tutorial Archives - Jose M Castaneda

21Oct, 2015

Three sliders, one option, and a few tears later

By Jose

I am not a huge fan of sliders until they are used in a decent way. The only way I sort of like them is in an image gallery but even then it has to be somewhat incorporated with a lightbox, colorbox, whatever you would like to call it. These sliders are slowly becoming a bit more popular with theme developers because it can solve a few issues for the user. The biggest drawback is that they will no longer have that slider when they ultimately redesign the site and switch themes. … Continue readingThree sliders, one option, and a few tears later

02May, 2015September 14, 2015

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Working with the WordPress Customizer

By Jose

Recently the Theme Review Team chose to make the customizer as the format of creating theme options. I love it! Yes, I was in favor of it. I have myContinue readingWorking with the WordPress Customizer

24Mar, 2015

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JavaScript in PHP

By Jose

Lately I’ve been seeing a few themes that like to include and devote an entire file to JavaScript. There is a reason I don’t like this. Biggest one is becauseContinue readingJavaScript in PHP

09Feb, 2015

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Displaying multiple pages on one

By Jose

Every so often I come across a theme or an implementation I like and wonder how it is being done. I like to dig behind the scenes on themes andContinue readingDisplaying multiple pages on one

15Sep, 2014February 21, 2015

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Making a Portable Object Template for your WordPress theme or plugin

By Jose

Yes, a bit of a lengthy title but I feel will get the point across and it is after all what I’m wanting to share with you today. A whatContinue readingMaking a Portable Object Template for your WordPress theme or plugin

27Mar, 2014February 21, 2015

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Child theme friendly post-formats

By Jose

It’s no surprise I will always preach the making of child themes. Part of the reason is because you can make modifications without losing all that when it comes timeContinue readingChild theme friendly post-formats

19Dec, 2013

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Uploading and updating your theme

By Jose

It’s no secret I love doing theme reviews. When I get a chance. The past couple of weeks though I’ve only been able to do one a week if I’mContinue readingUploading and updating your theme

29May, 2013August 25, 2017

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Creating a custom comment list

By Jose

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 notContinue readingCreating a custom comment list

10May, 2013November 19, 2016

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Creating a sticky post slider

By Jose

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 anyContinue readingCreating a sticky post slider