Responsive design with CSS3
Using media queries, we can define exceptions to the general 1024px+ screen size. This method is tested and true, and ready for some simple copy-pasting action in your existing theme.
Friday, November 18th, 2011Using WP 3+ menus in your theme
Register the menu location: Set the location in the theme Then make sure to assign the menu in WP admin and create your menu there. This article has more details… and google has much more.
Thursday, November 10th, 2011Query and display content from other pages / posts
Find and display first attachment of children pages as links to those pages (album style) New query on regular page to display links to recent posts Also read up on WP_Query, get_post_meta and the_post_thumbnail.
Thursday, November 10th, 2011Moving WordPress websites to a new server and domain
Moving a WordPress website from one server to another can be complicated, especially under a different domain. These steps and resources should help make things better.
Monday, October 3rd, 2011Simple Master-Child pages
When using WordPress as a CMS, Adal Design wants to insure that it is simple for clients to update their website. One frequent feature that often comes up in website development is the need for Master-Children pages other than those automatically provided by WordPress blogging. Let’s image a client wants a Team page with a master [...]
Monday, September 26th, 20119 reasons to switch from Drupal to WordPress
The webmaster of web100.com wrote about how his personal experience made him decide on using WordPress as his Content Management System over Drupal. Top benefits cited include: An overall easier experience, especially for non-developers. A more friendly, diverse community. A more cost effective solution to web publishing and content management. You can read the full [...]
Monday, September 26th, 2011Custom Field Template manual and help guide
Custom fields allow users to save extra data in a page. With the use of get_the_meta() and pageTemplates.php, we can then echo that extra content however we please.
This awesome solution is made 10x better by the fabulous plugin: Custom Field Template.
Use smarter CSS rather than precise HTML
Never place layout HTML in the content box Because we want everything to work seamlessly for the client who doesn’t know HTML, we should focus on CSS instead when customizing the display of content in WordPress. This is the old concept of separating content (HTML) from design (CSS) applied to using WordPress as a CMS. [...]
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Online Business Tools
This is a list of ‘software as service’ Business tools that will help you automate and organize your business without having to learn or install complicated software.
Friday, September 9th, 2011eMarketing
Using the Internet to Promote Your Small Business. At Adal Design we don’t just build you a website and send you out into the weird, wide world. We certainly know the nuts and bolts of how to build a website, but what is just as important is how to use the internet to grow your [...]
Friday, August 26th, 2011
