WP How-Tos
Tabs and accordions add functionality to your site that is not only beautiful, but intuitive. Every visitor, from the seasoned programmer to the novice PC user, knows what to do when he sees a set of tabs. Accordions, on the other hand, can save an awful lot of screen real estate and let a user view content at her own pace.
While there are a number of plugins that can add this functionality to your WordPress site (in fact, we’ve got a dandy one right here), what if you’d rather code it directly into your site? Look no further. Using a few simple jQuery scripts, we’ll show you how to add tabs, toggles, and accordions.To add tabs to a single.php you should create:
Have you ever wanted to spice up your blog by implementing something that many other blogs don’t have? Well now you can. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to add an icon to your menu items within your WP theme. This is a great little function that will add visibility and style to your blog.
Let’s discuss adding icons to menu items using WP’s standard TwentyTen theme as an example.This is the default theme that WordPress provides you with when you start a new blog, so we wanted to use this theme as our main example.
Not familiar with Mega Drop Down Menus? It’s time that you become familiar with them because they serve as an effective and easy-to-use navigation route to a website.
It’s a simple concept that makes your WordPress-based site look professional and visitor-friendly – plus, it eliminates the need for too much scrolling when trying to get around on a site.
Web giants, such as MTV and Reuters newsgathering organization – and many others, use this sort of menu:
WordPress themes and custom themes are continuing to grow. However, there is still a lack of functionality and options available to the user unless you happen to be a coding expert, which most WordPress users aren’t. There are some steps that WordPress could take that would make theme customizing easier and add more flavor and personalization to the user.
Dr Patrick McNally PhD
