Custom WordPress Theme Designer » css

Select boxes and CSS

JTk — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:45:58 +0000

If you are ever looking for a way to make select boxes look the way you want them to instead of the way your OS wants them to, you will have to roll your own if you want your efforts to work on all the browsers out there ( I’m talking to you Internet Explorer… ).

I had good luck with this simple example.

WordPress CSS / XHTML Dude

JTk — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:47:33 +0000

Since I have become more successful designing WordPress themes then I could have ever guessed when I first looked into how it was done, I once again confront an issue that has haunted my professional existence – managing growth.

What I am trying to say is that I need to take on a partner that has some experience with WordPress themes and is an xhtml and css maven. If you are the right guy ( or girl ) I’ll split the total price of the project with you – I’ll do the Photoshop and client management and you’ll do cutting up and WordPressing.

Bounce over to the contact page if you are interested.

Was: ImJTk WordPress Theme

JTk — Mon, 14 May 2007 02:29:16 +0000

– Yep Another free, creative commons licensed WordPress theme that I am setting free: WasImJTk

This one is a little special because it was not designed to be a freely available creative commons theme but rather it was the previous theme of imjtk.com. This theme served me well and when it was time to re-boot the site, I thought, hey, why not give away the old WordPress themeâ€¦

So here you go, feel free to download this theme and do with it what you will – but if you do please respect the creative commons attribution license and give imjtk a link somewhere or another ( thatâ€™s the attribution in the attribution license ).

Note: This theme is now hosted and updated over at Doc5.com

Attack of the WP Clones

JTk — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:13:40 +0000

Recently I have been doing allot of clones jobs, that is, creating WordPress themes that try and visually emulate existing sites. In these cases I have been creating these new WordPress themes for the owners of the existing sites so there are no ethical issues…

Most of the time the original sites are done with old school tables so I don’t have the option of using the original html files. The existing css files vary greatly in their usefulness. So, what I generally do is recreate the most important parts of the site in Photoshop so that I have all uncompressed graphics for the main areas and cut that up for the headers, repeaters, footers, etc. and make a basic xhtml document form that.

My philosophy is that I am not trying to recreate the original site exactly, I am trying to make it 90% similar and bloggify it with the other 10%. Here’s an example:

Original Site . My Blogified, Cloned WordPress Theme

This WordPress Theme is about 90% done as I post this…

Chip in for a New Free Kick Ass WordPress Theme

JTk — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:15:26 +0000

All right then, I have decided to try and raise a few bucks to help me create my next free WordPress theme. I see it as sort of like a number of folks all ponying up a few buck a piece to commission a new, cool, standards complaint WordPress theme.

I like releasing the free themes, but as my little family grows and life occurs it is harder and harder to spend time in front of the computer except for working on paying clients sites. So I decided to split the cost of the next freebie theme – I am trying to raise half the cost of what I charge for a custom theme for my clients.

I have created over 65 WordPress themes and as my experience increases so do the quality of my themes, so I am confident that I will be providing the WordPress community something of value with this new theme.

The chip in system makes it easy to use your PayPal account or a credit card to contribute as much or as little to this project as you would like and it has the added benefit of being vetted by a third party. Everyone that contributes over $5 and wants a thank you link will get one.

Just use the Chip In widget on the top of the left hand sidebar to get started.

The dotted underline link css dealio

JTk — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:50:47 +0000

a {
color: #E6EDF5;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;
border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-width: 0px;
border-top-width: 0px;
}

a:visited {
color: #E6EDF5;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: transparent;
border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-width: 0px;
border-top-width: 0px;
}

a:hover {
color: #F37821;
background-color: transparent;
border-color: #98D2E7;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-width: 0px;
border-top-width: 0px;
border-style: dotted;
text-decoration: none;
}