This looks like it could be a good read and a more simply way to add theme options to WordPress themes. Need to read more carefully when I have more time!
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Custom Columns for Custom WordPress Post Types
A quick tutorial on how to add custom columns to custom post types in the WordPress dashboard. It also goes through how to make them sortable.
Using Nivo Slider with WordPress Custom Post Types
I have been using the Nivo Slider for a while on a number of sites, mainly using a function to grab all the images from a particular WordPress post or page and then showing these in the Nivo Slider. Then I found out that it could take HTML for the captions and therefore wanted to use this for a “Featured Content” slider on a website. The featured content post would be a WordPress custom post type. Here is how I did it.
Internet Privacy Summary
Thought this was a rather good summary of Privacy on the Internet. Gets the message across even if its a little harsh!
Create a Pure CSS Drop Down Menu
Creating a pure CSS dropdown menu with clear and simple markup and just CSS with no need for javascript.
Javascript Accordion Menu Script
An script for creating an accordion style section of a page which is great for menus. This can easily be integrated with WordPress too.
I create a number of sites that need to authenticate WordPress users as there will be elements of the page that should only be displayed. Part of this, sometimes, is showing a login form for not logged in users. For a long time I have been coding a login form myself which has been a pain.
Today whilst searching Google for wp_login_url() the Google auto search suddenly showed me the wp_login_form() function which I then clicked on. Turn out this function is all you need to display a login form. It also redirects users to the page you arrived from once logged in.