• WordPress Theme Features
• Multi-Column & multi-page layout
• Dynamic page templates that adjust according to categories, images, etc.
• Multiple widget-ready sidebars
• Compatible with ie 6/7, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome
• Two Theme designs Light/Dark
• Coded using multiple Jquery Effects
• Auto Image resizing & thumbnail creation

Additionally, this was for a custom theme so I couldn’t use get_page_by_title() because I wouldn’t know what the title of the page was going to be.

Instead I dug around and found this WordPress option that isn’t even documented in the Option Reference Table.

get_option(‘page_for_posts’)

• WordPress Theme Features
• Multi-Column & multi-page layout
• Dynamic page templates that adjust according to categories, images, etc.
• Multiple widget-ready sidebars
• Compatible with ie 6/7, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome
• Optimized design for iPhone and other Mobile Phones

I’m testing out various theme selling marketplaces. Once the template gets approved, I’ll post a link.

Update: This theme had been accepted into the Themeforest marketplace. Check out my Law/Legal Business Template

Is it possible to create a list with CSS that has the text aligned to the right side, but on the left side has an image taking up the width of the remaining space?

That didn’t seem right to me, so I came up with a solution that used HTML/CSS and overlaying images. (Final Solution)

1. Using CSS, I applied a repeating image of the line to each list item (<li>) (step 1)
2. I wrapped the text of each list-item in a <div> and gave that div tag a white background: so that the line doesn’t cross through it. (step 2)
3. I put an empty <span> tag at the beginning of the <div> and applied my gradient to that span. (step 3)
4. Using Absolute positioning I moved the <span> 100px to the left (the width of the gradient image.) (step 4)

There you go, tested in Firefox 3, Safari, IE6, and IE7

HTML

<ul>

<li>
<div><span></span>List Item Number One</div>
</li>

<li>
<div><span></span>Long, Multi Line List Item Long, Multi Line List Item Long, Multi Line List Item Long, Multi Line List Item</div>
</li>

<li>
<div><span></span>List Item Number Three</div>
</li>

</ul>

CSS

ul{
list-style:none;
width:60%;
}

li{
position:relative;
float:right;
width:100%;
text-align:right;
background:url(line.jpg) repeat-x;
background-position:0px 13px;
margin: 0 0 8px 0;
}

li span{
position:absolute;
height:100%;
width:100px;
top:0px;
left:-100px;
background:url(line-grad.jpg) no-repeat;
background-position:0px 13px;
}

li div{
font-weight:normal;
background:#fff;
margin-left:200px;
position:relative;
float:right;
}

Images

(Basic Line)

(Line Gradient)

I love how they integrated Google’s trip planner, I’ve been using that for a couple weeks now and found it much easier to use than the original CTA trip planner. I like the quicklink icons on the right side and think that the images are well thought out. The only icon that’s a little weird is the icon for “Fare Info”

I think my only issue with the redesign is the use of drop-down menus for the main navigation. For some reason there is this idea that EVERY page of the website has to be available no matter where you are. Anyways, that’s a minor concern and my opinions on drop-down menus can be saved for another post.

http://www.transitchicago.com/

New Homepage

Old CTA Site

Anyways, I just googled them and saw that they have a website up! I remember them talking about a website when I was first working on their logo and its great to see that they’ve got something up.

Its not the fanciest site, but hey its a web presence.

Caribou Technologies

I’m also glad that they rank higher than I do in the google SERPs. I would feel pretty bad having my blog rank higher than their company site.

Speaking of clients coming along, I’m currently working on the design and development for a new blog that I’m hoping will be successful. The woman that will be running it is a newbie to the blogging world but she seems really driven, and I can’t wait to see where she takes her blog.

Her blog/site should be up early next week and ready to go.

While working for DNA, I was tasked with creating design options for a local talent agency. The agency wanted to explore many different options that were simple and easy to use, while still being very unique for their field. We explored options from ultra-simple, to dark and grunge.

Design Option

Design Option

Design Option