Web Design
Keeping the tab “on”
This is the syntax for styling a background tab in Wordpress dropdown menus. This will keep the top tab “on” for all sub-pages.
.menu ul li a.current_parent
{
color: #2e4a81;
background-color: #2e4a81;
background-image:url(./images/tabbg.jpg);
background-position: top right;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
CSS Drop-Down menus hidden behind flash elements
If you have a flash element that occupies the same space as a CSS or javascript-driven dropdown or flyout menu, the menu may disappear behind the flash. There are 2 solutions to look for:
#1 – the solution that I found all over the web and seemed to work for most people:
Make sure your embed and [...]
Remove “Pages” from WP sidebar widget
If you use a Pages widget in your sidebar in wordpress, and you don’t include a title in the widget, it will automatically place the word “Pages” at the top of the list as a title. To get rid of this, just add a ‘nbsp;’ in the blank title field to overwrite the “Pages” reference.
Removing bullets from sidebar widgets
In the Wordpress file: wp-includes/widgets.php
remove:
’before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’,
’after_widget’ => “</li>\n”,
Questions to ask your web person
What’s the difference between web design & development? Do you do both? If not, which part do you outsource, and to whom? (A designer will create graphics and help you create the appropriate look & feel of your website. A developer creates the code that makes the website function. I do both!)
Do you use a standard set [...]