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WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 2 – Homepage and Functions

Posted by CT on Feb 5th, 2008 | no responses

In HD! Post your thoughts on the quality. This part of the tutorial shows you how to build the homepage for your website, while introducing several important WordPress core functions in the process. See codex.wordpress.org for more info. Files Used in Lesson (as of Part 3): andrewanimation.biz (Note: The index.php does NOT change in Part 3, so you are safe to use this .zip as a...

Zidalgo LinkPressNova WordPress Theme Tutorial 1

Posted by CT on Feb 3rd, 2008 | no responses

Screencast on how creating a review post in LinkPress Nova For WordPress. LinkPress Nova is a Premium WordPress Theme for links and reviews. For more info. Visit our homepage at...

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 7a – Dynamic Sidebars

Posted by CT on Feb 1st, 2008 | 2 responses

In this video, you will learn how to add a sidebar to your theme that you can use to display widgets using the admin area of your site. Files Used in Lesson (as of Part 7b):...

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 7b – Multiple Sidebars

Posted by CT on Jan 30th, 2008 | no responses

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use what you learned in the previous video to make multiple sidebars in your theme. Files Used in Lesson:...

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 5a – Customizing Your Comment List

Posted by CT on Jan 23rd, 2008 | no responses

In HD! This tutorial will teach you how to make your own theme using WordPress, the popular blogging tool. In this video, we discuss how to customize the way your site lists comments, using a custom...

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 3 – Single Post Template

Posted by CT on Jan 22nd, 2008 | 2 responses

In HD! This tutorial will teach you how to make your own theme using WordPress, the popular blogging tool. In this video, we finish up going over the functions used on the homepage, and then adapt the template from the homepage to an individual page. It’s really just a continuation of the last video. See codex.wordpress.org for more info. Files Used in Lesson (as of Part 3):...

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 8a – Adding a Theme Options Page

Posted by CT on Jan 21st, 2008 | no responses

In this video, we discuss how to create a theme options page in the admin menu using your theme’s functions.php file, and discuss how WordPress “options” work. This can let you make a good user interface should you distribute your theme to others. Files Available In Part...

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 5b – Customizing Your Comment List

Posted by CT on Jan 19th, 2008 | 5 responses

In HD! This tutorial will teach you how to make your own theme using WordPress, the popular blogging tool. In this video, we discuss how to style your comment list so that it isn’t just a standard unordered...

WordPress Theme Tutorial: Part 1 – Setup

Posted by CT on Jan 18th, 2008 | 3 responses

This tutorial will teach you how to make your own theme using WordPress, the popular blogging tool. This video talks about some basics of theme setup, and adds the header, footer, and sidebar to the pages. Nothing big yet, that will come in the next video. Files Used in Lesson: Original Page: andrewanimation.biz Theme Up to This Point: andrewanimation.biz Sample Posts:...