Lightweight framework [closed]
I recommend the Genesis framework by Studiopress: http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/ They are widely used so there is a lot of resources available and good support on their website.
theme-development
Theme Development for WordPress Multisite Installation
Themes don’t function differently on multisite. So you can develop a theme just the way you are used to. Depending on your coding habits, you might want to do more thorough testing if the theme has many options and customization possibilities. The risks are inherent to multisite, not particularly to theming. One mistake will affect … Read more
Can Page Templates be Applied to Archive and Post Templates?
If you would like all Post Types to have template selection functionality, please update to WordPress version 4.7. Quoted from the codex page linked above: Page Templates for Post Types Add support for post type templates. Add support for post type templates. By opening up the page template functionality to all post types, theme developers … Read more
Different UI in WordPress
Of course this is possible. The question is too broad to fully answer in a Q&A format like WPSE’s, but roughly this is what you need: Two custom user roles to base the two different UI’s on. There are plugins that can do this for you. A theme that changes template based on the current … Read more
How to add filter the post thumbnail before save in database?
Sorry for the delay – crazy day here… So I looked at this and tested a few things. I think the sexiest way to do this is to try and return your base64 encoded img src at the… source. (pun not intended) Have a look at the image_downsize filter – I believe you can do … Read more
Archive page doesn’t work
If you’re using a static page as your front page (as shown in your first image), then neither archive.php or home.php will work. The page hierarchy for static home pages is: Page Template page-{slug}.php page-{id}.php page.php index.php If you want to show an archive on your front page, select ‘your latest posts’, then home.php will … Read more
Why an arugment is missing in wp_get_attachment_image_attributes?
The third parameter $size was introduced in WordPress 4.1. Before that there was only $attr and $attachment. So for this to work before WP 4.1, you need to provide a default value for $size. Since default for size is thumbnail, you can use that in your filter hook’s function definition. So, modify your CODE as … Read more
Theme translation not applying
The problem was more trivial then expected. The function thf_setup() was already defined and hooked in the theme’s functions.php so I just added the load_theme_textdomain call to that function instead of declaring a new one (which would also be duplicated).
Hide header texts (Title & Tagline) in custom-header.php
First of all, When you uncheck Display Site Title and Tagline in the customizer, it doesn’t matter what value you’ve already put in Header Text Color, the customizer saves it as blank (not empty string, the actual text “blank”) after you Save & Publish. You may check this in wp_options table in the database after … Read more
Why orderby=”date” does not support manually changed posts?
Try using post_date: ‘orderby’ => ‘post_date’ check if you have sticky posts too, sticky posts will always on top of your result.