Wizzy Wig Design http://wizzywigdesign.com Minneapolis Web Design for Small Businesses Tue, 01 May 2012 22:55:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 InRecovery http://wizzywigdesign.com/inrecovery http://wizzywigdesign.com/inrecovery#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 20:28:24 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=527 InRecovery.co is a WordPress site that functions as a magazine and online community. It has a membership feature for users to participate in discussions, and contribute articles. This client was recently featured in the Star-Tribune.

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/inrecovery/feed 0 BVocal http://wizzywigdesign.com/bvocal-2 http://wizzywigdesign.com/bvocal-2#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:28:16 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=505 BVocal came to me with a very outdated site --- we brought it up to date, and greatly expanded it. The site now features an integrated class registration system, an appointment-scheduler, audio and video samples.

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/bvocal-2/feed 0 BVocal http://wizzywigdesign.com/bvocal http://wizzywigdesign.com/bvocal#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:13:12 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=494 Continue reading →]]> Hi Barbara,

I just wanted to compliment you on what a wonderful website this is. It is WONDERFUL. I absolutely love the sound and video clips --- and everything else on the site. It is powerful, friendly, fresh, engaging, fun --- a truly unique web visit. All the time you spent getting this just right was worth it.

What can I say, your work is extraordinary. I hope we do get together on another project soon, though. It was a pleasure.

-Marion B.
for B.Vocal.net

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/bvocal/feed 0 frequently used wordpress tags http://wizzywigdesign.com/frequently-used-wordpress-tags http://wizzywigdesign.com/frequently-used-wordpress-tags#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:14:25 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=460 > STYLE.CSS HEADER HEADER STUFF head tags BODY Page content-- THE LOOP NAV MENU SIDEBAR FOOTER OTHER USEFUL STUFF insert post thumbnail insert custom field add … Continue reading →]]> Want more in-depth training on this topic? Schedule a one-on-one training session with me. >>

STYLE.CSS HEADER

/*
Theme Name: My Site name
Description: an awesome theme that I built
Author: Your name
Author URI: http://www.yoursite.com
*/

HEADER STUFF

head tags

<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>

<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />

<title>
<?php
/*
* Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed.
* We filter the output of wp_title() a bit -- see
* twentyten_filter_wp_title() in functions.php.
*/
wp_title( '|', true, 'right' );?>
</title>

<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php bloginfo( 'stylesheet_url' ); ?>" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>" />
<?php
/* Always have wp_head() just before the closing </head>
* tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
* generally use this hook to add elements to <head> such
* as styles, scripts, and meta tags.
*/
wp_head();
?>

BODY

<body <?php body_class(); ?>>

Page content-- THE LOOP

<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '' ) ); ?>
<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '', '' ); ?>

<?php //comments_template( '', true ); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

NAV MENU

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'container_class' => 'menu-header', 'theme_location' => 'primary' ) ); ?>

SIDEBAR

<div>
<ul class="widgets">
<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'primary-widget-area' )  ?>
</ul>
</div>

FOOTER

<?php
/* Always have wp_footer() just before the closing </body>
* tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
* generally use this hook to reference JavaScript files.
*/
wp_footer();
?>

OTHER USEFUL STUFF

insert post thumbnail

<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail('large'); } ?>

insert custom field

<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'right_box', true); ?>

add a second loop to a page

<?php //this is a separate query loop that grabs the 3 most recent posts of the category with ID of 12.
$blogquery = new WP_Query( 'cat=12&posts_per_page=3' );
// The Loop
while ( $blogquery->have_posts() ) : $blogquery->the_post(); ?>
<div>
<h3><?php the_title();?></h3>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile;
// Reset Post Data
wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

Named Page Template

<?php
/*
Template Name: Templat Name
// the line of code above is what makes wordpress recognize this as a template. When editing a page, it will appear as a Page Template in the "page attributes" box.
*/
?>

Insert a link to the post that you are listing (such as on the main blog list)

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

create an absolute link to a file that will not break when you migrate the site.

<a href="<?php bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ); ?>/image.jpg">link text </a>

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]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/frequently-used-wordpress-tags/feed 0 AM950 Radio http://wizzywigdesign.com/am950-radio http://wizzywigdesign.com/am950-radio#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:41:56 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=455 Our most complicated WordPress site to date! Features two custom-written plugins including a dynamically updated show schedule with "on air now" functionality. Also features rotating sidebar ads, sidebar poll and live streaming. Take it for a spin at am950radio.com

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/am950-radio/feed 0 vertically align something to the bottom of the container element http://wizzywigdesign.com/vertically-align-something-to-the-bottom-of-the-container-element http://wizzywigdesign.com/vertically-align-something-to-the-bottom-of-the-container-element#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:03:25 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=450 this will snap an element to the bottom of the parent element.
first, make sure the parent element is set to {position:relative}

then set the child element to {position:fixed; bottom:0;}

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/vertically-align-something-to-the-bottom-of-the-container-element/feed 0 Load plugin scripts only on pages that need them http://wizzywigdesign.com/load-plugin-scripts-only-on-pages-that-need-them http://wizzywigdesign.com/load-plugin-scripts-only-on-pages-that-need-them#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:14:22 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=447 Continue reading →]]> To disable messy plugin from loading on every page of your site (just on the pages that need it)...

First find the handle --- Open the php for the script you want to turn off and look for where it adds itself via enqueue_script
wp_enqueue_script(‘wpng-calendar‘, get_bloginfo(‘wpurl’) . ‘/wp-content/plugins/wpng-calendar/js/functions.js’, array(‘date-js’), ’0.85′);

(if the plugin doesn't use enqueue_script then you may be out of luck)

Then add this to your functions.php file:
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'my_deregister_javascript', 100 );
function my_deregister_javascript() {
if ( !is_page('Events') ) {
wp_deregister_script( 'wpng-calendar' );
wp_deregister_script( 'date-js' );
wp_deregister_script( 'thickbox-js' );
wp_deregister_script( 'jquery-js' );
wp_deregister_script( 'wiky-js' );
}
}

If you need to show the plugin on multiple pages, change the if line to this:

if ( !is_page(array(2,'events','about-us')) ) {

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/load-plugin-scripts-only-on-pages-that-need-them/feed 0 Monica Kenton http://wizzywigdesign.com/monica-kenton http://wizzywigdesign.com/monica-kenton#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:38:43 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=531 Continue reading →]]> Monica coaches people to find out what it is they love, and helps them pursue that as a career. This is a fairly simple site, with a "squeeze page" as the home page, and a simple shopping cart selling useful books and things.

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/monica-kenton/feed 0 Good Look Ink http://wizzywigdesign.com/good-look-ink-2 http://wizzywigdesign.com/good-look-ink-2#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:41:09 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=436 A complete web site overhaul for the rapidly growing Edina company Good Look Ink. Features gallery and testimonial sliders, a video gallery, and subtle jquery effects throughout.

]]> http://wizzywigdesign.com/good-look-ink-2/feed 0 Lane Self Defense http://wizzywigdesign.com/lane-self-defense http://wizzywigdesign.com/lane-self-defense#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:48:35 +0000 barbara http://wizzywigdesign.com/?p=440 Continue reading →]]> This is a 300+ product e-commerce site for a self defense company. The site was previously hosted for him with a system that could not make global changes, so that he had to manually change each page every time! The new site uses WordPress and makes updates and inventory-management easy.

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