How to build a Custom WordPress Site 3
May 17th, 2012 // 9:14 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Customizing WordPress Child Theme In this tutorial we will create Custom Post Types and add variables and functionality to them. Also we will add some styling for more user-friendly display in the dashboard. Having set up our basic Child Theme structure we will now proceed with the customization. But before that we will do some basic WP configuration and go through the settings. You may be used to building WordPress based sites and therefore you may have some habits in as much as settings and configuration are concerned. Some basic WP Settings Here is what I do in the dashboard: 1. Trash and permanently delete the Hello World Post. 2. Delete the default Links. 3. Set Permalinks to: /%category%/%postname%/ 4. Under Settings General enter Blog Name and Tagline; for the purpose of this exercise I use as a Title: WordPress TTP and as a Tagline: Tips, Themes and Plugins 5. Add some content to test content display by importing an RSS feed using a plugin such as Feedwordpress. I pulled into a new category called Blog the feed from my author-blog at: http://yorgonestoridis.com/feed Custom Posts and Child Theme We have set up a basic child theme for the purpose of [...]
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Customizing CSS in WP Mobile Theme
May 1st, 2012 // 4:36 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Common Changes This post lists some CSS snippets to customize WPTouch Pro. Remove the Page Title Area Note: When removing the page title area we recommend using a child theme’s stylesheet and applying the code below to its corresponding stylesheet, per the instructions on applying custom CSS. In the iPhone theme: In the iPad theme: Remove reflection on calendar icons and post-thumbnails Change the size of the Post Thumbnails Change every instance of 46px to your desired size Remove rounded corners on Post Thumbnails Remove “Comments are closed” text when comments are disabled in WordPress p.nocomments, #respond { display:none !important; } Remove comments completely Remove comment # bubble Remove ‘breadcumb’ text in category and search pages Use custom color for the mobile header where #ffffff can be customized to suit. Remove “HelloBar” Related posts: XO Mobile Theme with WPTouch Pro Customizing WP Shop Theme Customizing Post Editing Best WP Business Theme Hosting South Africa Fun Theme
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Local Website Design
April 25th, 2012 // 10:07 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
How to build a Local Website Go Local is the name of the game in 2011/12 and the success of bringing the global web developments back home is a trend of the time. First it was about tagging people, now we tag locations, be it on social networks such as Facebook or on Photo sites, such as Picasa or Flickr. Based on the fact that surfers search for and prefer local business to cross border transactions, social networks namely have built in the local tags and stimulate users to hook media and events to geographically tagged locations. How to dominate the local market? In order to dominate the local market, you need to assess the use of the internet your neighbors make; chances are that they mostly hang out on social media, search Google and use email. This is of course an extremely simplified view but it gives an indication about where we need to build high visibility. You also want to have an idea about how people access the net and websites; you will notice an increased use of mobile deices, which means that your content needs to be formatted and optimized for desktops as well as for tablets [...]
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Ycademy Online Seminar Apri 2012
April 16th, 2012 // 5:13 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Mobile WordPress and Social Media The fast evolution of the mobile web has created new needs for publishers, whereas the objective remains to integrate mobile web targets into an existing workflow and to optimize productivity with the help of automated conversion scripts and tools. What’s New on Mobile WordPress and Social Media At Semiomantics the starting point for our development is the most comprehensive conversion plugin, called WPTouch Pro. WPTouch has released its latest version end of March 2012 with some adjustments for iOS 5.1 and many other fixes and developments: * Added: Custom advertising options for iPad * Added: Simple caching of desktop functions.php * Added: Russian language file * Added: Automatic archiving of previous settings in wptouch-data directory * Added: Compatibility setting for BuddyPress Mobile AJAX support * Fixed: Changing user-agent matching that may have interfered with advertising in certain scenarios * Changed: Replaced include with locate_template in theme files, should allow child overrides of custom WPtouch Pro template files * Changed: Algorithm to reload settings; may have caused settings to be lost in a certain scenario * Updated: All translations based on 2.6 strings * Fixed: An issue with Register and Lost password links in Classic * [...]
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New Photoshop CS6 Beta
April 8th, 2012 // 5:34 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Photoshop CS6 Today let’s have a look at Photoshop CS6 Beta which is available for free download from Adobe. The version is called ‘Superstition’ and it is the first significant update to Photoshop since CS5 ( in the Suite CS5.5 Adobe delivered the same Photoshop as in CS5). Who is Photoshop CS6 for? Having thoroughly tested the new Photoshop CS6 Beta, it seems to me that this version is addressing namely people who are working with digital photos and videos; also the 3D features have been significantly improved. In other words, if you are not using Photoshop to edit your images, needing content aware patching and selective blurring, there is no real need to upgrade your CS5. If however you are a photo freak and if you are shooting short videos, then Photoshop CS6 is a smashing program, allowing you to go beyond what photography can do (such as multiple shallow depth of field areas on a single image). What is new on Photoshop CS6? This is what’s new on Photoshop CS6: UI redesign (all new icons and optional dark UI) OK, they copied (sorry, got inspired by (big companies don’t copy, huh)) Apple’s Aperture; you can switch back [...]
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Happy Valentine
February 14th, 2012 // 8:39 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Enjoy your Valentine!
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WordPress Date Styling
February 10th, 2012 // 7:01 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
CSS3 for WP Date Styling Meta Data often are neglected by website developers, however they can be useful and deserve in special cases particular attention and bold design. Today we are just looking at the date on our WP website. Create an eye-catching …
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WordPress CSS3 Menu Tutorial
February 9th, 2012 // 10:36 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Menu Styling with Typography CSS3 By default the Semiomantics XO Theme displays the following Main Navigation displaying category names: In order to style the menu and namely the typography, it is advisable to start by creating the tabs using th…
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Semiomantics XO Transparent WordPress Drafts
February 8th, 2012 // 11:19 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Transparent WordPress Custom Theme Playing with the XO Theme Version 3.3.x from Semiomantics and CSS3, I notice how easy it is for most anyone to customize the XO Theme by adding transparencies and other CSS3 elements. Here below you find some drafts. You may visit the test site from : http://globalthebrand.com. Transparent WordPress Gallery Scripts and Plug-ins On the test site we use the Semiomantics Widgets and Theme Handler plug-in as well as a modified Supersized plug-in; the latter needs some more work to make it more responsive. Also we use TubePress which behaves fine also on mobile. The Theme is Semiomantics XO with 3 custom child-themes; any theme can be associated with any page, post, category, tag or sidebar. Related posts: Transparent WordPress Semiomantics XO Transparent WordPress Theme Design Semiomantics XO Blog The 1001 Faces of Semiomantics XO Semiomantics XO 2011 for WordPress
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12 Principles of Animation with After Effects
December 15th, 2011 // 8:31 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Original Article at 12 Principles of Animation with After Effects.
Animation for Beginners with After Effects Contents Animation for Beginners with After Effects 12 Principles of Animation 1. Slow in — slow out 2. Anticipation 3. Squash and Stretch 4. Arc 5. Straight Ahead Action vs. Pose to Pose 6. Staging 7. Exaggeration 8. Follow Through and Overlapping Action 9. Secondary Action 10. Timing 11. Solid Drawing 12. Appeal Since Disney’s hand-drawn animation, nothing has changed when it comes to the basic principles of animation. The success of Disney was not just in the design of Mickey and friends but in the way the characters were put into motion. At Saturday’s Ycademy Seminar we will explain the 12 Principles of Animation and see, how to apply them with After Effects. 1. Slow in — slow out Acceleration and deceleration is created with Easy Ease in and out functions is AE. The effect creates fluid motion. 2. Anticipation Anticipation designs the action leading to the actual movement, like the backwards swing before hitting a ball with a golf club. Anticipation prepares the viewer for the action which will occur. Surprise actions can be more effective without anticipation. 3. Squash and Stretch Squashing and stretching blows life into a volume. The [...]
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