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Aether: A Structurally Minimal Child Theme For Thematic
Altamente Decorativo and Bendler.tv have joined forces to release a really interesting, structurally minimal, one-column Child Theme for Thematic, Aether.
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A Little Love for Thematic: The Simple Love Theme
WordPress Lover Hafiz Rahman of WP Lover has let loose a little love for Thematic in the form of the Simple Love Theme, a lovely 3-column WordPress Child Theme that builds on top of Thematic.
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Sugar Cane: A Sweet WordPress Child Theme
Freelance Graphic Designer Able Paris has come up with a sweet new WordPress Child Theme for Thematic: Sugar Cane.
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Take Complete Control Of Your WordPress Menu
I don’t normally post lists of plugins but for the first time ever my WordPress menu is completely controlled by WordPress itself in a smooth and efficient way. All thanks to some awesome plugins that you need to put in your WordPress management arsenal—right now. No more custom coding. No more hurried hacking when I…
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Thematic Version 0.9—The Best Version Yet
Thematic version 0.9 represents a major change in Thematic. Actually, this release represents everything I’ve learned from the Thematic user community and my continual efforts in studying how most WordPress themes are actually used. Thematic is all about you: what you want to do with it, how you’re using WordPress, and how you’re going to…
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The Future of WordPress Themes 2009
Last year’s Future of WordPress Themes (read it here) found 11 people committed to thinking creatively about WordPress themes stopping to look where WordPress theming was heading—and now we’re doing it again! These 15 people—designers, developers, and WordPress enthusiasts—are some of the people who will shape WordPress themes, and what they mean, into version 3.0…
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Customize Your Posts Without Touching Your Theme Files
I hate editing my WordPress theme files—and I’m a theme developer! It makes it a pain to update the theme when a new, better version comes out. And if you ever change your theme you’re either going to forget about some crucial edit you’ve made, or spend wasted hours hunting down all your customizations. Didn’t…
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PageDrop Child Theme: Drop Down Menus for Thematic
Built-in drop down menu support is something we’re working on right now for Thematic 0.9 (one of the many changes you’ll likely be hearing about pretty soon). In the meantime, the always resourceful Cozmoslabs has released a nifty little Child Theme for Thematic called PageDrop that adds drop down menus to the current Thematic style.…
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Adding Class To The WordPress Page Menu
Problem: You need to add a class or id to the the unordered list in wp_page_menu. Maybe to implement some super-slick drop down page menus. But! That <ul> tag is trapped inside of wp_page_menu. What are you going to do? Solution: Filter wp_page_menu. In the code example below we’ll use preg_replace to find the first—and…
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The LaunchPad Theme Updated To Work With Google FeedBurner
The LaunchPad theme has been updated to work with the new Google FeedBurner. Special thanks to go to Michael Moshiri for sending me the updated code. Please make sure you get the theme from the LaunchPad download post and not the WordPress themes directory. I can’t update LaunchPad at the WordPress themes directory without trying…
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How To Change The Postheader in Thematic
bendler.tv has written an easy to follow tutorial on how to change the Postheader in Thematic. The Postheader is the content, typically including the title and author info, above each post and page. This is can be one of the most powerful tools in your Thematic toolbox and the same technique can be used to…
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How I Used A Custom Page Template To Redesign My Blog The Smart Way
The custom front page is a must for really taking control of your WordPress installation and using it to manage your website. Luckily, creating a custom front page is ridiculously easy. It’s something every WordPress tinkerer should tackle at least once. Take a look at the custom front page I created for ThemeShaper. I’ll tell…
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