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Why WordPress needs a vibrant Premium Themes economy

Ed — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:04:17 +0000

While browsing wordpress.org this evening I thought I’d take a dig around the most recent free themes submitted. I gotta tell you guys – what I saw wasn’t pretty! I stopped looking after about the 30th theme going back to late May. I can safely say that of the 3o themes I looked at – I could not see myself using 2 of them – and that was me actively wanting myself to use as many as possible. What I observed was interesting in itself. Most new WordPress free theme submissions from the past few months are quite simply – crap. (sorry to anyone reading this if you’re theme is on that list). Of the ones that are of a ... Related posts:

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Carrington Build WordPress Page Layouts – this is big

Ed — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:04:22 +0000

I spotted a tweet from Andrew Nacin this evening mentioning a new project from Alex King which has just gone live called Carringon Build. This project is huge news for WordPress developers, website owners and theme designers. In a nutshell Carrington Build is a full featured drag and drop layout control system that hooks directly into WordPress. But describing it like that is like describing a Porche as being a fast car – it just doesn’t do it justice. This thing is definitely one of the more exciting WordPress innovations I’ve seen in recent times. My only concern at the moment is the whopping $499 price tag that it currently comes with. [UPDATE: Alex has clarified in the comments below ... Related posts:

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Great new wordpress theme – Portfolio

Ed — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:36:49 +0000

So I was having a few brews over in the WordPress Tavern earlier today when I stumbled across a new wordpress theme called Portfolio. The full details of the theme can be found on the main Portfolio Theme details page. After taking Portfolio Theme for a quick spin in the themesforge labs I must say I’m impressed. Devin from wptheming.com has put together a really solid WordPress theme that utilises the new WordPress 3.0+ custom post types functionality to create a slick Portfolio manager that incorporates a featured image feature. I could see many different uses for this WordPress theme but I think it will particularly suit any freelance designer or web agency who wishes to create a simple ... Related posts:

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Thesis and WordPress kiss and make up – Thesis now has a Split GPL license

Ed — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:32:13 +0000

One of the most controversial and hotly debated public arguments in the WordPress community ended this week when Chris Pearson of DiyThemes.com changed the license for his very popular Thesis theme to a split GPL license which has the backing of Matt Mullenweg of WordPress. In a nutshell, the decision by Chris to switch to a split GPL license ends a potentially nasty and expensive legal battle between Matt and Chris – which in the long run would only damage the entire WordPress community as whole. For this alone, Chris’s decision must be praised. We had covered the recent war of words between Matt and Chris which extended out to a Mixergy.com video cast and things had ... Related posts:

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5 Must Read Tutorials on WordPress Custom Post Types

Ed — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:01:24 +0000

So I’m doing some Sunday driving today and taking a closer look at WordPress Custom Post Types and how they can be implemented into WordPress themes in WordPress 3.0. I must admit, this is pretty powerful stuff and the lines between theme development and plugin development are blurring a lot more now in 3.0 than ever before. Anyway, those for interested here’s a quick list of 5 Must Read tutorials on WordPress Custom Post Types that will get you up to speed on what you can do with it: As usual Jason Tadlock has the definitive skinny on the latest and greatest WordPress innovations – go read his Custom Post Types in WordPress Nice and simple modification of TwentyTen ... Related posts:

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Breaking: Matt Cutts is considering dropping Thesis

Ed — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:30:20 +0000

As WordPress and Thesis continue to wage war over the past week, I’ve just been tuned into the WordPress Podcast where Matt Cutts is online with Yoast and Frederick having a broad discussion about Matt’s experience with WordPress and as usual Matt is full of interesting stories and facts about not only SEO but also his and Google’s experiences with WordPress. As I type, the show is still going – tune in on Webmaster Radio and I’m sure it will pop up in their main iTunes feed in the next few days. The conversation inevitable turned to the GPL war of words and Matt did hint that he is considering switching away from Thesis and perhaps back ... Related posts:

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Thesis gets hacked and the coming Thesis Vs. Automattic battle

Ed — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:28:45 +0000

So diythemes.com – producers of the infamous Thesis WordPress theme got hacked today. Apart from the fact that it’s nasty for anyone to get hacked at any stage, this event inadvertently reignited the WordPress/Automattic vs. Thesis war of words after some follow up tweeting from what I can make out. The war of words is still very much in progress and you can follow the exchanges over on Twitter. In a nutshell it would seem that Matt has had enough and is going after Thesis in a big way and even offering to buy alternative GPL compliant premium themes for Thesis users. It now also looks like this may end up going down the legal route. In response to ... Related posts:

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Making WordPress better

Ed — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:48:00 +0000

Probably the last thing that the WordPress dev team want to think about now is new feature requests for future versions of WordPress. In fact, the team have already stated that they’ll be taking a break from feature development for a few months which is cool and gives us all time to get to grips with 3.0 and stretch it, bend it and break it (hopefully not breaking it too much!) Well in the meantime, I’m throwing down my 2 cents about things I think can be further improved in future wordpress branches and releases. I’ve been using wordpress for many years but recently I’ve been really stretching it for a number of clients who would ... Related posts:

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A new free HTML5 WordPress Starter Theme

Ed — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:20:01 +0000

Something interesting popped up today in the twittersphere with the release by Ian Stewart of a new free HTML5 WordPress theme called Toolbox. Ian is one of the smart guys in the wordpress community and it must be said that having taken a quick peek under the hood of Toolbox, it really is an excellent start theme for anyone looking to get their hands dirty with HTML5 wordpress themes. So what’s a starter theme? A starter theme is not an all singing all dancing full featured wordpress theme with widgets, theme options etc. It’s a stripped down bare bones starting point which is more suited for a developer or designer looking for a rock solid starting point for ... Related posts:

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WordPress 3.0 Officially released, hurrah!

Ed — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:25:08 +0000

Great to see that WordPress 3.0 has been officially released. Anyone paying attention to the wordpress dev blog will have seen the rapid RC releases appearing over the past few weeks so it’s great to see 3.0 is now official. We’re planning to release a brand spanking new theme in the next few weeks which will be 3.0 compatible so stay tuned for more information on that. In the meantime there’s a nice tutorial here about how to make use of the shiny new Custom Post Types in your wordpress themes. Here’s the skinny in video from WordPress. Related posts:5 Must Read Tutorials on WordPress Custom Post Types So I’m doing some Sunday driving today and taking a... The ... Related posts:

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