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My first free WordPress theme
This is a features list for a new blog theme I'm designing for public
release. I'm writing it here so I remember to include all the features. For this project I'm returning to the idea that WordPress is all about
the blogging. While I believe it is an excellent CMS, this particular
theme design is a blog, not a content management system.
Where possible I'm using built-in WordPress functionality. In the
interest of saving time and money when I roll this out to a paying
client, I'm also going to use a bunch of stable plugins to achieve
certain effects.
I'm going to be using the Hybrid framework for these designs because it
is a very versatile blog framework (I don't think it is suitable for CMS
theming). It also has a very helpful support forum and a developer who
actually responds!
Features:
1. Control the pages displayed in the main navigation system of the
blog, editable via the dashboard.
2. Control the order of pages displayed in the main navigation system.
2. Allow multiple instances of widgets in sidebars AND footers.
3. Allow snippets of code to be added via a widget to strategic points
around the container.
4. Allow dashboard insertion of a Feedburner URL and Google Analytics
ID.
5. Display excerpts and thumbnails in posts and pages, creating archive
pages.
6. Modify meta tags on a post/page.
7. Use the WordPress 2.8 threaded comments functionality.
8. Display a Twitter stream.
9. Use a tabbed navigation system in sidebars.
10. Display and control banner ads in sidebars.
11. Include an XML sitemap.
12. Build a customizable XHTML sitemap.
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One dollar koi
Isn't there a law that says you can't sell a Dollar bill for more than 1 Dollar? If there is, I'm buying a bunch of to give as Christmas gifts this year.
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It's no wonder my mother isn't proud of me
Today I’ve spent 3 hours writing terrible articles about wooden bunk beds. Yesterday I spent literally the whole day restarting computers in the office and swearing at call centre agents. This evening when I get home I’ll be wrestling with the intricacies of Wii Bass fishing.
I’m pretty sure this isn’t what my mother had in mind when she forked out all that money on a private school education…
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Oh my God I think I'm becoming a trainspotter!
I've been to the National Railway Museum in York 3 times in the past
year (and enjoyed each trip). I don't mind waiting for trains to cross
level crossings (if I'm at the front of the queue it's like winning a
prize). I always offer to fetch a granny/aunt/uncle from some obscure
town in Scotland as long as I can take the train, and I'm bitterly
disappointed that my nearest Toys 'R Us doesn't have a model railway
section.
All I need is an anorak and I'll be converted...
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Thesis for WordPress is like the game of rugby
Because just like rugby, Thesis has to go backwards before it can go forwards. Before you go anywhere you spend an hour removing styles, then another hour removing functions. Once you've successfully 'passed the ball backwards', you can begin to run forwards by adding new styles and functions. Daft, but popular nonetheless.
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