Winter Illuminations (WordPress Blog)

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Winter Illuminations

SDAC Inc. provided:

  • XHTML/CSS programming
  • WordPress theme creation
  • Custom PHP programming
  • Custom JS programming

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery

front end:

The client wanted to add a WordPress blog to their existing site without the users knowing they were going from static pages to the WordPress site. I took their existing CSS and XHTML and created a simple theme so the change would be transparent to the user.

back end:

The only backend functionality for this was creating a javascript widget for the static pages that contained the latest blog posts Instead of putting in parser code on every page – I made a javascript widget so they could simply copy and paste one line of JS on each/any of their pages and output the recent blog posts.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

So many people look for a way to add WordPress to their existing sites without having different styles or a different look and feel and this a perfect example of how easy it can be implemented.

WordPress Theme Wishlist

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I have been working on releasing a WordPress theme for awhile now and I keep adding in new functionality instead of just releasing it into the wild. Since I create a lot of custom themes for clients – I am often exposed to a lot of really cool functions, ideas, and designs. Before releasing my initial theme – I wanted to ask for some general feedback.

  1. What is the number 1 thing you want from a theme? Ease of use (admin panels to manage your content), easily skin-able, simple, clean code?
  2. How many people plan to have a mobile theme to handle their content on mobile devices? Would you ideally like this as an option from the get go?
  3. Do you use “all” the theme template files (archive, links, etc?)
  4. What would make you really happy with a theme?