I expect the answer is that whatever theme you have was developed using WordPress’s default theme as a framework.

What makes more sense semantically is that on the homepage the website name is the h1, but on all other pages the page title should be the h1.

Here are a few snippets that can be used on every WordPress powered site, from blogs to portfolios, e-commerce to magazine – there are just some things that defy genre.

Logo is a link but not on the homepage

It is a popular convention that a website’s main logo should link back to the homepage and most sites have that down. However, as Webcredible rightly point out, a page should not link back to its self – that just doesn’t make sense and can cause usability problems.

So, here is the snippet that will make sure that on the homepage the logo is the h1 and on all other pages it is a link that takes the user back to the home page.

<?php if (is_front_page()) { ?>
	<h1><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></span></h1>
<?php } else { ?>
	<a class="faux-h1" href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">
		<span><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></span>
	</a>
<?php } ?>

Note that I have used is_front_page() as opposed to is_home() – this is to ensure that any WordPress powered sites that use a static page as their front page still benefit.

To go with that here is the CSS – note that I have styled the h1 and a.faux-h1 the same. The user will see no difference but semantically the code makes far more sense.

#header h1, #header .faux-h1 {
background:url('images/logo.gif') no-repeat;
width:200px;
height:50px;
display:block; /* For the A tag */
}

Single post & Page title is not a link

Continuing on the idea that on the homepage the site title is the h1 but on all other pages the page title is the h1, in all of your templates (404.php, archive.php, archives.php, fullwidth.php, links.php, page.php, search.php, single.php, sitemap.php, etc.) replace your title with this snippet:

<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

You might not be keen on the fact that your page title was perhaps a h2 on the homepage and is now a h1 on the single post page which could affect the size or overall styling so try attaching a class of .post-title - this will give you the opportunity to style the post titles to look the same in the CSS no matter what tag they are using and still remain semantic.

Adopting this method with all your templates should now mean that you have a more standard structure. For example, on a search results page the h1 is "Search results" and the individual post titles are h2s, just like on your archives and the homepage.

This sparkly theme has features including post images, threaded comments and drop down category menus. It has been tested on WordPress 2.9 in Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and IE6+.

The layout is based on the 960.gs vertical grid and the baseline.css horizontal grid. There are some neat CSS3 enhancements including RGBA transparency, text shadow and rounded corners.

Glitter is simple enough to be used for any type of blog, but the cute and girly style makes it ideal for the personal blog of a mommy, craft enthusiast or even a teen blogger.

View the demo | Download the theme

Key features

• Grid based design;
• RGBa transparency;
• Text shadow;
• Rounded corners;
• Large glitter background image;
• Drop down category menus;
• Post images (small on post listings, large on single post page);
• Smooth scrolling on “jump to top” and “reply” links;
• Threaded comments;
• Full width, sitemap, archive and links page templates;
• Supports Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera and IE7+; and
• Supports IE6 without drop down menus.

Notes

• Post and page content area is 600px wide; and
• Sidebar content area is 280px wide.

Upcoming features

In the next release (once WordPress 3.0 is released) I hope to include the following features:

• Custom menu navigation;
• Excerpt styling for posts and pages;
• Theme options including different backgrounds; and
• PSD file download.

If you have any suggestions for the next feature release of Glitter please leave a comment below.

I have also decided to take down my old themes and rebuild some of theme with the latest features. They are all quite old now and just aren’t up to scratch for anyone looking for a new wordpress theme but hopefully they’ll be back up soon!

Updates:

• 17 MAR 10 – Version 1.1 released including hanging ordered lists and improved dropdown menu for 3rd and 4th level categories.