In last week's post, we added a custom taxonomy named 'brands' to the Genesis Sample Theme of ThemingWP. To display this new taxonomy in the entry footer of posts, we need to update the Genesis Entry Footer. This post starts with an introduction of the WordPress Meta Data, and the Genesis Post Meta, followed by examples how to customize the Genesis Entry ... [Read more]
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Create a custom taxonomy in WordPress
Over at ThemingWP, we wanted to introduce a new taxonomy – brands. A taxonomy dedicated to theme vendors like StudioPress and WooThemes. Brands would become the third taxonomy, next to the default categories and tags. The names of the vendors were already in the database – as tags. This means we had to extract the vendor names from the tags, and ... [Read more]
Create an intelligent Recent Posts widget with posts from other blogs
In last week's post we explored the options for displaying recent posts from HostingCaddie, ThemingWP, and WPfy.me on wilwebs.org. With the proper plugin, displaying post excerpts – or even the full post content – is a piece of cake. What I prefer though, is a simple list resembling WordPress' default recent posts widget, but with items from the three ... [Read more]
Four plugins for embedding RSS feeds
WPfy.me has two sister blogs, ThemingWP and HostingCaddie. These three blogs reside under the umbrella of wilwebs.org. A widget that I include on all three blogs is the Recent Posts widget. Over at the site of wilwebs.org, I am not publishing anything yet. The site merely acts as a hub for the three blogs. Because wilwebs.org has not published yet, a recent post ... [Read more]
Adding a Read More link to excerpts of StudioPress Whitespace Pro
A user of the StudioPress Whitespace Pro theme told me that, generally, he was happy with the theme. What he found missing though, was a Read More link at the end of post excerpts. Is it possible to include a Read More link in post excerpts? Well, yes. Displaying Read More in post excerpts is what most Genesis child themes do. The Whitespace Pro theme ... [Read more]
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