Archive for the “Design” category

Ye Gads! A Doppleganger! (and a Site Update)

by Tony Hung on August 1, 2006

Neil Lee’s Beatnik has some eerie similarities to mine — not only is it better looking, but his is 3 years old! (compared to my 3 months at this point). Well, it prompted a bit of a theme evolution … which is a nice change, I think.

Deep Jive Interests — The Theme!

by Tony Hung on July 16, 2006

I’m converting one of my other themes to a formal “Deep JIve Interests” theme Things left to do: 1) Decide what the main nav is REALLY going to be like 2) Add a “by-line” somewhere 3) Categorize the category display (…)

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Figuring out a proper “BELOW THE FOLD” footer

by Tony Hung on June 11, 2006

To create a “below the fold” effect, you must create a separate entity — a separate div — for this. I created a ‘nested’ footer to create this effect. The separateness allows you to divorce what is going on “above” the fold, with what’s goin on “below” the fold

How WordPress Integrates PHP Part I.

by Tony Hung on June 10, 2006

(I don’t know if there’s going to be a part II … ) But, WordPress has an interesting way of dealing with “control structures” — that is, ifs, whiles, etc etc. Although you can add “tags” to create and modify (…)

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Another thought ….

by Tony Hung on June 9, 2006

You could structure dual header divs, just like the footer divs, to create the same effect as the one already … that is, you wouldn’t necessarily need a background witha black top ‘simulating’ a black border for the header. Something (…)

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Updating the Page

by Tony Hung on June 9, 2006

Cleaned up the sidebar: * added “download” link for guide * cleaned up “categories” and stuff — removed bullets and indenting (removing extraneous ULs) Also, figured outa “proper” footer *Challenge: creating a “background” which fits the entire width of the (…)

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More WordPress/ CSS tricks

by Tony Hung on June 8, 2006

Blurbomat is an inspiration! Moving on … Problem 1) Previously, the “theme01″ showed that ALL of the post was a “link” Solution — an unclosed “anchor” (that is Interesting way I figured this out. Using the firefox extension “Edit CSS”, (…)

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