Category Archives: Wordpress

wp_nav_menu shortcode

Along with WordPress 3.0 we now have access to the really useful wp_nav_menu functionality. We can now create our own menus without resulting to several plugins or tricks. Another cool thing we can do with this new menu is build the sitemap. I was in need the other day of a plugin that would generate [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in General | Tagged , | 2 Comments

The new Smarter and WordPress 3.0

As you all know, WordPress has made the 3.0 transition, which brings the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress and a lot of new features to the table. Trying to keep up with the goodies we developed a new version of Smarter, which runs smooth on 3.0 and takes advantage of the new feature list. [...]
By Adrian | Also posted in General, Theme Design | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Charisma, Free Genesis Child Theme

Charisma is a free Genesis child theme that will work perfectly for your WordPress personal blog. When I started designing Charisma I had in mind an elegant, simple, well structured theme which highlights the content and gives the user a pleasurable reading experience.
By Cristian | Also posted in Recomended Reading, Theme Design | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Thematic Tabbed Widgets

Tabbed widgets for WordPress themes have been around since WordPress it self. They are a perfect way to save on vertical space and add a bit of interaction with the users. There are two classic ways of implementing the tabbed widgets. Creating a hard coded widget and using the jQuery Cycle plugin. This means you [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in Thematic | Tagged , , , | 16 Comments

Exclude posts from WordPress Navigation in Thematic

Let’s say you have a certain category that you want to be displayed some place other than on your main blog page. No big deal, you just exclude your special category from the main index loop. Now, you’re probably also want to make some changes to the single post navigation, and make it so that [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in Thematic | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Extending the admin post filtering

We have a brand new plugin for all you WordPress maniacs out there. Now you can filter your posts in all imaginable ways, even by custom taxonomies! Download it via the official WordPress plugins repository. Filter the admin post listing by: authors tags custom taxonomies that you have declared
By Cristian | Also posted in plugins | Tagged , | 26 Comments

WordPress Photo Slideshow with NextGen Gallery

After looking into tons of solutions for a WordPress photo slideshow, most of them being flash applets, I’m confident that I’ve found the very best one. And it’s not even Flash, it’s just JavaScript. Are you familiar with the NextGEN Gallery plugin? Well, you must be, since it’s probably the most downloaded photo gallery plugin. [...]
By Cristian | Posted in Wordpress | Tagged , , | 32 Comments

Smarter Theme Teaser

It’s called Smarter and simply put it’s a CMS and business WordPress theme. The idea behind Smarter Theme is to quickly build a presentation website for small and medium size companies without the need to touch a single line of code. We’ve put together a screencast with a quick walk-through of the theme and it’s [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in Theme Design | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Cozmoslabs forums

It’s been really difficult to keep track of bugs and requests for the free Themelets I’ve released. There are over 380 comments related to the free themes and since I have plans in the future to release more a forum sounded as a good idea. Besides support for the themes I hope to discuss any [...]
By Cristian | Also posted in General | Tagged | 5 Comments

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    Smarter Wordpress Theme

    Smarter is a Wordpress theme for small and medium sized companies. It's meant to build a presentation site in a minimum amount of time without touching a single line of code.

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