Though I know the theory is that everyone loves new shiny things, this insane upgrade schedule that WordPress has set is nuts. Plugins are breaking all over the place (despite the assurances on the 2.5 announcement post that that wouldn’t happen) and people need to know their site is going to WORK. Especially now that [...]

When designing for WordPress as a CMS, it’s important to know how to design a custom homepage Page Template for your WordPress Theme. Some of the things I’ve done to enhance a Custom Homepage Page template is to add special homepage widget areas to allow featured content to be added to the homepage and edited [...]

In templating for WordPress I’ve really come to appreciate the versatility that WordPress Widgets offer to a website, so much so that I’m wishing there were more than 9 text widgets! Actually, there can be. You simply have to create more. See below. If, when templating, you create a number of widgetized areas, and name [...]

** UPDATE!!! ** This theme has been tested, and works in WordPress 2.5. Kickass-Limelight is released free for non-commercial use as long as the attribution/link to http://kickasswebdesign.com remains intact and visible to all. Please ask about licensing if you wish to use this for Commercial purposes. This theme works in WordPress versions 2.3.x and later. [...]

Twice recently I went onto client’s sites to find they opted in WordPress Admin to use a category dropdown menu instead of the regular widget menu. It amazes me every time I see this. Why? Because not only is it an ugly interface in an otherwise Kickass design, but it’s also a really really REALLY [...]