Tutorial: Translating A WordPress Theme

translate-2

When developing premium WordPress themes and plugins it is essential that you build them with localization as standard, this allows the theme user to easily translate their WordPress themes so that the theme can be used by all languages.

In todays tutorial I wanted to show you how to add translation and localization support to a WordPress theme and how you can easily create the translation .po and .mo files.

Freebie: 11 Beautiful Flat Icons Sets To Download

Freebie: 11 Beautiful Flat Icons Sets To Download

Today I have a lovely collection of flat icons sets for you to download and use in your designs. These flat icon sets are fully editable and come complete with their respective PSDs and EPS files.

Hopefully these flat icons will allow you to add some extra visual awesomeness to your designs, if you are interested in flat design take a look at some of the fantastic flat web & app UI designs we have collected.

20 Single Page WordPress Themes

Single Page WordPress Themes

In many instances a multipage website is simply not needed, for example you may only want to display a select amount of your work, a small bio section or simply promote your product. In these circumstances you can utilise a single page website.

Single page websites do not need to be boring or static, you can still use a CMS such as WordPress to power a single page website.

Using WordPress to power your site allows you to choose from a range of useful themes and plugins and easily manage your content. The single page WordPress themes I have collected allow you to display just about any form of content you need, your portfolio, a biography, blog posts or products.

9 Funny Lorem Ipsum Generators

Funny Lorem Ipsum Generators

Often when creating initial design prototypes I use dummy placeholder text to represent where real website text will be placed. Using filler content text allows me to rapidly prototype a design idea and tweak typography settings.

When I look to generate some dummy place holder text, I usually simply go to the standard Lorem Ipsum text generator website, however this outputs some pretty dull stuff. Lorem ipsum text does not need to be dull, there are many quirky and pretty funny lorem ipsum style text generators.

Today I wanted to share with you a collection of funny lorem ipsum generators that can help add a little hilarity to your design prototypes, try it in your next design and see who picks up it.

10 Useful jQuery Video & Audio Players

10 Useful jQuery Video & Audio Players

Using a custom skinned jQuery audio/video player in your website is often more aesthetically pleasing then simply embedding a video from a third party website on your website.

Being able to use a custom designed jQuery player also enables you to pair the design with your branding and design.

Within the new WordPress 3.6 there is also native support for audio and video post type. With this in mind I wanted to explore the various jQuery plugins available that will allow me to enhance the UI when using audio and video within a website.