CPM just finished up another site. This time for a church! One of our thoughts was to attempt more of a European web look; lots of white space, over-sized photography, and large sans-serif typography.

Another facet to this site was the need for an easy way to tag and categorize the sermon audio, which would be getting updated multiple times throughout a regular week. So again, Wordpress was a solid route to go, so as to meet all of our goals for the client.

We’re stoked on the site, and we’re excited for Calvary Chapel Quakertown to be able to use it for ministry. Enjoy as you check out the work! And be sure to leave any thoughts or comments you might have about it.

So www.NathanRutherford.com, ClickPopMedia’s latest work, has gone live! We’re really excited about the site. VQ and I have a real love for the Skateboard/Snowboard/Surf scene. And in our travels we’ve had the privilege to meet some great talents…

Nathan is no exception, he’s a young guy from the UK with a lot of skill, both behind the camera and on a skateboard. He’s also become a good friend over the years. Head on over to his site and have a look at some of his work.

May God bless you today!

So the CPM team has redesigned a new website for Universal Royalty. The designs foundation is from the Wordpress theme “Modicus Remix” by Zidalgo. It’s a great theme, and we’re really excited about the end result. Thanks for checking out ClickPopMedia, and come back soon to see more additions to the illustrious portfolio of design savvy that is ClickPopMedia! Hazaah!!!

This is the first in a series on turning the Default WP Theme into something wonderful. Today we’re going to go over the basic structure of a Wordpress Theme. I’m not going to go over the WP installation process, so check out the Wordpress 5 Minute Install if you need some help with that (if you are having any issues with the install, feel free to ask me).

By the way, we’ll be using Wordpress 2.5.1, the shiny new version of this beautiful platform.

Wp-Theme Structure: Your Main Page

style.css:
This is your CSS stylesheet for your WP theme. If you’re not familiar, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a way to define the font, layout, design of your website. CSS is great because you can use one document to set the style of your entire site. Thus, if you want to change the color of all the links on your entire site, you can just change the CSS link tag. W3schools is a great resouce. Maybe we’ll do a css tutorial some time too.

header.php:
Header.php contains your posts meta tag and title information, links to stylesheets, rss information, and links to javascript. It also contains your header image and the top of your container (Page) <div> (which sets the border around your page, as well as other things such as size, positioning, etc.).

index.php:
This is the main body of the page that someone sees when they go to www.[Your Web Page].com/[WP Folder]. It contains includes for the header, sidebar, and footer.

Index.php also contains the heart of a WP page: The Loop. The loop is what WP uses to show posts, and information associated with posts, such as the author, tags, metadata. By editing the loop you can make WP do all sorts of neat and helpful things.

sidebar.php:
The sidebar contains all of your navigation in the default theme (we’ll be changing this as we go). It includes your searchform, login and administrative links, and gives you the option to display lists of categories, authors, archives, and links. There are also areas in the sidebar that display specific information depending on the page you are on.

searchform.php:
Searchform is exactly what it says. It is the form that holds your search field and button.

footer.php:
By default this file closes your container (Page) <div>. It also includes post and comments rss a link to wordpress.org (a nice thing to keep).

Press on to the next page: Individual Posts, Archives, and Search Results