After many months of development, and an evening of last minute tweaks, JobRoller has finally arrived I started developing JobRoller back in March, then teamed up with AppThemes (makers of Classipress) to finish it off.

JobRoller is a premium theme for WordPress 3.0 which lets you turn your WordPress blog into a professional job listing Web site.

The Secure and Accessible Contact Form plugin has now been updated for WordPress 3.0 and also contains many other tweaks to set it apart from its predecessor, such as the ability to remove optional fields (a much requested feature). Read on for more information and the download link.

Just posting a video review of my MiniCard theme by Mark Adams I found whilst googling today; some of you might find it interesting to watch.

I will add that there are actually ways to add your own links to MiniCard now; this was added in an update. If you want to get MiniCard and give it a whirl you’ll find the post here. Thanks for the review Mark

jQuery is arguably the best Javascript framework available, its my framework of choice anyhow. During development when you need to quickly look up features and functions you can always browse through the online documentation, however, as an alternative there’s the beautifully organised jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide.

The book, written by Jonathan Chaffer & Karl Swedberg, is aimed at developers with at least a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery; it’s a reference guide, not a manual. Read on for my review.

WordPress Download Monitor is my popular plugin for managing files available for download in WordPress – version 3.3 is a major update containing many new features and improvements.

Version 3.3 (beta) is now available for beta testing to ensure this is a hassle free update when released officially. I would appreciate any feedback, praise and bug reports in the comments. Read more about the new features and grab it after the break.

Want more MiniCard goodness? Purchase the premium pack to gain access to the in-built AJAX RSS feed module, several new sub-themes, priority support, and the warm fuzzy feeling you get by supporting the author! Premium is £25 GBP.

I am releasing my MiniCard theme for wordpress which supports hCard/vCard microformats, tonnes of social networks, showing some portfolio items (optional), and more – all controllable from its own Theme Config page. This theme is free and licensed under GPL – there is also a premium pack available with many theme variations, and the footer feed functionality.

Read more for more information and the download links. I hope you find this theme useful and spread the word

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  • Download Monitor 3.3.5 Tagged for release

    The latest update to Download Monitor for WordPress has been released; this version comes with a many fixes and some new features, such as improved sorting. For full details view the readme; you can grab the plugin here.

  • Closing the Forums

    Just posting to let current users know that I’m closing the forum on Blue-Anvil. This is mainly due to spam-registrations getting out of hand and being a general nuisance. I will be posting good topics as FAQ items within posts if applicable.

    Please note that you can still post and get help for my plugins/themes by posting on the wordpress.org website.

  • Show off your MiniCard!

    Are you a user of the WordPress MiniCard theme? Its been downloaded over 14,000 times so far!

    If you have used it as-is, made your own child-theme or done something creative with it, please show off your MiniCard’s in the comments, I’d love to see how the theme is being used!

  • Spam Stopper updated for WordPress 3.0

    My Spam Stopper plugin has been updated for WordPress 3.0 (version 3.1.3) – you can grab it here. Sorry this update took longer than my other plugins but this one gets less lovin’ – if you want to change that feel free to donate, spread the word, or rate it on the WordPress.org plugin page.