Archive for November, 2009

Wordpress Foundation Themes

Posted by Matt Brown in Insights, Web Design on November 21, 2009

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I’ve been doing a lot of Wordpress work recently, both building themes from scratch and also customizing existing themes. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on slowly compiling a library of resources so that I can save time by building upon existing code frameworks instead of starting each project from scratch. This has been a lot of extra work up front, but I am already starting to see benefits to my work in that I am able to streamline some of my work, and therefore make more money. So I thought that I would share some of my hardwork with those that follow me. Maybe these resources will be of great benefit to you.

Framework Package

I have put together this package of six blank themes that provide developers and Wordpress users a core theme to make custom theme creation easier, faster and more efficient. Each theme uses the latest WordPress API template tags and follows the standards set fourth in the official WordPress theme development guide at http://codex.wordpress.org as well as passing the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s validation tests  for valid XHTML and CSS 2.1 technical specifications and standards.

Feature Summary:

  • 100% Free GPL – No branding restrictions, take it, mod it, claim it as your own
  • Navigating stylesheet PDF ‘cheat sheet’, know where to apply styles easily
  • Fixes IE6 CSS limitations (CSS hover, focus, etc.)
  • Fixes IE6 PNG limitations (PNG support, repeat pattern, etc.)
  • W3C Validated XHTML 1.0
  • W3C Validated CSS 2.1 Read the rest of this entry »

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How Do You Arrange Your Iphone Icons?

Posted by Matt Brown in Daily Ramblings on November 13, 2009

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So I’ve had my iPhone for about 3 months now and I’ve loved every minute of it. Hands-down it’s the best device I’ve ever used. One of the biggest draws for me to the iPhone was the number of applications available in the App Store that was better than any other smartphone platform. I think that there are now close to if not over 100,000 Apps available.

With so many options of Apps to use, I’ve been playing around with how to organize all these Apps so that the ones I use most are quickly accessible yet the ones I rarely use are still easy to find in the moment that I need them the most. I’ve tinkered around with two different organization structures. Both of these structures include the same home screen – one that has all of the Apps I use everyday multiple times. Read the rest of this entry »

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My Wordpress Cheat Sheet

Posted by Matt Brown in Daily Ramblings, Insights on November 2, 2009

I know that there are many resources regarding this topic but there are never enough. I have been working a lot with Wordpress lately and am slowly putting together a library of template files that I can just drag and drop into new themes that I put together. I thought I would share just a few of these today. This post is dedicated to small snippets from Wordpress that will make your life easier. Or maybe my life easier and in this case I want to have them in one single post.

Theme Structure

If you want to create a Wordpress theme, these following files must be included in order to be a standard theme. You can create a theme using fewer files but this is the way to do it.

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The Loop

You will often see “the loop” as reference in many tutorials or samples. This piece of code helps you display your posts on a blog. By entering custom HTML or PHP code inside the loop, you will make every post to benefit from that custom code. You can use the loop mainly in your index.php file but also in other files when you want to display multiple posts. Read the rest of this entry »

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