Feb
5
Wide Sidebar and Header for WordPress Default Theme
Filed Under Tools and Tutorials, Wordpress | 2 Comments
This tutorial will walk you through how to widen Kubrick, the WordPress Default Theme, without losing the ability to use the theme’s custom header image coloring. The result will be wide enough for a second sidebar, or for one of the extra wide sidebars that are increasingly popular.
I added 200px to the WordPress Default [...]
Feb
4
Reducing Header Height - WordPress Default Theme
Filed Under Tools and Tutorials, Wordpress | 3 Comments
The WordPress Default Theme measures about 220 pixels from the top of the screen to the bottom of the header image, with a 760px wide by 200px high header image. Many popular sites have only between 100 and 150 pixels between the top of the screen and the bottom of the header area. [...]
Feb
3
Breaking the Mold Without Breaking Myself
Filed Under Blogging, The Meaning of Life, Writing | 3 Comments
Creativity is a bit like a butterfly net. A butterfly net can be a tool, an unused artifact, a source of silly visual jokes and metaphors - determining its significance requires perspective. Most of us don’t have a butterfly net on hand at any given moment, and a net doesn’t do much on [...]
Feb
1
WordPress: Add a Second Widget-Ready Sidebar
Filed Under Tools and Tutorials, Wordpress | 7 Comments
This is the tutorial I wish I had found when I first wanted to know how to add a second widget-ready sidebar.
Step One: Create a second sidebar file
1)a: Add content to sidebar2.php
1)b: Upload sidebar2.php
Step Two: Add the new sidebar to your WordPress layout
2)a: Find the code that calls the original sidebar
2)b: Add your own includes
Step [...]
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