WordPress Theme Options Overload? A Judgment Call
Why you should look at removing theme options and not cramming more in
Lately, while I’ve been busy coding themes for WPBundle, I’ve had to make a few judgment calls. One of the main ones for me is how I wanted to handle the “Theme Options” people have come to know, and quite frankly, expect.
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Revisited: Creating Custom Write Panels in WordPress
Custom Write Panels a year later. More efficient and expandable.
Almost a year ago (wow, time flies!) I wrote a little tutorial explaining the nuances of add_meta_box in WordPress, and how it can be used to create some nifty Custom Write Panels. It was a nice little script, and still functioned great. I use it on almost all of the projects Liam and I have, and up to this point, it has been great. However, for an upcoming project, I foresaw some problems.
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How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips
Some great examples and tips on what makes a quality web or blog design
Quality is a word that a lot of people like to use when describing their web design services. But what is quality, how do you know if a design is quality or not. Well, I think that there’s quite a few ways to spot quality within web designs. Once you can see just what goes into making a quality web design, you can use the techniques to perfect your own style.
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How-To: Taking WordPress One Step Further
Turning a Simple wordpress Blog into an advanced online experience.
Creating a website is no easy task. WordPress is an easy solution for creating a Blog, but sometimes something a little more, in terms of functionality, is needed. After trying many other platforms, I have found WordPress to be the easiest to use. Because of it’s wide array of themes, great plugin system, and easy to use administration system, WordPress takes the cake. Using a Custom Write Panel, Custom Options, and manipulating the theme files, the possibilities are almost endless. In This post we have a few ways you can transform your plain WordPress powered Blog into an easy-to-manage Internet Identity.
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Tutorial: Creating Custom Write Panels in WordPress
Use Custom Write options to easily add any unique data to your post
Everyone knows that WordPress is one of the most, if not the most, popular blogging systems on the internet today. With its out of the box features, plugins, and great theming community, its no wonder WordPress has been accepted as today’s standard. However, sometimes you just want to add a little more.
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Why I love the Design Community: My Guest Post
I run down 8 top points that make the design community a great place
Ahh yes, the Design Community. I love it! This is the topic of a recent guest post I wrote over at MyInkBlog. Below is an extract from the article, but you can read the full the article here. Please leave your feedback and comments on the actual post rather than here.
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32 Examples of Websites with a Brave colour Scheme
Inspire yourself, and maybe become a little braver with your colours
One key element in the design of any website is colour. Here are some great inspirational websites which show that colour can be used in very extraordinary ways.
1. Design Disease
Yeah we’ve all seen blue before, but this is beautiful.
2. Macalicious
The deep purple/blue work so well together.
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Creative Domain Names: Some Clever Alternative Methods
WE Look at some alternative ways of getting that domain you wanted
The web’s been around for quite some time if you really think about it, the first domain name Symbolics.com was registered on 15th March 1985, yes, some 23 Years ago! That means that any idea you have for a domain name today has been through someone else mind up to 23 years before you. Part of any brand these days is a good domain name, and if you have the money to spend on a one word domain then by all means go for it.
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