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Tag: WordPress theme development

  • Search Engine Optimized breadcrumbs

    I had a need to build some search engine optimized breadcrumbs for a project I’m working on right now.  I didn’t want to just use Yoast’s breadcrumbs, because I’m using Twitter Bootstrap, and I wanted to make use of the built-in breadcrumbs support, so I did a Google, found something, tweaked it and am using…

  • Use Alfred to set up a WordPress theme based on _s and Twitter Bootstrap

    I said a long time ago that I would never use another theme framework now that I have Museum Core.  Well, unfortunately for me, WordCamp SLC — particularly the presentations of Jake Spurlock, George Ortiz and Patrick Cox, as well as working on the theme which was based on _s — changed my mind on…

  • Building plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes: to be, or not to be?

    Building plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes: to be, or not to be?

    There’s been a lot of talk in the WordPress world about whether or not theme developers should build plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes.  After my presentation at WordCamp SLC 2012, it was actually something I was asked about.  Seeing how it was a topic of discussion on wpmail.me via ManageWP, I thought I’d throw my 2…

  • Making theme options modular

    Today I submitted version 1.1 of Museum Core to the WordPress theme repository for review. Originally this was going to just be a simple update with some bugfixes, but I had thought of a way to make it easier to build child themes that include some options settings from the parent theme (Museum Core) without… (read…

  • Museum Themes is one year old

    Funny how time creeps up on you. It wasn’t until I was preparing my presentation for this year’s upcoming WordCamp SLC that I realized that it was this time last year that we launched Museum Themes! In our first year, we have released 14 WordPress themes (7 free themes and 7 Museum Themes), one display… (read…