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Developing a WordPress Theme: The Ins and Outs
Configuring my WordPress Tag Template Page
Posted on 11/14/2009 at 1:35 pm by MikeLTTags associated with individual posts can be a powerful way of indexing a site. For me, I plan to write about multiple subjects, and hopefully will amass a good deal of content on each subject.
Tags are like categories on steroids, whereas a post will usually belong to one broad category, but can address a multitude of subjects (tags).
Building the Category Template Page
Posted on 10/11/2009 at 4:18 pm by MikeLTInstead of having one page with only a title and a couple of lines of text, I will first use a php query to determine if there a more than two posts in the category, and then run two while loops.
If the query returns true, that there are more than two posts, I will show only the exerpts. Otherwise, (else), the while loop runs again showing the full post.
The Archive Template Page
Posted on 10/10/2009 at 3:05 pm by MikeLTWhile it may not seem like it on the face of things, the archive.php template page has some awesome responsibility. As the page of last resort for up to eight templates, the archive acts as the last chance for formatting before the index is called for the all important category, tag, author, and date pages.
Customizing the WordPress Loop for the Single Post
Posted on 10/09/2009 at 5:35 pm by MikeLTWhile the home page of a blog is generally meant to show off a number of the most recent posts, each actual blog entry, or post, is stored in its own table in the database, and when retrieved resides on its own page.
Defining the Home Page
Posted on 10/07/2009 at 7:48 pm by MikeLTIn the main hierarchy of things, the first page to load when someone clicks on a link to your domain would be index.php. This is the template file that we used to create the look, feel, and functionality of our theme in general, and is and should remain the template from which all subsequent templates splinter.
Having recognized that the first page to load should be as customizable as any other page, Wordpress developers have allowed the template file home.php to take precedence over index.php as the home page.
Contemplating the Template Hierarchy
Posted on at 4:54 pm by MikeLTBefore we delve further into the template hierarchy, it is important that we understand the most important part of the Wordpress platform, the part that allows us to differentiate between these files, and the engine behind it all: a relatively small piece of coding known as “the loop”.
Registering and Widgetizing the Sidebars
Posted on 10/04/2009 at 2:25 pm by MikeLTOnce the sidebar 1 and 2 php templates are uploaded to the server, you will find that a multitude of these handy widgets magically appear in the Widgets admin panel from which to choose from. Once you drag a widget to a sidebar, what was previously there is gone from view, but handily still exists on the page itself.
Developing My First WordPress Theme
Posted on 09/23/2009 at 4:49 pm by MikeLTFor me, the glorious fluidity of a liquid layout is a caricature of the ever expanding Internet itself. It takes on a life of its own browser to browser!
