A little present for you
Hello everyone! Just a quickie update: the images have finally returned. I finally found the backup on my old computer, and they have returned in all of their former glory. (As a side note…man I need to update some of this stuff!) I also found some of the missing :examples” - but I’m not sure I got them all, So if you happen to go through and click on something (like a download, see a missing image, or a link that’s supposed to how you a working example) please send me an email and let me know what post it was on so I can try and fix it.
Now, I’m gonna give you something good. Are you ready? You’ll love this.
Through the course of my business, I have been asked more and more often to do custom WordPress themes for people. In fac, the last year or so of my business, that’s all I’ve done. As I’ve said before, each client brings unique challenges and puzzles for me to try and muddle through, and when I figure them out, I file away my stuff (and plan to post it here to share, but I’m bad about that) for later use.
One of the BIG things that has helped me a ton for the last few months is actually having a base set of files that I work from. I wouldn’t exactly call them “templates”, because they are literally blank. They are simply a listing of my WordPress theme files that I use most often, with edited code in them. They are completely blank, save they have the base WordPress code - so it’s a great starting point. When it comes time to start a new site for someone, I can whip out these files and edit as needed - I don’t have to start over each and every time.
I am willingly making these public. I hope that a lot of you get some help from these when you want to create your own custom themes. I could be a miser and keep them all to myself, or put some kind of restriction on them - but in truth, I never would have come up with this stuff if it weren’t already available elsewhere. I just put them all together in a neat little package so you don’t have to go sniffing around, trying to find things that will work.
So, no restrictions - just don’t take the zip file and try to sell it anywhere. If you do do that, I’ll have to come kick your ass. That’s really scummy - selling something that I’m giving away for nothing. You should be ashamed for even thinking it. But other than that, have at it.
NOTES: I’ve tried to comment these out for you, so if/when you need to make changes, you can. But I’m only putting in extremely basic notations that have to do with the WP code itself.
Okay, so you can download the files here. I’ve used these exact files for WP versions from 2.0.x on up - so yes, they work for 2.6.x.
Enjoy!
Posted by admin
October 6th, 2008
