WordPress web design customization can be a simple task for experienced WordPress developers. By simply adding function calls and filters to the active theme’s ‘functions.php’ file, you can perform just about any WordPress web design customization, to both the front end and backend of WordPress websites.
WordPress has a built in function for logging users in and out called ‘wp_loginout’. The default text displayed for this is ‘Log in’ and ‘Log out’ respectively. But what if you want your login link to display as ‘Sign in’ and ‘Sign off’ instead of the default ‘Log in’ and ‘Log out’? Add a filter to the active theme’s functions.php of course.
/**
* Change login text
*/
add_filter('loginout','loginout_text_change');
function loginout_text_change($text) {
$login_text_before = 'Log in';
$login_text_after = 'Sign in';
$logout_text_before = 'Log out';
$logout_text_after = 'Sign off';
$text = str_replace($login_text_before, $login_text_after ,$text);
$text = str_replace($logout_text_before, $logout_text_after ,$text);
return $text;
}
Now upload the edited functions.php file, and when viewing the WordPress web design in a web browser, the ‘Log in’ text link will now display as ‘Sign in’.
A Detailed Description of The Razworks WordPress Website
- Administration
- Domain registration and setup
- Your website’s URL or Internet address: http://www.yourDomain.com is registered with GoDaddy for $10 annually.
- The domain is configured to the web hosting account
- User accounts setup and email client login details.
- Hosting subscription and setup
- Hosting account subscription with SimpleHelix for $19.95 per month or $199 per year
- Domain setup
- Hosting setup
- Email setup
- Software setup
- User accounts setup and email client login details.
- Email subscription and setup
- 5 Free email accounts are included with the hosting subscription.
- Setup email accounts and email client login details.
- Software installation and setup
- WordPress Blog software and content management
- Add ons: WordPress plugin software
- Setup user login names and user permissions and email client login details.
- Maintenance
- Recurring subscription and registrations fees.
- Razworks maintenance subscription (optional)
- Misc
- Design
- Research of client’s industry and trends
- Client Analysis
- Competitor Analysis
- Indust Analysis
- Keyword Research
- Select page layout
- Client selects one of eight available web page layouts. 3 Column with Header is the default.
- Create graphic design
- Using research information and client provided direction, Razworks drafts a custom visual web design using graphic images and color
- Customize layout to visual design
- Code in the web site’s CSS and PHP files are modified so that the web page layout conforms to the graphic web design.
- Install website
- The website is launched live on the web host and is available from the registered domain.
- Content
- Main navigation
- The main navigation runs horizontally above the content and typically contains buttons to a website’s top level web pages. A majority of websites on the Internet use the following five page top level structure: Home, Products/Services, Contact Us, About Us, News. A Razworks $499 WordPress website comes installed with this five page structure. Upon delivery the client can modify the website page structure to their specific needs.
- Setup left sidebar content
- Category links. Categories organize your web posts and can be thought of as sub-pages.
- Shopping Cart Special
- Text and Image caption
- Setup right sidebar content
- Shopping Cart Contents
- Shows the current contents of your shopping cart and dollar amount balance.
- Shopping Cart Categories
- Lists all the products/services available in the shopping cart.
- Recent Posts
- Lists your most recent blog posts
- Link
- Register
- Visitors can register to comment on your website or blog
- Login
- Users log in to the WordPress interface.
- RSS feeds
- RSS (Real Simple Syndication) are news feed versions of your blog posts. They are automatically created by WordPress everytime you publish a post.
- misc. links
- Create page and post content
- Free Configuration for Four web pages: Home, Products/Services, Contact Us, About Us. Text and image content are inserted into each page. If no client content is supplied, Razworks will author temporary content.
- Search engine optimization copywriting
- Razworks authored temporary content will typically be search engine optimized by default. Custom search engine copywriting is availabe for an additional fee.
- Setup shopping cart
- WP Shopping Cart installation and preferences
- Free Product configuration for three products.If no client products are supplied, Razworks will create temporary products.
- Additional product configuration is available for an additional fee.
- Add ons
- Plugin modules add special functionality to your website. Various plugins can be installed and configured for an additional fee.
- Maintenance
- Payment of subscription fees
- Web hosting
- SimpleHelix for $19.95 per month or $199 per year
- Domain registration
- Razworks Monthly Maintenance (optional $99 per month)
- Update software
- Open source software is always elvoving and getter better with each version. Razworks strives to use the most current stable software and plugins. The Maintenance plan provides a monthly software update.
- Repair bugs
- Updating a website with a content management system can occasionally create bugs or worse yet, break the website. The Maintenance plan provides one repair or bug fix monthly.
- One website configuration modification
- One client request per month, i.e; Add ons, removals, sidebar modifications, etc.
- Marketing
- Search engine optimization
- The inital five pages typically have search engine optimized copywriting. Additional SEO copywriting can be contracted at a modest hourly rate.
- Pay Per Click advertising
- Free setup of Google Adwords. Client must login and activate the account with a credit card, $5 setup, and set pay per click budgets.
- Razworks will configure Google Adwords campaigns for an additional fee.
- Social Networking
- Free setup of a WordPress.com account. WordPress.com is one of the largest Blog Communities on the Internet.
- Additional social networking can be configured for an additional fee.
- Blogging
- One blog post will be created, the “News” page. More blogs can be authored for an additional fee.
The Razworks’ 499 Sarasota Web Site Design provides everything a small business needs, plus a lot more!
