Further Developments On WordPress Theme
I have continued to progress with setup of my wordpress themed website, in particular with plugins and widgets.
In regard to translation I have tested the new plugin and it works fine of blog or page ‘body’ text but it does not affect buttons, navigation or side widgets. Therefore if it was decided by the client to try for one site bilingual then these areas that the plugin does not translate will need to show both languages all the time and Im not sure this would look right. It seems at the moment that having two sites, one for each language, would be the best and keep the translation plugin as useful option for people to quickly change a blog entry or an article.
New widgets and plugins have been interesting and I have been looking at http://wordpress.org/extend/ where there are lots of choice. To include a plugin to your site you simply download one for free, unzip it and upload it to your plugin directory in the wordpress area of your domain. Then by logging in to wordpress admin area online you can access ‘plugins’ on the left hand side menu and it will automatically appear and you just need to click ‘activate’. To change any settings on a plugin you can do this easily by going to ‘settings’ on the left menu and choosing the plugin listed there. Recently I have added a plugin for adding You Tube movies with ease and also a Feedback Form plugin that can be dropped into any page or article post – very handy!
Will look next to get the logo and images on to the design and play around with the style.css file to get the most of the design. I am awaiting images and text for the site from the client but should have them shortly on CD.
