OK, so I am using WP for a big site. One problem I always have had is sorting out the content, i.e. site navigation. I resorted in the past to using basic category pages as menu items. But, only found out last night that you can easily, no plugins required, set up custom category...
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How To Create Custom WordPress Category Pages
BBC News has Had a Design Makeover
BBC News is looking extremely sleek today. At first I thought I was on the wrong page! I always read their Health News pages and today was pleasantly surprised by the vibrant and modern new look. The BBC have decided to remove the old fashioned left sidebar and now have all their navigation along...
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Geocities Is Closing Soon – Other Free Blogs and Websites
OK, Geocities is now in its last couple of weeks. Soon it will be no more. Why Yahoo! is closing it is a mystery really, as other companies seem to manage to make a fair bit of business from the free sites. Here is a roundup of places you can go to get a...
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What Is A Playful, Engaging, Persuasive Web Site?
An interesting discussion has been kicked off by Kim over at Cre8asiteforums.com – what types of website should be emotionally engaging, which should be minimalist, clean, “professional”? And what is meant by “professional style” in web design? A site for Children will look very different from one for stock brokers, but both will surely...
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Web HTML Font Families
Sometimes the easiest way to make a quick and dramatic change to a website is to change the font. There are several popular font families that work well together to keep the appearance of your website the same across a range of different operating systems and web browsers. Her we provide a list courtesy...
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Color Charts and Wheels to Match HTML Colors
There are a lot of color tables, color charts and color wheels online these days, however, many are just a bit naff. But this one I found today is actually pretty good. It is from Colorschemedesigner.com and allows you to enter your chosen color as an RGB value (000000–FFFFFF) and then view colors that...
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How to Add Widget Areas to Your WordPress Theme
Just found this fantastic tutorial on adding widget areas to any WordPress theme. I successfully set up a new widget area below the content of my posts on another blog I write for in about 5 minutes. Addwidget Area to Theme: Step 1. In the index.php file in your theme directory, add the following...
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Website Logo Competition – Health and Fitness Theme – MotleyHealth.com
We are proud to announce that we have been chosen the host the MotleyHealth.com logo competition. MotleyHealth.com has decided that it is time to upgrade their current logo, and have decided to search for a new logo by way of a competition. The logo should be on the theme of Fitness, Strength and Weight...
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How To Test a Website Before Updating Name Server Details
If you are moving a site to a new server, or building a site for a client, and wish to test it before updating the name servers, then this task is very simple to do, especially if you have a Linux PC. All you need to do is add a line in the etc/hosts...
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How to Post html or php Code into a blog post
One thing that I struggled with for ages was posting code to a blog, as the code would invariable be processed, meaning that it could not be shown. However, a bit of googling revealed that there are several online solutions which convert php or html code into blog safe code. This one is very...
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