I've spent many hours customizing the theme that adorns my other site, so much so that it barely resembles the original. The work was not confined to css alterations either as I rewrote a large chunk of code that takes care of things behind the scenes. If you're interested, a complete changeset is listed in the style sheet. (riteturnonly.com) [that site now uses a different theme] One of the things... continue reading
As I mentioned in my previous post Twitter Meets WordPress (where I reviewed the Twitter LiveBlog plugin) the thing I like most about WordPress is its open-source nature. It is because of this that some very talented plugin creators are able to extend some amazing functionality to the already outstanding piece of software that WordPress is. In this post I'll share with you a brand spanking new plugin... continue reading
The thing I love most about WordPress is its open source nature. Anyone and everyone has access to the core code and can make improvements where they see fit. Even if you don't have commit access you can still contribute via the creation of themes and plugins. And plugins, or a plugin in this case, is the topic of this post. I have to admit I'm one of the rare cyber dwellers who has not yet been pecked... continue reading
If you're like most people you probably go through themes like you go through shirts. You find a theme you like, customize it and happily use it until you see something else you prefer and repeat the process all over again. While there is nothing wrong with this you may run into a little snag now and then. Let's assume you used Theme A which had a content width of 500px. Let us also assume after having... continue reading
Back in December I wrote a post about some of the finest free magazine-style themes available for your WordPress powered site. (see WordPress Magazine Style Themes) Since a few of those themes have since either been updated or discontinued I thought it would be a good time to revisit this topic. I have also added a few more that I discovered along the way. Arthemia | Release page Black Dragon | Release... continue reading
