Yearly archives: 2008
A quick word on WordPress Child Themes
We all know and love the godfather of the child themes movement, Ian Stewart from Themeshaper. Yes, I’m calling him a godfather. He’s constantly advocating the promises and benefits on why you should be using child themes right now to customize your WordPress theme, and he’s right. You should. However, child themes aren’t the end ... Read More
WP Framework 0.1 is out!
This one’s a quickie because I’ve been up over 72 hours… don’t ask. Today, I’m happy to announce that WP Framework, The Ultimate WordPress Theme Framework, is officially out and available for download. What is it you might ask? Well if the tagline didn’t reveal too much, it’s essentially a blank WordPress theme—on steroids! Check out the demo, ... Read More
The 80/20 Rule chop and screwed for WordPress
Here’s an interesting quote from Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married” movie chop and screwed for WordPress: There comes a point in time when our software is most likely only able to offer us 80% of what we need. Then there are times when we will find a similar package that fills in those voids, ... Read More
Wanna play with WP Framework?
I’m about 19 days away from releasing the 0.1 release of WP Framework to the public and would love to get some really constructive criticism/feedback on its current state. For those impatience ones, download it now and read later. First, let me tell you what it is and what it’s not so you have some clear ... Read More
Webmaster Jam Session 08 and the Atlanta Tech Scene
Well this one came out of nowhere. Webmaster Jam Session 08, “A two day event with some of the best Web designers, developers, marketers and visionaries in the world,” right in my hometown! I thought it couldn’t get any better than that until I checked out the speaker list… Jeff Croft, Dan Rubin, Chris Heilmann, Chris ... Read More
Hey, it’s Ptah
So I took a little break away from the web to get back in the “you’re a college student, not a freelancer” mode. So far so good. I’m only taking two courses this semester since my schedule was already jam-packed with two part-time jobs. While it’s manageable, I’m probably going to cut back on something ... Read More
Brainstorming the Ultimate WordPress Theming Framework
Efficiency is at the heart of all human beings. If given a common task to do, after a while they’re going to want to speed up that process, or find a better way to do it. – Ptah Dunbar (just made it up) When I begin a new WordPress powered project, I always find it time ... Read More
The Future of WordPress Theming
I don’t know about any other WordPress theme authors, but this functionality is what I’ll be aiming for when creating the holy grail of WordPress themes.