WordPress Solutions – Design and Development
WordPress Theme Development
WordPress Themes consist of of a lot more than CSS and images, and should could be very complex depending on your needs. This site for example is 100% WordPress, that means a lot of custom development was required to build out the custom sections ( e.g. Portfolio, Homepage … ); maybe you’re looking for a custom blog layout, in that case we’re already half way done because we’ll be using our custom Theme Framework.
Our theme framework includes a lot of special sauce that we can’t go into too much detail about it but the core using the amazing Carrington Theme Framework. We’ve also bundled some of our custom widgets and plugins within the theme as an added bonus.
Why use WordPress templating?
A WordPress Theme has many benefits, too.
- It separates the presentation styles and template files from the system files so the site will upgrade without drastic changes to the visual presentation of the site.
- It allows for customization of the presentation and web page results unique to that Theme.
- It allows for quick changes of the look and feel of a WordPress site.
- It takes away the need for a WordPress user to have to learn CSS, HTML, and PHP in order to have a good looking website.
WordPress Plugin Development
Wishing that WordPress had some new or modified functionality? We can help.
WordPress Plugins allow for easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress website. Changing the core of WordPress is discouraged and instead of breaking WP from future update, you can add functionality with WordPress Plugins. Here is a basic definition:
WordPress Plugin: A WordPress Plugin is a program, or a set of one or more functions, written in the PHP scripting language, that adds a specific set of features or services to the WordPress weblog, which can be seamlessly integrated with the weblog using access points and methods provided by the WordPressPlugin Application Program Interface (API). [reference]
To understand how WordPress Plugins work and how to install them on your WordPress blog, see WordPress.org.
WordPress Widget Development
Don’t forget about widgets. We’ve built a ton of them and can help add one through your theme or as a separate plugin.
WordPress Widgets are like plugins, but designed to provide a simple way to arrange the various elements of your sidebar content (known as “widgets”) without having to change any code. The Widgets SubPanel explains how to use the various Widgets that come delivered with WordPress, and the Widgets page at Automattic explains how to ‘widgetize’ themes and plugins.
