Nettuts.com on WordPress & sIFR

Nettuts has a nice write-up on implementing sIFR 3.0 inside of WordPress. I just implemented version 2.0.6 this past week. It went pretty smoothly but the new version has some tweaks that will make it easier for designer to implement in the future.

For example, the new sIFR uses CSS selectors to target the element to be replaced. This is the beauty of jQuery and, to me, the secret to its success among designers. jQuery, and now sIFR, make themselves easy to be incorporated into the designer workflow by reducing the learning curve. In business, it’s called smoothing out the wrinkles to the sale and it works when building resources you want others to use too. Also, sIFR now uses css-type syntax to set up the hover colors, etc. of linked text. Again, a boost to productivity for designers.

I’ve used sIFR a couple of times and it is a fantastic tool for upgrading the design quality of a site. For example, the headlines in my site are now set in Fontin from Jos Buivenga. Thank you sIFR!