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Redesign Update

May 3, 2007

I’ve been working on finalizing the new template tonight. I’ve got all the secondary pages (archives, blogroll, about) updated to use the new design. Simple really, just add a new CSS class where it belongs, and all is done naturally! That is the way CSS should be used. Of course, I created some new template [...]

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Themes and Plugins

April 30, 2007

I spent the evening installing and activating the plug-ins I plan to use on the new site. Mostly the same one’s I’m currently using, until better come along, however, since I won’t be using one of the advanced templates which automatically use several plug-ins, like Ultimate Tag Warrior (UTW), I had to develop the pages [...]

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How to Create a WordPress Theme – Part 7, Margins & Font Settings

April 28, 2007

I discovered the problem with IE was that it was not handling the CSS float on the left column correctly. By supplying explicit top margin settings, it is now usable. Here’s what the design looks like in IE:

As you can see, the corners are square since it doesn’t understand CSS3 border-radius. I may go back [...]

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Creating a WordPress Theme – Part 6, CSS3 Rounded Borders

April 26, 2007

CSS3 Rounded Borders was a success! Well, for Firefox users anyway! Luckily, I checked my stats and find that 65% of my visitors are Firefox users… mostly v2.0, but a few v1.5 users are still out there. Time to upgrade Firefox folks!
The rounded corners technique using CSS3 method is very easy compared to what I [...]

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Creating a WordPress Theme – Part 5

April 25, 2007

Just a quick update on the template progress… I’m working on using CSS to create rounded corner effects on backgrounds that will be used for the sidebar & posts. I got the basic concept from many places, but Adam Kalsey has a good post on the Rounded Corners in CSS technique. Here’s an in-progress snapshot [...]

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