Design Adaptations

Over the course of the past 6 months or so, there’s been a lot of buzz regarding theme frameworks. It’s no wonder, with the influx of framework releases and their rising popularity. Suddenly more developers (and some users) are taking notice and trying to determine what they are exactly, how they should be used and [...]

Have you ever wanted to display different content for certain pages on your blog? Why not right? Contextually relevant links, ads, or content is always a good idea. Until recently, I had been creating separate sidebar templates to accomplish this, but it’s the hard way ’round.
When I began coding Pink Adaptations, I discovered conditional tags [...]

One of the things I love to do is play around with WordPress themes – pulling them apart, piecing them back together and learning something new almost every time. I’ve tried designing a few of my own by using a variety of open source themes as a foundation, but I usually end up disappointed. Either [...]

Last week, in Part I of this set, I talked about small but significant ways to optimize your CSS. In this article I suggest some methods for keeping your CSS organized. While some of the tips here may counteract optimization techniques, they’re helpful in simplifying work within your stylesheet. If you’ve ever tried to work [...]

Open source design communities and Wordpress theme sites are wonderful because they offer you the ability to dive in head first and see what’s going on behind the scenes of a design… and without costing you a dime. I love to see how other people code their CSS, and I’m always picking apart themes just [...]