Jose M Castaneda

Tag: code

  • So you want to become a WordPress Theme Reviewer?

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    What does it take? Some PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS knowledge and a little bit of time to spare. At least that is what it takes to get the ball rolling. Yeah, very simple. Doesn’t take much really. The basics There are some things that you really have to know in order to becoming a WordPress…

  • Make things a little more accessible

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    I was asked to redesign a site not too long ago and I’m pretty pumped about. Not going to lie. What I do like is that the site already has plenty of content to work with. The trick will be creating a good user experience for the person I will be handing off the site…

  • Choosing the right path

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    It’s no secret that I love using WordPress and love design. Those are pretty obvious if you’ve known me for some time. I guess you could say I’m a little addicted to WordPress. My digital meth if you will, but I also love design about the same. Working on WordPress themes is an amazing middle…

  • Be friendly and filter your foot

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    A brief glimpse of my WordPress.com hosted blog’s footer. I’ve had that thing for nearly six years. Yep, six years. A little hard to believe that I only have about eighty posts but it’s true. Part of that reason being me branching off and trying on a self hosted site. I wish I could tell…

  • Understanding arrays

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    Backstory For the last month I have read about JavaScript ( ECMAScript ) and how it works. To say the least I am one step closer to not being as bald as I thought I would be. JavaScript is a great language to learn and has so much potential behind it and for it. What…

  • Creating a custom comment list

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    What? Comments. That is the topic. As some may know I’m in the middle of creating a WordPress theme to submit to the repository. I want this theme to not only pass but to pass with flying colors. I followed about as close to how the default themes are but have also integrated some from…

  • Creating a sticky post slider

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    Brief background Creating a slider is simple. For some. In WordPress there are a lot of ways to creating a post slider, image slider, category slider and just about any type of slider you could possibly imagine. The one I wanted to share is creating one with sticky posts. You know the ones that you…

  • Issues with my_query

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    Recently I was in the middle of creating a theme that had support for a front page and blog with featured posts that displayed in a certain manner. I read up on how to create a new WP_Query and felt pretty confident I would be able to get the desired results. Yeah, I was a…

  • Archive widget at a glance

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    Today I put the finishing touches to my customized archives widget. While I am tempted to submit it to the WordPress plugin repository I will hold off for a little bit. The reason: I’m not quite ready. That will usually be my excuse. Enough of that on to the code! The issue I love using archives…

  • Displaying the gallery count and the images

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    Sometime last week I had an idea that finally managed to come alive. More and more I have been getting more and more ideas when it comes to creating WordPress themes. The most recent one being a theme that – much like twenty-thirteen does – showcases post formats. I still have to work with audio,…