Want to remove some of the root WordPress Admin sidebar navigation? We have a client that was mainly interested in writing pages and managing media for those pages, they were not going to use Posts, Comments or Links in the administration area. We set them up as Editors on a WordPress Multisite installation, below is how we removed those items from appearing in the navigation.
First we define a new function, we used remove_admin_menu_items(). (more…)
How do you go about redefining the WordPress Twenty Ten header image width and height? We recently used the Twenty Ten theme as a Parent Theme for a multi-site installation for a client. We wanted to retain the use of the custom header image, but wanted a different image width and height. It is accomplished with a few lines of code in the Twenty Ten child theme’s functions.php file. You are using a child theme, aren’t you?
The answer to this one is just so simple (more…)
How do you remove those pesky default header images included in the Twenty Ten WordPress theme. We recently used the Twenty Ten theme as a Parent Theme for a multi-site installation for a client. We wanted to retain the use of the custom header image, but didn’t want the default header images to be visible. It is accomplished with a few lines of code in the Twenty Ten child theme’s functions.php file. You are using a child theme, aren’t you?
First define a new function, we used remove_twenty_ten_headers(). (more…)
So you’ve got a decent handle on how WordPress works, you may have even edited a few themes directly, but now those themes have updates, what do you do (better yet what should you have done)? You need to explore Child Themes. How do you actually create a child theme in WordPress you may ask? We will quickly explore what you need (more…)
So you want to remove some of the “stock” Widget Areas from the WordPress Twenty Ten theme, how do you go about doing this? We will be using the WordPress function unregister_sidebar(). It is accomplished with a few lines of code in your Twenty Ten child theme’s functions.php file. You are using a child theme, aren’t you?
First define a new function, we used remove_widget_area(). (more…)
Utilizing the multisite capabilities of WordPress 3.0+ can have many applications and advantages. It substantially reduces the disk space required for multiple websites running WP. It also simplifies the process of keeping your WordPress installation, themes and plugins up-to-date.
As we have installed a couple of these on our HostGator reseller account, we can safely say that the process is relatively painless. But it helps to know in advance which steps are relevant to the HostGator environment. (more…)
