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WYSIWYG Editor for your custom box
If you have a custom text box in the edit post page, and you want to have the built-in editor, it’s quite easy to do.
Custom Boxes in Posts
You can create a custom box in post/page/custom-post-type by adding a couple of actions and telling it to trigger for the post-type. 1. add_action( ‘add_meta_boxes’, ‘people_add_custom_box’ ); // this hooks into the ‘add_meta_boxes’ action, and calls the function people_add_custom_box 2. … Continue reading
Theme Options
If you want to create a menu in wp-admin for Theme Options ( Appearance->Theme Options), you can start with this http://themeshaper.com/2010/06/03/sample-theme-options/ Just download the zip file, search and replace “sample” of theme-options.php with your theme name. in functions.php add require_once … Continue reading
WordPress post formats
WordPress 3.1 introduces post-formats. You have to activate this “feature” and it gives you a new admin box in the posts type. Although this isn’t a big new feature, it is quite common for sites to have quotes, videos, links, … Continue reading
Template Hierarchy
WordPress themes (templates) are the best in the business because its the easiest. The minimum requirement is 2 files: style.css and index.php. I usually start with style.css, index.php, header.php, footer.php and functions.php