Test content November 12, 2005
Posted by Ben in : Test Content , trackbackThis is the H1 Heading
Inside of this test data section, you need to recreate the core HTML and XHTML and CSS styles that you will use within your WordPress Theme. For instance, above is the heading for the H1 HTML tag, which might contain a graphic in some Themes, or actually control the size of the font and text within your header. You need to know what that will look like as part of structuring your styles.
This is the H2 Heading
While WordPress assigns the H1 and H2 headings to specific places, such as the header and post title, not always are they in the same places. For your Theme, the H2 might be the post title, or it might be used in the sidebar for the section titles, and the H3 is used for the post title. You need to know what each looks like and identify it on your Theme and layout.
Look at how the heading is styled, but also look at the space around it. It might have a huge amount of margin or padding above or below, background colors, and other effects. If you want them for that heading, fine, but if not, change them.
This is the H3 Heading
Again, is this the same heading as is in your post title or is this the section headings found within your sidebar? Or is it different? If so, you can use this, or the one below, the H4, for section headings within your post to divide up topics.
This is the H4 Heading
In this section under the H4 heading, we’re going to look at what the post content, the meat and potatoes of your site looks like. In general, you will have multiple paragraphs, so we will add another paragraph so you can adjust the spacing in between them to the look you want.
Paragraphs are not just for typing your blog babble, they can also hold frame and hold other information within your content area to help make the point you want to make in your writing. For instance, you will commonly have three types of lists.
- General Lists using the
<ul>tag - Ordered Lists using the
<ol>tag - Definition Lists using the
<dl>tag- Definition Lists use two other tags to generate the list:
<dt>sets up the word or phrase to be “defined”, usually set in bold, and<dd>sets up the definition, which is usually in a normal or slightly smaller font and indented under the definition.
- Definition Lists use two other tags to generate the list:
- And that’s the end of the lists
And we’ve just tested a paragraph before and after a general list along with a nested list to help you see what at least three levels of the list will look like. Make sure that each level of the list is styled to match your specific needs. You might want to use the default disc or circle, or you might want to add graphic bullets to your list, too.
This is the H5 Heading
While the H5 heading is not always used, maybe you might find a need for it if your H1 and H2 and H3 headings are used. You might need one to two levels of subheadings in your post content, so this one gives you another option.
We also need to look at the other two lists and then add some images and other styles to flesh out your WordPress Theme sandbox.
- You need to do this first.
- You need to do this second.
- You could do this in between.
- Or give this a try, too.
- But this is the third and last thing to do.
This should give you an idea of how a nested number list would look on your site. Now, let’s look at a definition list.
- WordPress Themes
- A WordPress Theme is not a “skin”. Though many young people call it one. The reality is that a WordPress Theme contains many files that come together in various ways to generate a WordPress web page. A “skin” simply changes the look, and rarely the results.
- WordPress Plugins
- WordPress Plugins add flexibility, features, and capabilities to your WordPress site. There are hundreds to choose from. Some add power and control like monitoring and busting comment spam and enhancing your adminstration features. Others add fun things like random elements and polling and rating systems.
And here is another paragraph to show the relationship between the various parts and pieces.
A Table
| This is a table heading | And another | last |
|---|---|---|
| Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text | Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text | Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text |
| Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text | Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text | Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text |
| Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text | Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text | Some stuff in the table. This is quite a long piece of text |
And here is another paragraph to show the relationship between the various parts and pieces.
And here is another paragraph to show the relationship between the various parts and pieces.
And here is another paragraph to show the relationship between the various parts and pieces.
This is the H3 Heading
If the H3 heading is your in-post section heading, then you need to see how it works within the post itself. If it isn’t, simply change the H3 to whatever heading number you are using.
We need to look at how images, another major feature of most WordPress sites, are used within the site. Images tend to sit on the left, right, or middle of your post, depending upon how you are using them. For an image sitting on the left or right, you need to add appropriate padding around the image on the text side to push the text away from the image so the text won’t push up against the edges of the image.
A centered image is a little different. It is centered in the middle and the text is pushed above and below it. NOTE: Currently, the Theme used here doesn’t feature “right” or “left” or “centered” styes. It uses the CSS deprecated “align”. Please change the code here from align to class so your site will validate and you will have much more control over image placement.
How to add the CSS styles for images is discussed in the Codex article, Using Images.
Testing Font Looks - H3 Heading
You will need to test the looks of the different font styles, too. This is bold and THIS IS BOLD. This is italic and THIS IS ITALIC. This is bold and italic and THIS IS BOLD AND ITALIC. This is code and THIS IS CODE. And now let’s look at what the PRE tag, also known as the preformated tag, looks like:
This is the pre tag.
It should be formatted as written
so if you add spaces to the front of the line
it will show the spaces and the <code> as written
This should be back to the normal paragraph style and we hope you have been paying attention to the margins and paddding around each element, including the paragraph, so you can position things appropriately to the rest of the content.
Your CSS Here - H3 Heading
This is a Box You might have little boxes that point out things or
- List Item One
- List Item Two
- List Item Three
So you need to take these boxes and their content seriously if you intend to use them.
Each website is unique with it’s own look and feel for the various parts and pieces. This cut and paste section looks only at what you might have within your content section. So if you will have boxes for lists or little aside information, you will need to add them so you can see how they will look in the overall page layout.
Some elements in a WordPress Theme are controlled by the style sheet, while others are controlled by the Template files. Try to work on as much as you can from the style sheet first, then you can mess with the template files.
Remember, any changes you make to the style sheet and template files will be not available if you change themes. If you want them carried over, you will need to copy and paste them into the new Theme folder.
As a last element in the content area and throughout your site, check the hypertext links. These are the links to external websites and/or internal pages within your site. They come in three flavors: active, visited, and hover. Make sure you work on the styles for each of these.
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