certain CSS classes and IDs that are generated by WordPress. If you are someone who is trying to style a theme, or looking to create a theme for public release, then these are some style elements that you might want to consider adding in your theme. The goal of this cheat sheet is to assist beginners…
Continue Reading »How to Create a Grid Display of Post Thumbnails in WordPress Themes
When creating WordPress site designs, have you ever had the urge to create a grid display of posts? The grid layout works great for media centric sites such as our WordPress gallery or another showcase type site. Theme frameworks like Genesis already has a pre-built Grid Loop system. However, if you are trying to do a grid display in your custom WordPress theme, then we are here to help. In this article, we will show you how to create a…
Continue Reading »How to Customize the Display of WordPress Archives in Your Sidebar
Recently, we were working on a client’s site design that required us to display monthly archives arranged by year in the sidebar. It probably was really easy for their designer to mock it up in Photoshop, but it was a bit complicated to achieve in WordPress. See the image below: Now you are probably wondering why it was tricky to get it into WordPress when wp_get_archives() list the archives monthly with the year next to it? Well that is because…
Continue Reading »How to Show Limited Number of Tags after Posts in your WordPress Theme
Recently we were asked how to display a limited number of tags after each post in your WordPress theme. Normally, you use a function the_tags() to display a link to the tags a post belongs to. However that function does not have a parameter to limit the number of tags displayed. So if your post has 12 tags, and your theme only has space for 5, then it might not look so good in the design. A lot of folks…
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How to Display the Facebook Comment Count in WordPress Theme
Recently, we showed you how to setup facebook comments for WordPress. One of the downside of using that plugin is that it overtakes all WordPress comment_count functions, and it outputs a facebook branded version of the comment count. This may cause issues to your WordPress design specially if you are using a comment bubble to just display the number. In this article, we will show you how to display the facebook comment count in your WordPress theme. All you have…
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