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May 2008 Reboot May Not Happen

I have 30 minutes to come up with a design, slice it, code and go live. So the May 2008 reboot is not happening. I will come up with something original and clean soon, in the mean time you will have to make do with “The Studio” mod.

// Tagged Reboot, Theme, Un, Web, Web Design, wordpress, wordpress themes // 04.30.2008 at 10:37 pm // Have your say »

Block Rocker WordPress Theme

Block Rocker is an “back to the basics” widget ready WordPress theme based on a TextPattern template by Squared Eye.
Demo, Download and License
Test the theme by running the demo, then grab a copy of Block Rocker WordPress theme. This theme is free for personal use, we urge you refer to the license section below before [...]

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WordPress 2.5 Upgrade: WordPress 2.5.1 is available! Please update now Message Appears after Upgrade Troubleshooting

When a client of mine upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1 from WordPress 2.5 she encountered an issue where the database will not upgrading, resulting in the “WordPress 2.5.1 is available! Please update now.” flashing in her dashboard and every other admin pages. On initial search of the WordPress support forum, we found the following strings that [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Awareness, Bug Fix, Code, Design, PHP, Security Fix, Spam, WP, Web, Web Hosting, blog, hacks, headsetoptions, how to, internet, news, resources, techniques, wordpress // 04.28.2008 at 10:27 am // 1 Comment »

SEO Tip Open Comment Author URL in new Window

For good SEO, it is preferential to open your comment authors URI in a new page. Why you might ask? Google and other search engines track sites you visit, they can tell what that site contains (obviously), how long you stayed there and where you went next. The intended use of this information is to [...]

// Tagged Akismet, Blogging Tips, Code, Conditional, Design, Google, HTML, Javascript, PHP, Pop-up, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, WP, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, hacks, how to, resources, site validation, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, xhtml // 04.26.2008 at 8:52 pm // 3 Comments »

WordPress 2.5.1 and CVE 2008 1930

WordPress 2.5.1 is already out, so the blog you upgraded last month, is outdated and worse, could be vulnerable. A Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE 2008 1930) which reads as below is now known to be the reason for this hastened release:
An attacker, who is able to register a specially crafted username on a Wordpress [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Design, New Release, Security Fix, WP, Web, blog, internet, resources, wordpress // 04.25.2008 at 3:37 pm // 1 Comment »

Web Design or Blog Design

I get this question a lot; do you web design or blog design? and I say, is there a difference?
Most new site that I work on are built using free CMS like WordPress and Textpattern so they tend to have a bloggy feel to it, so I see where this question might arise from. But [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Business, Code, Design, Google, Media, Movie, Richmond, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, TextPattern, WP, Web, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, blogging, headsetoptions, tips, wandering thoughts, wordpress // 04.24.2008 at 10:20 pm // 2 Comments »

Spring 2008 Reboot Prelude

The site is in transition to a simpler and visually engaging design, in the mean time, experience what a free theme and a sleepless weekend can do to your site! This mid-spring pre-reboot reboot is just an idea mash-up. The true reboot will be available on May 1st 2008 and will be built using hand [...]

// Tagged Announcements, CSS, Code, Grid, HTML, PHP, Reboot, Un, WP, Web Design, YUI, blog, web 2.0, web sites, wordpress, xhtml // 04.23.2008 at 9:49 am // 1 Comment »

Free Advanced WordPress Theme Unbound

Unbound is an full-function advanced WordPress theme with touch free “CSS” customization functionality built in. The theme has practically no set up time and works straight out of the box.

Just like our other free premium advanced WordPress themes, “Unbound” comes packed with all the great functions and features we offer for free, such as…

Theme edit [...]

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Anatomy of a Magazine Style Premium WordPress Theme - Part 3.2 “Conditional Navigation Menus”

As the tutorials run longer than we prefer, we have broken section 3 into 3 sub-sections, you can find sub-section 1 regarding second level menu here.
The navigational aspect of a site, especially one that is database driven, should have menus that are dynamically generated just like the rest of its content, but is seldom the [...]

// Tagged CSS, Code, Conditional, Design, HTML, Magazine Style WordPress Themes, PHP, Theme, WP, Web Design, hacks, how to, resources, tag, techniques, tips, web 2.0, wordpress, wordpress themes // 04.19.2008 at 11:07 am // 1 Comment »

The Superest is Super Fun

Here’s a super fun-tastic super hero super game. The Superest offers hours of entertainment as you follow the trails of superheros, their triumphs and eventual defeat by a new hero. The objective is not to determine who wins, because in this game, just like in politics, eventually everyone is defeated.

// Tagged Humor, Superest, Superhero, Un, asides, blog, cool, funky, funny, socio-political, web sites // 04.09.2008 at 5:30 pm // 2 Comments »