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Pink for October WordPress Themes

Pink For October“Web sites will Go Pink during the month of October to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, get people talking about breast cancer, and raise money for research.”

Not everyone is able to make the switch to pink. Fortunately, there are generous theme authors out there providing pink WordPress themes specifically for Pink for October (P4O).

  1. Pink Adaptations by Charity Ondriezek
    pink-adaptations
  2. 5ThirtyOne October Special by Derek Punsalan
    5thirtyone-october-special
  3. PinkBird by Randa Clay
    pinkbird
  4. Stripes and Business by Natalie Joost
    stripes
    business
  5. Pink for October 1 and 2 by Teresa Maree
    pink-for-october-1
    pink-for-october-2
  6. October Pink by Courtney Elizabeth
    october-pink

For me, I’m participating by making this post and learning more about breast cancer. I’m not going to make the color scheme switch because pink is very hard the eyes. However, if you would like to see Wpdesigner in pink then click on the pink square at the top right hand corner of Wpdesigner’s design.

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6 Over The Top Blog Designs

When you think of blog designs, you think of simple, rounded corners with nice little gradient buttons for navigation. This list will show you the other side of blog design and show you where to find design talents.

Capture the Nature

capture-the-nature

Miasto Fantastyki

Miasto Fantastyki

Digital Soul

Digital Soul

Glassy

Glassy

Hamburg Wildboys

Hamburg Wildboys

The Underlying Darkness

The Underlying Darkness

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Sandbox Guide and Check List

This is continually updated guide and checklist for everyone working with the Sandbox theme.

Basic Structure

  • div#wrapper [.hfeed]
    • #header
      • h1
      • div#blog-description
    • div#access
      • div.skip-link
      • sandbox_globalnav() [div#menu]
    • div#container
      • div#content
        • div#nav-above [.navigation]
          • div.nav-previous
          • div.nav-next
        • div#post-the_ID() [sandbox_post_class()]
          • h2.entry-title
          • div.entry-date
          • div.entry-content
          • div.entry-meta
            • span.author (.vcard)
            • span.cat-links
            • span.comments-link
        • div#nav-above [.navigation]
          • div.nav-previous
          • div.nav-next
    • div#primary [.sideabar]
      • ul.xoxo
        • li#pages
        • li#categories
        • li#archives
    • div#secondary [.sidebar]
      • ul.xoxo
        • li#search
        • li#rss-links
        • li#meta
    • div#footer
      • span#generator-link
      • span#theme-link

Guide

  • Default Stylesheet Typo: Open style.css, change
    span.req-field

    to

    span.required

    .

  • Drop-down Links: By default, the style sheet makes the child-page links, for the horizontal menu, display as drop-down links. That does not work in all browsers. Fix it or don’t display child-page links at all. To not display them at all, add
    depth=1

    to

    wp_list_pages()

    within functions.php or use

    display:none;

    in style.css for the subsequent list items.

  • Comment on Pages: Allow commenting on certain Pages by adding a custom field. Key =
    comments

    . Value = (any text you want).

  • Dynamic Classes: On the front, archive, and search pages, post listing uses
    div.post

    . On Page pages, it uses

    div.page

    .

  • Page Heading Selector:
    h2.page-title

    replaces

    h2.entry-title
  • Archive Headings: Archive pages use
    H3

    instead of

    H2

    for entry titles.

  • Comments Template: Comments [
    div#comments-list

    ] and Trackbacks [

    div#trackbacks-list

    ] are separated. If you want to style for both, use

    div#comments

    .

  • Custom CSS: If you aren’t using any of the default Sandbox layouts then remember to remove the CSS import in the default style.css file. For example:
    @import url(‘sandbox-layouts/2c-l.css’);

    .

  • Containging Floats for Background Image: If you want a background image behind #content, #primary, and #secondary, apply
    clear: both;

    to #footer and use the background image on #wrapper instead of #container. Then, give #wrapper

    overflow: auto;

    .

Templates and Pages to Style and Validate

  • 404.php
  • archive.php
  • archives.php
  • attachment.php
  • author.php
  • category.php
  • comments.php
    • no comments
    • logged in
    • must login
    • password protected
  • footer.php
  • index.php
  • links.php
  • page.php
  • search.php
  • sidebar.php
  • single.php

If you find any mistake in this guide, please post your correction in the comments.

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46 Pretty In Pink Designs

Use of the color pink is far and few in web design. With Pink October coming up soon, I’ve put together a list of pink inspirations for your future designs and October facelifts.

  1. Digital Devotion

    Digital Devotion

  2. Furious Tees

    Furious Tees

  3. Sposinoidue

    Sposionoidue

  4. Big File Box

    Big File Box

  5. Jaredigital

    Jaredigital

  6. Eeleen

    Eeleen

  7. Scrapblog

    Scrapblog

  8. Scrap Junkie

    http://scrapjunkie.com.au/

  9. Aquila and Miss

    Aquila and Miss

  10. Amy Mahon

    Amy Mahon

  11. Bras and Honey

    Bras and Honey

  12. The Scare Crows

    The Scare Crows

  13. Antes De La Fama

    Antes De La Fama

  14. Zach Inglis

    Zach Inglis

  15. Nitarna

    Nitarna

  16. Mark and Nicole

    Mark and Nicole

  17. Gossip Feast

    Gossip Feast

  18. Pigeon Media Solutions

    Pigeon Media Solutions

  19. Most Inspired

    Most Inspired

  20. CSS Express

    CSS Express

  21. Eferoa Solutions

    Eferoa Solutions

  22. Jane and Ronnie

    Jane and Ronnie

  23. Blog @ Deelay

    Blog at Deelay

  24. Feedorama

    Feedorama

  25. Journal Du Geek

    Journal Du Geek

  26. It Could Happen to You

    It Could Happen to You

  27. iSquare

    iSquare

  28. Desealo

    Desealo

  29. Tiny Tot T-Shirts

    Tiny Tot T-Shirts

  30. Blossom

    Blossom

  31. The Koalan

    The Koalan

  32. CSS Princess

    CSS Princess

  33. Grupo Imar

    Grupo Imar

  34. Keith and Lottie

    Keith and Lottie

  35. All Women’s Talk

    All Womens Talk

  36. William Durbin

    William Durbin

  37. Heartbeat Coaching

    Heartbeat Coaching

  38. The Missing Links

    The Missing Link

  39. La Vie En Rose

    La Vie En Rose

  40. Tiny Trousseaux

    Tiny Trousseaux

  41. To Done

    To Done

  42. Pie Hole

    Pie Hole

  43. Moxie Design Studios

    Moxie Design Studios

  44. Nice Design

    Nice Design

  45. Prime Time

    Prime Time

  46. Pink Cow

    Pink Cow

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Sandbox Skins

WordPress is moving closer to style (CSS) only themes. I’m starting this continually updated list to anticipate the influx of demand and supply for Sandbox skins as it looks like Sandbox is going to be the default template for later WordPress versions.

It’s important to understand that the following are skins only, not complete WordPress themes. Use the skins below with your Sandbox theme.

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