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3/2/2008 ↓

Two side-by-side columns in WordPress

Mark Ghosh LinkyLoo, WordPress Templates Wordpress Skins Wordpress Themes, Wordpress Tips

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How to organize posts into two side-by-side columns in WordPress: A quick tutorial on setting up the front page of a WordPress blog to display two side by side columns with posts alternating between the two columns. The tutorial does require some simple PHP code that is not included (but should be, pseudo code is provided) but the concept is interesting, especially for theme developers looking for the next new thing. In my experience, side by side posts are more applicable for blogs that are heavy in embedded media and light on text.

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1. thank you mark, thats a very neat trick..

   ChaosKaizer (44 comments.) — 03/2/2008 @ 10:12 pm

2. Interesting. Reminds of a default Joomla installation as you can switch between this view, and a regular content layout view.

   Jeffro2pt0 (133 comments.) — 03/3/2008 @ 12:18 am

3. Speaking of side-by-sides, I saw that designer Natalie Jost posted up a theme called “His & Hers” which supports side-by-side post columns based on category. It’s pretty slick looking.

   http://www.standardsforlife.co.....er-themes/

   Rick Beckman (13 comments.) — 03/3/2008 @ 3:14 am
4. Rick: His and Hers is a very cool idea indeed!
   Mark Ghosh (210 comments.) — 03/3/2008 @ 4:01 am

5. I wasn’t all that interested, but now that I’ve seen this concept in action, it’s got me thinking…. Thanks for sharing!

   Jeff (10 comments.) — 03/3/2008 @ 4:02 am

6. There is (of course) more than one way to skin this cat:

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/149804

   Kaf (7 comments.) — 03/3/2008 @ 7:29 am

7. Great idea if you don’t give a damn about good typography. Did you check out the example site in this story? Atrocious!

   Rex Ruthless — 03/4/2008 @ 2:05 am

8. That’s a neat idea. Reminded me I need a multiple sidebar plugin, too…
   “His & Hers” looks good.

   W-Shadow — 03/4/2008 @ 6:33 pm

9. is it not already done by Hemingway? I use it on my version of Hemingway at http://wpgarden.com .

   Sadish (7 comments.) — 03/4/2008 @ 8:28 pm

10. Hmmm, I did a much more complicated version of this at http://www.bravesblast.com. Although I’m not sure it would work for the format I’m using….

    Great simple concept however!

    Jonathan (1 comments.) — 03/5/2008 @ 9:14 pm

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