Here Anything Goes

A few days ago, I experimented with another wordpress theme, the Dkret3.

This one is good also. It is flexible. It can be set in many ways. You can choose one of its many lay-outs such as the following:

• double-side bar left

• double-side bar right

• single-side bar left

• single-side bar right

• hoverama

• fluidelity

• side bar off

• small-font size

• side bar small

• side bar left and right

The header is also customizable. Plus it has footer. It has built-in insert ads functionalities. Drop down navigation menu. The side bars can be further subdivided.

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Dkret3 Theme is easy to customize.

What I customize in Dkret3 Theme are the following:

• I added ads division in the header.

• As usual I changed the font-family and colors

• I changed the drop-down navigation menu color

• I changed the footer color.

How I changed them? Here are the steps… Read More »

Generally there are basic templates and files for most themes. And if what we need is not included in the theme package, we install plugins.

How to install plugins?

Inside your admin panel, look for the menu called “Plugins,” then click “Add new.” You’ll be directed in plugins repository, just type in keywords in the search.

Then plugins will be displayed, just read the description of the plugins before you install them. Then click install then click activate. There are plugins that needed to be configured, just follow the plugins’ instructions.

Listed below are the plugins used in this site:

Add to Any: Share/Bookmark/Email Button

This is for sharing and bookmarking posts.

Add to Any: Subscribe Button

This is for subscribing thru RSS and others.

AdSense Integrator

Should you want to integrate or add adsense inside your posts, if not just checked the AdSense Integrator

Akismet

This for block and spam comments.

All in One Adsense and YPN

This is adding your Adsense codes in your sites. This is good to install because a site owner can control where he/she wants to appear the google ads/ypn ads. In this site, I want the ads to appear in middle or center of each articles.

All in One SEO Pack

For the SEO. This is the best. Because we want Search Engines to crawl our sites, install this. Everything about SEO is here. That’s why it is All in One SEO Pack.

All in One Webmaster

For Webmaster tools and more.

Collapsing Categories

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There’s a ready widget for categories, however, if you want more flexibility for category listing in your sidebar install this.

Dagon Design Sitemap Generator

For me, this is the best Sitemap Generator because of its look and flexibility.

Different Posts Per Page

This is to show how many posts should you want to appear per page. I want this because I can opt to show only 3 posts per page so that my pages will not look lengthy.

Fast and Secure Contact Form

There’s a custom contact form for Padangan. Just that I do not know how to customize it. So I installed this one and I like it. I can control how my contact form will look.

Link to Post

Sometimes we want to show some related articles in our posts, to do this install “Link to Post.”

My Page Order

This is to control the ordering or numbering of my pages. I love this because it is simple and easy to use.

Ozh’ Absolute Comments

About and for easier commenting.

Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu

This is to save spaces in my admin panel. I love this. Many installed this too.

Page Links To

Because I want my categories to overflow in pages so I linked each pages to categories. This way my articles are organized and arranged according to categorized pages.

SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam

This is best installed so to avoid robots to log-in or comment/s.

wp-insert

This made my wish come true. I want my site to have ad spots at the top and bottom post contents and this wp-insert made it happen. What’s more good thing about the “wp-insert” plugin is you can insert many codes and alternatively it will display the ads you want. This is a space saver and adds flexibility to the sites.

This article explains the how-to of customizing WordPress “Padangan” Theme.

In here, are lessons about dissecting a wordpress theme and customizing it. This is where the html, css, javascript and php coding come in.

I’m glad that I have this drive to learn new things. While building this “HAG” site I learned some html, css, javascript and php coding. It was fun doing it.

Let’s begin the tutorials…

Step 1. Install and activate the Padangan Theme

Inside the control or admin panel of your wordpress, there’s a menu called “Appearance.” In the Appearance, clicked the add a theme, then search for Padangan Theme, then click the “install” and “activate.”

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Note that you can select any theme you want, however, in this tutorial I’ll just focus on dissecting and customizing Padangan. Before selecting for a theme, make a lay-out and structure of your website in a piece of paper then look for a theme which is a close resemblance of your layout and design. Better preview the theme first then intall and activate.

Step 2. View and browse the theme

Do this by clicking the “visit site” in your admin area. Why are we doing it? Because we want to know which part of Padangan we want to delete, replace or enhance.

Originally, Padangan is colored blue and orange. In the header, there’s a search area. It has built-in font-family and sizes. And, it has some widget ready to be installed.

In this HAG site, what I customized was the header, the orange-color borders and fonts, the font-family and sizes, search form moved to the wide sidebar and installed some useful plugins.

Step 3 Dissect and customize the part one-by-one Read More »

This post pertains to the steps and processes I went through in building this site, the Here Anything Goes. Please note, this is not a tutorial on how-to build a site by doing some coding in the html, css and javascripts. As the saying goes, do not reinvent the wheel. There are those who already did, tested the waters and become successful ones. Just copy the successfuls–they are our models.

Now, here are the steps and processes I did…

1. Blog Site or Web Site Name

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Think of your own dot com, dot net, dot org, dot info website. I thought of galaxy but it was already taken so I thought of changing the way it spelled. So, my dot com site is galaksee.com. You’ll notice my url is http://hereanythinggoes.galaksee.com, this is because I want to make a mock site first so I thought of creating a subdomain from my original domain name. And, I did a lot of customization so I decide to retain it as is. I’ll just use http://galaksee.com for other purpose.

2. Register site name as a domain name

Look for domain name registrar or a company that offers domain name registration. Maybe, look for a web host which offers free domain name, however, be careful when you tie-up your domain name with a web host. Ensure that they are credible and can be trusted. Possibilities are a web hosting company may take advantage of your domain name and may not transfer to you if you stop engaging their hosting services. Read More »