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Stephanie Leary

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Category (or taxonomy) drill-down pages

June 14, 2016 Stephanie Leary 2 Comments

Diagram of three category pages. On the first two, for categories that have children, only a list of linked child categories is shown. The third, for a category with no more children, shows the usual post loop.

WordPress category archives are very inclusive. They list all the posts in a category, including all the child categories. This is also true for all other hierarchical taxonomies. If you have a deep hierarchy, it might make more sense to have your users drill down until they … [Read more...] about Category (or taxonomy) drill-down pages

WordPress categories, content strategy, taxonomies, themes

How to do damn near anything with WordPress

October 7, 2012 Stephanie Leary 15 Comments

A couple of the plugins listed here show up on Extend with warnings about not having been updated in the last two years. You can ignore those warnings. They haven't been updated because they were written correctly in the first place. Best Plugin for...? Great big list of best … [Read more...] about How to do damn near anything with WordPress

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Delicious XML Importer plugin and Twenty Links theme updated

October 3, 2011 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

If you use Delicious, you've probably noticed that AVOS has started rolling out some changes. As a result, I've updated the Delicious XML Importer plugin and the Twenty Links theme. Between the importer and the theme, you can set up a pretty great alternative to Delicious on your … [Read more...] about Delicious XML Importer plugin and Twenty Links theme updated

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Twenty Links, a Delicious-inspired Twenty Ten child theme

December 17, 2010 Stephanie Leary 9 Comments

Since I got all my Delicious bookmarks imported, I needed a theme that more or less mimicked the Delicious functionality. For my installation, I've added scribu's Query Multiple Taxonomies plugin, which provides a great Tag Drilldown widget to go with the rudimentary tag filter I … [Read more...] about Twenty Links, a Delicious-inspired Twenty Ten child theme

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WordPress Hidden Gems: Child Themes

September 29, 2010 Stephanie Leary 3 Comments

Child themes are modifications of other themes. They have their own directories and you upload them just like a separate theme, but they depend on their parent themes, and they won’t work if the parent is not installed. All your modifications to the original theme will take place … [Read more...] about WordPress Hidden Gems: Child Themes

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