When I write longer articles here on Kolakube, I like to add a Table of Contents to the top to help my reader’s navigate to different sections of the post.
Check out the latest issue in Build With MD to see it in action →
Lately a lot of you have been asking how I did it, so this post is my quick explanation showing how (of course, I’ll be referencing to Marketers Delight as that’s the theme I use here).
Interchangeable sidebars
Last night I was working on styling comments in the upcoming version of Marketers Delight and I discovered something that’s always been a curiosity in the back of my mind.
If you’re familiar with the WordPress comments system, you’ve more than likely styled author comments by targeting the bypostauthor class WordPress automatically outputs to author comments.
This class is very useful as you can write custom CSS to make an author comment look different from everyone else’s comments. For example, you could change the background or border color to make it stand out a little more.
The problem is, it’s just CSS. If you wanted to do something like add a text badge next to the author’s comment that says something like “Post Author”, you’d either have to write a bunch of pseudo CSS or write some strange PHP (I’ve Googled this, and there aren’t any *great* answers).
Quick note, this plugin is also included and updated with bonus features in my WordPress theme + plugin package, Marketers Delight. Check it out for even better email form control.
Building an email list is one of the most rewarding and challenging things of building a business. I’ve had a few lists of my own over the years and know both of those sides very well.
The rewarding side is that you can easily keep in touch with people who follow you and build a reach. Having an email list is a colossal asset to anybody trying to promote themselves and their work.
But with great rewards come great challenges. You know building an email list takes time and dedication — especially to build a quality one. You know that strategically designing and placing a form can make or break conversion rates.
You know these things, but before you can even get there, you have to add the actual email forms to your website first. And that’s usually a pretty confusing, problematic step.
This is the problem I wanted to address with my new plugin.
If you ask me, there’s never been a more exciting time to get into the premium WordPress theme business than right now.
As WordPress grows closer and closer as a collaborative community and more plugin shops open with exciting new business models, the demand for simple themes that integrate with these plugins will skyrocket.
Here’s my thought process…