Một menu điều hướng cũng có thể bao gồm các tính năng bổ sung như loại (như trong hình 3,26), danh sách blog, hoặc bất kỳ các liên kết khác mà bạn nghĩ rằng sẽ hữu ích cho du khách. Trong khi điều quan trọng là bạn tránh có menu chính của trang web của bạn lộn xộn với các tùy chọn quá nhiều, không cần phải giới hạn mình vào các trang web chỉ. | 48 Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes Figure . A similar drop-down menu on the CleanCut theme A navigation menu can also include extras like categories as shown in Figure the blogroll or any other links that you think will be useful to visitors. While it s important that you avoid having your site s main menu cluttered with too many options there s no need to limit yourself to just pages. Figure . The Los Angeles theme includes a navigation menu item for categories How you treat the visual styling of the navigation is also a significant consideration. Often visual cues serve to help orientate users by making it obvious which page they re currently on. A clear example where tabs are used for this purpose is shown in Figure . Even if tabs or buttons are unsuited to your theme s style or layout it s important to ensure that your navigation is easy to find read and use. Licensed to Wow eBook Theme Design 101 49 Figure . uses tabs to give the site s navigation a physical feel The Loop This is arguably the most vital piece of your entire WordPress theme. The Loop is the element that WordPress uses to display posts whether on the home page list pages or single post pages. The Loop will generally include the title of the post its content or an excerpt of it and some metadata such as tags categories the author name and the date of the post. Figure shows the way The Loop is styled in WordPress s default theme Twenty Ten. It s quite basic but all the elements are there so it s a good starting point for your design. Hello world Posted on May 19 2010 by admin Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it then start blogging Posted in Uncateq prized 11 Comment Figure . The Loop from the home page in the Twenty Ten theme In a plain old vanilla theme all posts in The Loop will look the same. But life isn t plain old vanilla and nor does your WordPress Loop need to be. You can create custom .
