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Classy Sudz

Stephanie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:53:43 +0000

Classy Sudz® is a recent boutique web design project I’ve just completed. Cathy wanted an eCommerce store to sell her handmade soaps as well as a matching blog to keep her customers informed of her newest products.

I always have so much fun designing such girly and pink sites Classy Sudz® is a handmade soap company. You will find many wonderful and yummy soaps for all occasions.

Client: Cathy from Classy Sudz®

Project: eCommerce web design, custom blog theme, custom graphics and logo design (see image to left). Using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop CS3 for all graphics and logo design.

Platform: WordPress and Option Cart.

Launch Site: http://www.classysudz.com

How to Make a Custom WordPress Page Template

Stephanie — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:04:23 +0000

In WordPress, there’s an option before you publish a page, to select a template. This option will only show if your theme has page templates. Custom page templates are great if you need a page to look different than other pages on your blog. The whole purpose of having a custom template is to possibly show a different sidebar, a full page width (no sidebar) or totally different HTML in this area. You might need to change your style sheet by adding special classes for your content or sidebars if you do this.

This is how to make a custom page template for your WordPress theme. Instead of showing bits an pieces of code that you can’t visualize together, I’m just going to show what the whole code should look like. Obviously, your code will call your style sheet classes and they will probably be called something other than “main” and “content”. Create a new PHP page and add the code below to the top of the page. You can do this in a text editor or an html editor. Right after where its says “Template Name:”, type in the name you want your template to be called. That’s the template name that will show up in the drop down box in the page you’re creating.

You can also take your index.php file and copy and paste that into a new file below the reference that goes at the top to get you started. But, doing that really wouldn’t look different than your main site. Once you have your code created (based on what I’ve shown you below) for your page template, save your page as template_name.php (don’t really use the file name I just used, come up with your own name and don’t name it page.php or you will overwrite your page file). Upload that to your theme file and when you edit or add a new page to your WP blog, your template name should now show up in the drop down menu to select from.

Sample Code for Custom Page Template

This code below gives you a general idea of what your page template should look like

WordPress Themes $25.00 With Premade Template Purchase

Stephanie — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:13:09 +0000

When you purchase a Premade Template, you can add a matching WordPress Theme for only $25.00 Any premade boutique template that is available to purchase can be made into a matching WordPress Theme to totally coordinate with your site! If you require extra customizations for your blog, just Contact Me before purchasing and let me know what you need and I’ll give you a quote. I can also install WordPress on your server if you don’t have it installed already. I’m also offering a special on WordPress installation and setup for $25.00. I’ll have that product available on my site soon. In the meantime, if you do need WP installed, just Contact Me and I’ll send you an invoice. I will also include a few of my favorite plugins with WordPress installation at no additional charge. If you have any questions, please feel free to Contact Me

Terms: WordPress Themes are not for use at WordPress.com and are not for commercial use to resell. They are for use on one site only and cannot be transferred. The link in the footer must remain in place, blah, blah, blah. These rules are to made to keep costs low for WAHM’s who need a break on pricing in this tough economic time.

Mint and Chocolate WP Theme

Stephanie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:02:14 +0000

Now available is Mint and Chocolate WordPress theme.

Theme Features

XHTML and CSS W3C compliance
Browsers (IE6, IE7, FF, Safari, Opera, Chrome) compatible
Works in current versions of WordPress up to 2.7
840px fixed width, left column widgetized sidebar
Header graphic personalized with blog name
2 Custom links on the header pointing to your home page and another page of choice
Post date images
Free upload of this theme to your themes folder

New Boutique WordPress Themes

Stephanie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:28:18 +0000

I’ve been working on some new WordPress Themes that match templates I have available to order in my shop. Due to time restraints, I only have 2 available right now.

My WordPress Themes feature:

XHTML and CSS W3C compliance
Browsers (IE6, IE7, FF, Safari, Opera, Chrome) compatible
Works in current versions of WordPress up to 2.7
Custom (original) graphics and headers
Personalization of header with your blog or business name

Check out what I have available so far. I also provide free ftp upload of a purchased theme!