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This is our second icon set after a long time. We have been writing about Lights & Shadows and this whole Icon Set is purely based on the same concept. This icon set is a freebie on Smashing Magazine too.
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Yes, It is the same dfGallery you are awaiting… Sure you are aware that we are working on the v2 and we have been trying to finish this from a long time but have failed. This is because we are constantly adding new features into it to make it one of the best free flash galleries…
We are in the 80% of the completion and we promise the finish the rest within the next few weeks. We have been getting a huge number of requests for the next version and trying to incorporate almost every request into this version.
If you are not aware, the v1 of the Gallery is a simple SWF based on an XML but this new version is much better than the previous version. We have almost everything you will need for a gallery.
Here are some of the cool features:
NOTE: We are still engineering and your ideas will be highly appreciated.
This is the first article in our new three-part WordPress series. I want to share with you some hacks that i found to be very useful when i was working on the redesign of Noupe and during the design of my other site Devsnippets. Throughout this article, we’ll be focus on many WordPress Theme hacks, ideas, tips and useful tutorials you need to have ready in hand when developing WordPress websites.
You might be interested to check out our previous four part series, "Powerful guide to master Your WordPress Theme</a
So let’s get started and don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS-Feed to keep track on our next post in this series.
One of the most interesting features in WordPress is using Custom Fields, which can turn your WordPress blog into a fully customizable CMS website. I use custom fields to create image thumbnail for each post here on Noupe and on Devsnippets as well and display the thumbnails on the home page and the Archive page.
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("image_thumb"); echo $values[0]; ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
Duplicate content refers to two or more web pages that have the same, or almost the same, content. We must avoid duplicate content to not get penalized by search engines. But sometimes we need to show two (or more) lists of posts on one page, we usually do this by using Multiple Loops (one standard loop and one from a certain category). This is done when you want to feature not only the very latest post written, but also posts from a certain category.
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=featured&showposts=1');
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>
<!-- Do stuff... -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- Do other stuff... -->
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>
<!-- Do stuff... -->
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<meta name="robots"content="noindex,follow">
When i was designing DevSnippets, i wanted the users to easily login through the front page and skip the login page. Many solutions are out there and i found a good one at WPdesigner, i will add the code here just in case we don’t find it in the future.
<li>
<?php global $user_ID, $user_identity, $user_level ?>
<?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
<h2>Control panel</h2>
<ul>
<li>Identified as <strong><?php echo $user_identity ?></strong>.
<ul>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-admin/">Dashboard</a></li>
<?php if ( $user_level >= 1 ) : ?>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-admin/post-new.php">Write an article</a></li>
<?php endif // $user_level >= 1 ?>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-admin/profile.php">Profile and personal options</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-login.php?action=logout&redirect_to=<?php echo urlencode($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ?>">Exit</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<?php elseif ( get_option('users_can_register') ) : ?>
<h2>Identification</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<form action="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-login.php" method="post">
<p>
<label for="log"><input type="text" name="log" id="log" value="<?php echo wp_specialchars(stripslashes($user_login), 1) ?>" size="22" /> User</label><br />
<label for="pwd"><input type="password" name="pwd" id="pwd" size="22" /> Password</label><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send" class="button" />
<label for="rememberme"><input name="rememberme" id="rememberme" type="checkbox" checked="checked" value="forever" /> Remember me</label><br />
</p>
<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>"/>
</form>
</li>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-register.php">Register</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url') ?>/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword">Recover password</a></li>
</ul>
<?php endif // get_option('users_can_register') ?>
</li>Of course later i wanted to make it even more easier and prettier to register and login through the front page and skip the login and register pages, so we coded a small widget using Prototype to switch between the login and registration box all on the front page. I will write a tutorial about this very soon.
If you would like to have a menu like the one we have here at noupe, to show certain categories, just add the line of code below and style it as you wish.
<ul class="topmenubar" style="float:left; width:720px;">
<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name&include=7,72,23,16,1,7,17,26'); ?>
</ul>
The template tag, wp_list_categories, displays a list of Categories as links. You can Include or Exclude Categories as you wish, just enter the category id and don’t forget to add the “include” or the “exclude” parameters to manage it.
By default, wp_list_categories() generates nested unordered lists (ul) within a single list item (li) titled “Categories”. You can style that list item with a CSS selector.
Sometimes you want to displays a list of categories in a select (i.e dropdown) box with no submit button. The easiest way to do this is use the wp_dropdown_categories template tag.
<form action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/" method="get">
<?php
$select = wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_none=Select Category&show_count=1&orderby=name&echo=0&selected=6');
$select = preg_replace("#<select([^>]*)>#", "<select$1 onchange='return this.form.submit()'>", $select);
echo $select;
?>
<noscript><input type="submit" value="View" /></noscript>
</form>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : query_posts($query_string .'&cat=-13,-26'); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
If you want to display certain posts from a certain category like the one i am using for the news section on Devsnippets.
<ul class="news">
<?php query_posts('cat=6&showposts=5'); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
Having multiple authors on your blog is really fun, we need to have good solutions to have nice custom author pages, show their latest posts, highlight author Comments in WordPress posts, show their avatars and author bio below every post.
By default WordPress will use the author.php then the archive.php file then your index.php file to display the author info. That is, if you do not have an author.php file, WordPress will check for archive.php, and so on.
So, if you want to change the look of your author pages, you need to create an author.php file if it doesn’t exist, by copying archive.php if that file exists, or index.php if it doesn’t.
If you want to show the author’s main website, email contact, and biography, helping readers learn more about the author.
Articles by <?php the_author(); ?>
Author Website: <?php the_author_url(); ?>
Author Email: <?php the_author_email(); ?>
Author Bio: <?php the_author_description(); ?>
If you want to have that handy little author bio box at the top of the article with an author photo, you can do the following:
When you have multiple authors on your blog, you will need to style the author comments differently, here is how you can do it:
<li class="<?php if ($comment->comment_author_email == "authorname@domain.com") echo 'author'; else if ($comment->comment_author_email == "anotherauthorname@domain.com") echo 'author2'; else if ($comment->comment_author_email == "thirdauthorname@domain.com") echo 'author3'; else echo $oddcomment; ?> item" id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
If you want to display your Twitter status on your blog instead of using Twitter-hosted scripts to save loading time.
After one year using that brownish layout the time for a change has come.
With over 10,000 subscribers, it’s been a great year. We’re celebrating with a new look, and some changes to make the new design better.
If you’re reading this in your RSS reader, please click through onto the site to see the new look. Let me know what you think of it!
I needed to improve the usability of the site by making navigation easier and directing visitors to the appropriate parts of the site, also i felt it was too busy.
Also i was really trying to validate the HTML of the site, so its now more valid with couple of errors here and there.
Anyways, we are still adjusting the new layout, so you may find some glitches. Feel free to report us about any problem you might have or if you have suggestions or critics as well. We’d love to hear from you.
On the other hand, we are planning to publish a new series of for WordPress designers with amazing hacks to tweak your blog as you need, new resources, ideas and inspiration.
As you may know, we are looking for talented and professional writers and authors. If you think that you are one of themc, send us your ideas at info[at]noupedotcom.
I would like to thank all of you for your great suggestions and contributions, we wouldn’t make it without you.
Also i owe a lot of thanks to the great blogs in the same niche as this one. Some of the best are Vandelay Design, CSSGlobe, CSSDrive, Freelancefolder, Wefunction, DesignFloat, justcreativedesign, Design Flavr, Six Revisions, SmashingMagazine, Abduzeedo, Problogdesign, DavidHellmann ifohdesigns.
Special thanks goes to Chris Coyer, David Walsh for helping me with the DevSnippets small widget at the right column here, i wanted to get the direct link to the source articles and couldn’t do it without their help.
I want to say thank you to all our great sponsors for helping keep NOUPE running at full steam.
Well, it is your decision. Since we wouldn’t be able to do it without you, which is why we would like you to decide what you want to see more on NOUPE.
So, what do you think? Thoughts, comments? I’d love to hear them all!
MAX is an experience unlike any other — an opportunity to connect with thousands of designers, developers, partners, executives, and Adobe staff for education, inspiration, and community. MAX 2008/2009 will be held in San Francisco, Milan, and Tokyo. Be sure to mark your calendar for this important global event. More here and hereThe dfMarine theme which we initially released for Wordpress is now on Blogger.
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Converted to Blogger by Templates Novo Blogger.
