How to build a Custom WordPress Site 2
May 14th, 2012 // 10:25 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Build a Custom WP with Semiomantics XO This post focuses on setting up our Main Theme and a Child Theme. For the purpose of this exercise we will use Semiomantics XO as the parent theme because it’s flexible, user-friendly and highly optimized. In fact you can use most any decent WP theme to follow this tutorial, namely the TwentyEleven which comes with the WP installation. Adding a Theme Like on any live site, our test site on BitNami allows us to add themes either from the Dashboard (upload the theme’s zip file) or by pasting the theme into the themes folder in wp-contents. Access your BitNami environment using Windows Explorer and surf to the themes folder. You will see the same folders and files structure under htdocs as you are used to when accessing your WordPress folder on a server using an FTP client. In order to add Themes, we just drop theme folders into the ‘themes’ folder as per above. As you can see, I have amongst others) added my Semiomantics XO (the ‘xo’ folder under themes). XO will serve as the parent theme of the new website. Instead however of customizing XO directly, I will create a child [...]
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WordPress 3.4 Beta
April 9th, 2012 // 8:36 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
WordPress 3.4 Beta Custom Headers and Backgrounds The release of WordPress 3.4 Beta raises a number of problemsquestions for theme designers in as much as Custom Headers and Custom Backgrounds are concerned. The implementation methods via add_custom_background() and add_custom_image_header() will be depreciated and replaced by a more powerful method via add_theme_support(). The impact for Semiomantics XO and EVO Due to the depreciation of the old calls, we will need to update the themes and make the modifications needed to take advantage of the new features provided by WordPress 3.4. The new theme versions will work with WP 3.4 minimum and must not be used with previous WP versions. Custom developments and child themes may need a special treatment, depending on the degree of customization. I will arrange for some developers calls or set up some tutorials in due course. For the time being I am testing WP 3.4 Beta to check backwards compatibility using our themes. I will keep you posted on results and updates. Related posts: Semiomantics XO Transparent WordPress Drafts How to Customize your WordPress Typography WordPress Themes and Development Showcase Portfolio Photo Theme for WordPress YORGOO Blaster YB271 Beta
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Image Styling on Semiomantics XO
February 16th, 2012 // 8:21 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Image Borders, Padding, Captions on XO Theme Thumbnails on WordPress There are two kinds of thumbnails produced on your XO site: the native WordPress thumbnails and the thumbnails generated by XO for the purpose of display throughout the theme where the WordPress thumbnails don’t fit. WordPress Thumbnails Thumbnail sizes are set in your dashboard under Settings > Media. When we change the thumbs’ sizes, the change will apply only to new content. These thumbnails are used by default in the XO Basic Home Page Layout. In order to modify thumbnails created previously to a change in WordPress settings, we use the “Regenerate Thumbnails” plugin; install from your dashboard and then just run it: this will create thumbnails corresponding to the new WP Media settings for all images in the library and galleries. The Regenerate Thumbnails plugin will have no impact on syndicated posts unless you also pull in the images to your library when syndicating. XO Theme Thumbnails When we upload an image from our dashboard in XO, XO creates 12 thumbnails adapted to the needs of the site and stores them in the default uploads folder for faster loading. If we change the layout settings in XO advanced home [...]
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Meta Tag Styling on WordPress
February 13th, 2012 // 6:17 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
XO Theme for WordPress Styling After each post, we display Tag, Category and RSS references. They are not part of the actual post; they are of a rather technical nature and may help visitors to find contextual content on the site. The SEO impact of publishing such Meta Information is discussable. Styling the Author Name We want to display the author’s name underneath the main title in small but remarkable fonts: .post .meta, .hentry .meta,.post .meta a, .hentry .meta a { color:#111111;letter-spacing:5px; } Note: we just use letter-spacing to gain visibility. Bottom Tags Usually these meta tags are printed in small print, often difficult to read. For the purpose of this exercise we have switched to a serif font (Times) and increased letter spacing for better readability: .storycontent .postmetadata, .storycontent .tags { font-family: Times, “Times New Roman”,serif; font-variant:small-caps; font-size:16px; line-height:1.1em;color:#101010; letter-spacing:2.5px; } .storycontent .postmetadata a, .storycontent .tags a{ color:#000000; } Nothing really exciting here: we are using small-caps (alternatively upper-cases) and letter-spacing of 2.5px.Note that letter-spacing can take decimal values. The fun is in experimenting with font, colors and styles! Related posts: WordPress Date Styling Custom Typography on Semiomantics XO Theme for WordPress
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The 1001 Faces of Semiomantics XO
January 30th, 2012 // 11:31 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
XO for WordPress is a responsive, flexible and highly customizable Theme for high performance and excellence in publishing. Developed by Semiomantics since 2007, the XO is mainly used for custom High End sites. A DIY version is available since 2011 at http://semiomantics.com. News are published to Facebook at http://facebook.com/semiomantics.
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Ycademy Online Seminar January 2012
January 24th, 2012 // 10:40 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Original Article at Ycademy Online Seminar January 2012.
Ycademy Online Seminar January 2012 – The XO Theme for WordPress remains the most flexible theme for custom development, accessible to most anyone
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Semiomantics XO 2011 for WordPress
December 23rd, 2011 // 6:03 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Original Article at Semiomantics XO 2011 for WordPress.
A clip with XO 2011 Sites The clip presents some of the custom sites built on Semiomantics XO 2011. Semiomantics XO 2012 will be released in January to catch up with the latest WordPress developments.Related posts: Semiomantics XO 2011 for WordPress Best WordPress and Semiomantics Semiomantics XO 2011 Release FAQ Semiomantics XO 2011 WordPress 2.8 Baker
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Facebook Strategy with WordPress
November 21st, 2011 // 6:51 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Original Article at Facebook Strategy with WordPress.
10 Steps to Implement your Facebook Strategy with WordPress Contents 10 Steps to Implement your Facebook Strategy with WordPress 11 Efficient Facebook Strategies 7 Ways to jeopardize your Facebook success for sure 4 Important Facebook features to focus on Facebook Privacy and Accessibility settings Workshop: Information and Profile Friends, Fans and Subscriptions Facebook Pages Workshop: Build a simple Facebook page Creative and useful Facebook Page Content Integrating WordPress with Facebook Workshop: Build your Facebook with WordPress Create Unlimited Facebook Fan Pages with WordPress Increase Likes by 150% with Reveal “Like” Tab Gateways Unlimited Customization Options When Designing Your Fan Pages Create Unlimited Custom Pages with the WordPress Page Editor Create Custom Menus and Navigation with Just a Few Clicks Comments, Like, Send and Over 50+ Custom Shortcodes for Enhanced Customization Facebook Open Graph Integration for Enhanced Facebook Integration and Google SEO Auto Post to Facebook From Your WordPress Blog Use Your Facebook Albums and Photos on Your Blog and Fan Pages Add Google Maps to Your Facebook Fan Pages Create Squeeze and Sales Pages with Just a Few Clicks on Facebook Workshop: Add Social Network features to your WordPress Selective Access to your FB Content Seminar Schedule Time Materials Tickets [...]
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WordPress 3.3 Update
November 19th, 2011 // 7:34 pm @ Yorgo Nestoridis
Original Article at WordPress 3.3 Update.
WordPress 3.3 Update for XO by Semiomantics Semiomantics XO users: update to WP 3.3 and appreciate the new admin bar featuring also your XO theme menu. Also new: the drag and drop media up-loader as well as the admin menu 
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Photo Sprites Menu Tutorial
August 17th, 2011 // 8:12 am @ Yorgo Nestoridis
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Photo CSS Sprites for WordPress — Free PSD This Tutorial will show you step by step how to build an attractive menu using sprites for your WordPress Photo website. I have used this feature on the below demo site: The menu is placed in the header.php of the WordPress theme (here its Semiomantics XO) in replacement of the navigation. 1. Create the Image file in Photoshop The image file consists roughly of a Filmstrip serving as mask and then the images which are inserted into the film strip. In the normal position, the images are dimmed by a black fill layer at about 75% opacity. The final image looks as follows: Download the PSD File Download my PSD file from HERE. Open the PSD file in Photoshop and inspect it When you open the file in Photoshop, you will find 3 folders in the layer stack: The bottom folder contains the lower film-strip, the next folder concerns the upper film-strip and on top you find the Semiomantics XO Photo Publishing ad which I kick in as a bonus. To start, just make the “ad” folder invisible by clicking on the eye icon placed to the left of the “ad” folder. [...]
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