One of the popular free themes on the WordPress.org repository, is Matheson, by Bavotasan. The customization features offered by this nice, clean theme, are powered by the WordPress Customizer, therefore they can be easily implemented and previewed in real time as they’re being made. One WordPress.org forum question that came up asked how to center…
Depending on the URL of the page you’re visiting, WordPress creates a Query. This is how WordPress talks to the database to get the information that gets displayed on the page. For instance, if you’re on the blog page, WordPress creates a query that asks the database for the ten latest posts. Again, if you…
I enjoy browsing web design and WordPress forum posts. I always come across interesting questions, problems to solve, points of view to discuss. As I answer a few of them, I always learn something, sometimes about the topic, at other times about interacting with forum users. Here’s a quick video that I made as I…
In this short video I answer a WordPress user who wanted to set up an online shop using the free Virtue Theme by Kadence Themes. Here are her requirements: Name of the Shop page: Store.Drop-down menu containing 4 categories with subcategories, and the products assigned to the subcategories.Store page displaying 4 thumbnails of the corresponding…
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Very recently, I had a great client who turned to me for a solution to a customization problem. He’d been working with the WordPress Twenty Fourteen theme, and wanted to change the way widgets and the vertical menu are ordered in the theme’s left column. Here’s what I did to achieve the desired result. Default…
A very interesting section of the WordPress.org website is dedicated to getting involved with the awesome WordPress community. There are several ways to support the platform and its ursers – from helping out in the forums to contributing to the documentation. One of my favorite spots is the Make WordPress Themes Blog, where I’m sure…
My latest WordPress theme customization has led to the Fresh Cuisine website. The final product is a website ideally suited for a small restaurant, pizza place, or bistro that would like to establish an inviting online presence. Here are some key features of this website. The Free Italian Restaurant WordPress Parent ThemeThe parent theme is…
In this video I’m going to show you how easy it is to add a beautiful tiled gallery with light-box effect to your WordPress theme. Mosaic Tiled Gallery For WordPress ThemesAdding a tiled gallery with an impressive light-box effect to a WordPress theme has never been easier. In this video I’m going to show you…
Like many things in life, from your clothes to your hair style, web design can nowadays be something that you can either have done by a Pro or do it yourself. Such tools like Content Management Systems (CMS), Website builders, etc., make it quite easy to set up a decent website in very little time…
