MostlyGeek

In the footer.php file add Twitter’s javascript. After the page is finished loading the Twitter updates will be pulled and presented on the page. A tip here is to put a small message into the <ul> list so that something appears there even if the JavaScript fails. I put, “Getting updates from Twitter…”

Creating a custom sidebar for the frontpage is also a quick change. I didn’t like the side-wide sidebar so I simply removed it. Since the SlipFire theme uses Blueprint it was very easy to drop the side bar, resize the main content area and add in a new column. 

I also moved the Pages around a bit. Wordpress has the ability to have page hierarchies which really helps to keep static pages organized. Next up on the update list will be to create custom page templates for the archive and about page.