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This article presents 8 tips for WordPress template developers that address common CMS implementation challenges, with little to no plug-in dependence. These examples are written for WordPress 2.7+ and should also work in the latest WordPress-version.Power Tips For WordPress Template Developers | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
Desarrollar temas para WordPress no tiene que depender de aplicar cientos de plug ins. Hay muchos comandos que ya vienen incluidos que pueden hacer muchísimas cosas. En este artículo de Smashing presentan algunos que se pueden implementar en WordPress 2.7 y superiores.
So, how good are you at seeing things?
The video is for a campaign to pay attention to cyclists on the road, but it’s derived from an experiment made by the University of Illinois’ Visual Cognition Lab and it’s something to keep in mind not only when we are driving or playing basketball, but also when engaged in interaction design: people won’t see what they aren’t looking for. Even if there’s a big colourful sign it’ll tend to be missed if there aren’t other clues about what the visitor to a website should be looking for, of if they are not expecting it.
Here is another one, let’s see how long it takes you to notice what changes in this picture.
Saw it? If you haven’t the answer’s at the bottom. Anyway, that image was also part in another experiment that tried to determine how good are humans are recognizing visual change, and it seems we are not very good at all. Unless something is considered important, it’ll go unnoticed. The flash between both images acts as a kind of “brain reset” for what we are seeing. It’s something to keep in mind in interaction design, whether we want the user to notice a change or make them look the other way so they won’t see us putting the rabbit in the hat before pulling it out again.
This lack of awareness for some stuff could be a survival mechanism that made us pay more attention to things that are close to us that could kill us and less to things far away. Because even if things far away could kill us, who cares? they’re far away. And if it’s a volcano or a flood it’s not like you can run away from it very successfully.
We can take advantage of this limitation of the human mind to manipulate gently encourage users to perform the actions that are more important for the objectives of our site and to create a less confusing and more useful interface.
What do you think? Should we use these techniques or should we just be blunt?
Oh, yes! The answer to what changes in the image above.
The target audience is a major factor in how wild you can go with your navigation or layout. One of the quickest ways to lose visitors is to alienate them by making it difficult to find their way around. If you’re creating a corporate site, you may want to avoid anything but standard layout and navigation. However if you’re going mega-creative and know your audience will come along for the ride, then why not experiment?Ten Examples Of Unconventional Site Navigation
En la mayor parte de los sitios con un objetivo de negocios, informativos y profesionales es importante que la navegación sea clara, accesible y rápida; pero eso no quiere decir que no podamos experimentar en sitios personales, de diversión, creativos o con otro propósito y una audiencia que permita echarle crema a los tacos. Después de todos, esa experimentación puede llevarnos a descubrir técnicas y sistemas de navegación que podamos adaptar para otros sitios sin perder claridad.
One of the best web tools available to businesses for enabling teamwork and collaboration is the wiki. Few things speak more to staying in the flow of one’s work than just clicking “Edit This Page” where you see something that needs to be written or re-written. Though Wikis have been around since the 90s, their potential for business collaboration has made them more popular in the business world over the past few years.HOW TO: Use Wikis for Business Projects
Un resumen muy interesante sobre los beneficios y algunos de los retos para usar un wiki como herramienta de trabajo. Algunas de las ligas son muy buenas y pueden ayudar a comenzar a planificar la adopción de un wiki en algún proyecto.
…what many users don’t know is that the wp-config.php file may be used to specify a wide variety of configurational settings, enabling you to improve the functionality, performance, and security of your WordPress-powered siteWordPress Configuration Tricks
Todo lo que quería saber de wp-config.php pero no se atrevía a preguntar.