One of our professors wanted to emphasize numbers on the front page – the first time we added them we had to manually enter and style them. We since developed a plugin and a page template to allow us to enter them quickly and format them automatically. For the Table of Contents: Use the Auto […]
We’ve built our settings page to allow you to add the following content: An image of my book: (do you have the image file?) A list of links (to the author’s profiles, related content, etc.) Recent or featured posts in the header A short block of text (for publication information, etc.)
Importing Table of Contents Creating a dynamic table of contents using hierarchical categories is the most important step for the setup. You will need 3 things to do this quickly: Get an accurate electronic copy of the Table of Contents (Word, preferably, or a PDF if necessary) from the author or publisher. Download our handout […]
Theme settings are not automatically included in all themes – many are one stop installations. We created a custom theme settings page for our Supplement child theme to make it easier for people to customize very specific features without having to do any coding. Common options: Header Image Turning on custom Widgets Some themes allow […]
Page templates customize features like layout (removing the sidebar in a full-width template) or can include background code that creates links to the organizational structure. Our Supplement child theme includes one layout template and two coded templates: Full-Width, no sidebar Archives Auto Table of Contents The full-width template is included from the “Toolbox” framework theme […]
Plugins add additional functionality to WordPress. Some of these are designed to help with running WordPress, others are designed to customize the way your readers use the site. Plugins are installed, then activated. There is a separate menu in WordPress to manage plugins, but it may be hidden for some users depending on permissions. Many […]
You can review which themes are already installed using the “Appearance” menu in your WordPress site. You can also search for more themes and, if you are administering your WordPress site, download and install new themes. Creating your own theme (or a “child theme” based on another template) allows you to completely control the design […]
Chicago-Kent Library Technology Group This is where the bulk of our time and energy has gone in creating this project – but our work makes the process much easier for you, especially if you use Classcaster, where our files are already installed and ready for you to turn on. Design: Install, Edit, or create […]
While WordPress includes RSS built in, many people don’t use RSS readers. Fortunately, Google’s Feedburner makes it easy to convert rss feeds to e-mail subscriptions that anyone can sign up for. Here are the same links that I listed in the RSS Subscriptions page, with the e-mail subscription option added to the link: Subscribe to […]
RSS is, according to Wikipedia: …a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.[2] An RSS document (which is called a “feed”, “web feed”,[3] or “channel”) includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Because WordPress […]
