Learn how to create a custom home page that will display the first post from each category on your site. This series involves using a custom template, creating a custom loop, and using the jCapSlide plugin for adding jQuery.
This is the second in a short series on creating a custom home page that will display the first post from each category. In this second part we create a static front page and give it a custom template. We briefly discuss what a static front page is. Video Transcript Rick: So what we’re going [...]
This is the third in a short series on creating a custom home page that will display the first post from each category. In this third part we create the custom loop that will display the posts. At this stage we want to display the name of the category and the teaser for the post. [...]
This is the fourth in a short series on creating a custom home page that will display the first post from each category. In this fourth part we discuss adding a jQuery effect to the teasers that can be created using the jQuery plugin “jCapSlide”. Video Transcript Rick: Okay so that’s the first step. Then [...]
This is the fifth in a short series on creating a custom home page that will display the first post from each category and implement the jCapSlide jQuery plugin. In this part we discuss the changes in the HTML structure that are needed to format our content so that it will work in jCapSlide. Video [...]
This is the sixth in a short series on creating a custom home page that will display the first post from each category and implement the jCapSlide jQuery plugin. In this part we discuss how to reconfigure the custom loop so that it formats the output using the html structure we need for the jQuery [...]
This is the seventh in a short series on creating a custom home page that will display the first post from each category and implement the jCapSlide jQuery plugin. In this part we discuss how to add the jQuery plugin to the site. Video Transcript Rick: The other half of how we did it is [...]
This is the eighth in a short series on creating a custom home page that will display the first post from each category and implement the jCapSlide jQuery plugin. In this part we discuss how to call the jQuery plugin from within our page. Video Transcript Rick: Then step 2 is actually calling that script [...]
This is Part 12 of the J Shortcodes Plugin Series and in this session we show how to create and style a jQuery Accordion using J Shortcodes. This creates a series of tabs that can be opened to reveal content in the accordion style. Then we show how to change accordion styles. Video Transcripts Well, [...]
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