Category Archives: Tutorials

Creating Themes: Introduction

Posted on 06/10/2009 by Drakenhart

Welcome to Themes Themes, also known among some as “skins”, consists of the html, css, and images that make a site look the way it does. Those UI (User Interface) designers who do not do a lot of back-end coding can, feasibly, work up a Theme. One doesn’t need a lot of design skill, not with all the tutorials and help sites out there today. But taking that Theme from Image Mock-up to final product requires a little bit more effort. What it requires is the ability to understand a given CMS (Content Managemnt System) and how it outputs the … Continue reading →

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CSS Menus: Sliding Door Validation

Posted on 06/03/2009 by The Artist

I love making dynamic menus of all kinds, and trying to find ways to merge various forms and sorts of dynamic menus. What I don’t like is making menus that rely on any code other then CSS. It’s a personal preference of mine as I find that it keeps site speed faster. Now understand, often it doesn’t scrape off a lot of time, but for image-heavy sites every little bit counts. There is a nifty version of the horizontal menu called a “Sliding Doors” menu. In this the background image(s) are set up so that they grow or shrink with … Continue reading →

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AdRotate Banner Flexibility!

Posted on 01/25/2009 by The Artist

One of the problems I had with AdRotate was that the widget form doesn’t allow for multiple widgets to show different groups of banners in a sidebar. (At the time of this writing.) At least, not using the WordPress admin panel.  But, after reading through the site I realized you can ad banners everywhere. No really…, everywhere! Thinking about that I realized we can even add them to our headers, or better yet use it to replace the header image entirely! *shock* Now one thing I’ve always wanted to do is to have my “skins” change for the seasons. More … Continue reading →

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WordPress.tv? Yes! Video Tutorials Ahoy!

Posted on 01/19/2009 by The Artist

WordPress got wise, real wise. They’ve started to populate their new domain, WordPress.tv, with videos. This tickles me in ways I can barely begin to describe. First: I’m a person who is very much supportive of people using the proper ending to their domains. The endings were created to help differentiate between content types. This way people would know from first glance just what the company is, does, and it’s intents. .com –> Commercial Business (Drakenhart Studios.com is being held by a friend currently. Lost contact.) .net –> Network (We are in our own way a network. Rather then just … Continue reading →

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Designing a WordPress Theme (2.7)

Posted on 01/13/2009 by The Artist

Welcome viewers. If you are like me, you’ve scoured the web for more information in a more concise and basic form. The WordPress Codex is great, but huge and bulky. Buying the next “how to” book may only leave you behind as the CMS upgrades over time. So what I offer here is the most up to date listing of information, tutorials, links, reviews and pointers to try and help you along in your designing needs. WordPress may seem daunting, with all of it’s php code and not-quite stero-like instructions. But once it is broken down, yuo are good to … Continue reading →

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