A WordPress Theme is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying unifying design for a blog.
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WordPress frameworks and parent themes [closed]
By now there is a considerable amount of WordPress code around that is meant to be re-used by other developers. Unfortunately there is little to none practical and solid information on it and ...
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Tips for using WordPress as a CMS? [closed]
I want to use WordPress as a CMS for a reasonably basic site rather than a blog. I have several pages and at the moment, I don't intend to have a "news" page.
While there are ways to make this work, ...
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Customizing a WordPress theme without changing it?
I have found and downloaded a theme. However I want to tweak the CSS some to change the design, colours etc. a bit. How should I go about doing this, while still being able to update the theme without ...
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Automatic Updates For Private And Commercial Themes?
Is there any way to get wordpress to check for, download private theme updates?
I found this plugin for private plugin updates....
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Opinions and recommendations on the best barebones base theme [closed]
Preamble
I'm finding myself building more and more WP sites "from scratch" as it were (ie: ignoring any theme designs out there and just creating a design wireframe purely on the needs of the client. ...
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Adding an Arbitrary Link to the Admin Menu?
Is there a way to add a arbitrary hyperlink to the WordPress admin menu (I mean the menu on the left when you log into the admin dashboard)? For example, can one add a link to Google?
In my ...
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Where can I learn to create my own theme?
I want to learn to create a theme for Wordpress
Where can i find information and resources on how to do it?
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How to Link External jQuery/Javascript files with WordPress
So I'm using Starkers to base my next WP theme on and I've run into a small issue, I was including my own version of jQuery in the header.php file but when inspecting my site using Firebug I noticed ...
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Where can I download WordPress themes from? [closed]
What sites offer WordPress themes to download? (Can be paid-for or free)
It's community wiki so if we had one site per answer, and with a little additional detail on each site, what sort of themes ...
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How to use media upload on theme option page?
I want implement upload logo to my theme option page. Currently I follow this code
What I have done for now load a related jquery for the media upload
function load_only() {
add_thickbox();
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How to solve a conflict between a plugin and a theme?
I'm using Photospace as a gallery slider within my hatch pro wp theme (you can check here).
The default transition effect between slides is a crossover effect (like this example), but the effect in ...
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Creating Multiple Menus when using the TwentyTen Theme?
How to get multiple menus in TwentyTen theme?
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Best practices for a Style/CSS based theme options page?
I would like to create a theme options page based only on changing the site wide CSS styling. For instance body/container background colors, font-sizes, font colors, etc.
I have accomplished this by ...
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How to see files in directories in “Edit Themes” screen
I like to have folders in my theme folder for scripts and styles, but I can't access these folders in the "Edit Themes" interface. This is problematic for clients that don't give me FTP access. Is ...
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Creating a job board using WordPress (for free)? [closed]
I found several plugins/themes for creating a job board with WordPress, but only one solution which is free (see here)
Are there any other free solutions for doing that?
Thanks.
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Change Default Image HTML
I am making a Wordpress theme and want to change the default image html. For example if you upload an image using Wordpress uploader it generates the following html for your images
<a ...
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one page wordpress theme
I'm trying to create an one page template [ w/out infinite scroll ]. The two problems I'm running into are adding a class to the list pages function [ or finding some other way to target the menu for ...
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Using OOP in themes
I see a lot of plugins making use of object-oriented coding when there isn't really necessary.
But what's even worse is that theme developers are starting to do the same thing. Commercial themes and ...
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What Wordpress E-Commerce theme should I use to get started?
I've done created a LOT of Wordpress themes and plugins, but I haven't done much with the Wordpress E-Commerce plugin. If someone asked me what theme they should start playing with to learn about ...
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Show a WP 3.0 Custom Menu in an HTML Select with Auto-Navigation?
As part of a theme for a client, I want to be able to show a custom menu (defined via the admin) in a select box that automatically changes pages after changing the selection. Is there a plugin (or a ...
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What does exactly GPL license mean for my WordPress theme?
To put it like this:
I have created a WordPress theme for myself which consists of the following:
PHP code - GPL v2 licensed like WordPress
CSS files - All rights reserved
JS files - All rights ...
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Dynamic template serving, change theme_root using add_filter from current theme
Some plugins use the 'template', 'option_template' and 'option_stylesheet' to dynamically serve (alternative) wordpress templates. For example, Nathan Rice's ServeDefaultToIESix.
For Example -
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Load a theme based on browser detection
Ok I know browser detection is considered bad practice but I can't find a way around it because I really do need whole different themes for a complex site. So I snatched this function from ...
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Wordpress API Menu/Submenu Order
I'm developing a child-theme using Wordpress 3.4.2 and the development version of the Options Framework by David Price. This is my first theme and I'm relatively new to this, so I've had a look into ...
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Shared functionality in plugins and themes
I recently started to develop plugins and themes and I found that I need to use several functions of on both.
Sometime I think about to check if function / class exist before declared as said on this ...
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Plugin (or Theme) containing its own Plugins?
My Theme defines its own actions and filters so that it can be extended by third-parties without having to fork or modify the Theme's core code.
I already have a few plugins specific to my Theme, ...
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Multiple level category drop-down
I'm using WordPress as a CMS and would like to have categories selectable from multiple selections i.e <option>.
As a usage example, The first dropdown would contain parent categories. Then ...
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How can I allow the Editor Role to change Theme Settings?
I've just setup a new Blog for a friend and thought it's better to not give him Administrator Access right away as a pre-caution.
I created a new user as Editor therefore.
But then I saw that this ...
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Loading template files from a subfolder in my theme?
I am working on a site that will have up to 30 templates in it.
I don't want to have all those templates at the root of my theme folder cluttering up everything.
I know how I can modify the ...
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Making the Header on the Twenty Ten Theme Less Tall?
The question is How do I make the header on the Twenty Ten theme less tall? That question was asked over at the LinkedIn WordPress group that is hidden from search engines so I thought I'd copy my ...
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Generating the ogp tags in theme
I use to generate the ogp tags in themes I code but this commercial one is beyond my knowledge. The client want to share a page but any image option shows up.
Instead of a taxonomy-name.php template ...
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How to start learning CSS and theme development?
What would be your suggestions for learning CSS and WordPress theme development ?
I have been using WordPress for over 4 years now, but I have never really gotten comfortable with CSS or theme design ...
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Am I allowed to license my Wordpress theme under the aGPL
I was interested in the recent conversation about whether WordPress themes need to be licenced under the GPL or whether they can be closed source. The video can be reached from matts blog and my ...
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How to put a banner ad between post 1 and post 2 on homepage only
Wordpress Swift Theme is installed on my My site http://tech-ticks.info
From last few days, I am trying to find a solution to put an ad banner on homepage only between post1 and post 2. I have ...
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Color palet in the Wordpress' front-end?
Recently I've been seeing a lot of premium wordpress themes that includes a palet to change background colors, like this one: http://pexeto.com/dandelion_wp/ and this one: ...
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how can I list recent posts' excerpts
I am using this directly from the codex to list 3 recent articles titles.
<ul>
<?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => '3');
$recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
foreach( ...
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Limited blog support Fresh & Clean theme [closed]
I'm using the Fresh & Clean theme and I think the theme is very nice for building websites. But why so limited blog posting support? First the theme only shows a summary of a post, you can only ...
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Is there a blank theme framework compatible with WP 3.0?
I don't feel like making my own theme from scratch, so I looked for some theme frameworks, but they're all old and when I install them on WP 3.0 they produce loads of errors and don't behave properly. ...
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Where can I sell WordPress themes and plugins? [closed]
I've been building some WordPress themes and plugins. What are the online marketplaces I can sell them?
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get_template_part vs action hooks in themes
It seems to me both of these afford the opportunity for the end user to modify a theme without actually editing the themes files (via child themes).
My question is, is one method preferred over the ...
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Custom Post Type Templates from Plugin Folder?
I'd like to offer my custom post type as a Plugin, so that people can use it without touching their theme folder. But custom post type templates -- such as single-movies.php -- reside in the theme ...
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after_setup_theme always runs
I am setting up a child theme for some of my faculty members, and as a part of the theme, I would like a handful of plugins to be activated at the time that the theme is activated. So, naturally, I ...
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How can I version the main CSS file?
How can I instruct wordpress to use a filename other than 'styles.css' for my main stylesheet - for example, styles-1.css? I'd like to do this for versioning and caching purposes.
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How to create a theme option-menu page to save user values
I've created a wordpress theme and new in wordpress development
I want to create option page to take some values from user and I've little bit done with that but confused where and how to save that ...
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How to get category and archive title?
When I query the category (category.php), how to get the name of the current category, ie., the one that is being queried?
And for tag and date (be it the day, the month or the year)?
Thanks!!
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Experiences with adding Nonces to the comment form
I was wondering about the impact nonces would have on the default comment form a theme has. Because Nonces are a built-in feature of WordPress I thought about giving it a try.
Does somebody has ...
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What theme is good for posting code?
I have my blog hosted at www.alphaot.com and I guess it's good enough. But problems arise when the lines of code get longer than 30 characters. The lines just wrap and get icky or something they even ...
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Show different theme for admin?
I'd like to test some theme changes on my live site, but I obviously don't want regular users seeing any errors that may arise from it. I'd like to just duplicate my theme folder and if I'm logged in ...
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Different template of products for specific category. WooCommerce
For example i have category coffee machines, and one template for coffee machine single product template, but for category coffee i want to have different single-product.php template, how to implement ...
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How do I “unhook” / de-register jQuery so that it's not called as part of wp_footer();?
I need to "unhook" jQuery from my wp_footer() ... it's being called automatically and I'm looking for something I can add to functions.php which prevents it from being called a second time in the ...
