Some theming techniques

Here are some of my un-polished notes … maybe not too slick looking but plenty of code snippets…

  • Adding Global Custom Fields
  • GET A SPECIFIC CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
  • ADDING SECONDARY MENU TO THEME
  • Showing a single custom content type post on the “home” page
  • Manipulating the default excerpt length
  • Archive queries
  • Including a custom post type in a category defined array
  • Creating an author list
  • ALLOWING SHORTCODE IN EXCERPT
  • Incorporating Custom Post Type Content into the author.php file & Display
  • Allowing more than the basic HTML stylings in the author description region
  • Automatically assigning a customized single.php template to a post in a category
  • Automatically calling the first image attached to a post as the featured image
  • Configuring a category template to sub-divide for child categories
  • stupid category tricks
  • CUSTOM FIELD CONDITIONAL INSERTION – straight from interface
  • TwentyTen child functions.php modifications
  • Use different single template per category
  • Random Header Images
  • post navigation
  • breadcrumbs without a plugin
  • LOGIN FORM CODE
  • ADD WIDGET FOR CONTENT REGIONS
  • AUTOMATIC IMAGE INSERTION FOR CATEGORY
  • AUTHOR FIELDS
  • HOOKS AND TRICKS
  • remove html filters from category descriptions
  • Allows extra HTML items in to the_excerpt
  • WORDPRESS: CUSTOMIZING THE AUTHOR PAGE
  • WORDPRESS MULTISITE