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High Performance WordPress – Part 2

Ed — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:18:01 +0000

So it’s taken much longer to push out Part 2 of the High Performance WordPress post series but it’s back and hopefully won’t have as big a gap for Part 3! Last time in Part 1 we got you as far as selecting a VPS host (still loving Linode!) and your OS selection (Ubuntu 10.10). Today, we’re going to dive into getting your shiny new VPS machine up and running on the most kickass, hottest web server stack making big big waves in the WordPress community and further afield. First, let’s take a look at what we hope to achieve: OS setup – Optimizing Ubuntu as a web server. Web Server Setup – nginx setup and configuration – ... Related posts:

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Making WordPress better

Ed — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:48:00 +0000

Posted in opinion wordpress

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 ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

A new free HTML5 WordPress Starter Theme

Ed — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:20:01 +0000

Posted in theme news

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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Obox release new fantastic new wordpress theme – Inkdrop

Ed — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:39:30 +0000

Posted in theme news wordpress

We’ve been fans of Obox guys for quite some time and today they’ve launched a fantastic new wordpress theme called Inkdrop. The guys have really put a lot of effort into creating quite a diverse wordpress theme that provides 3 different homepage layouts catering for even the most diverse website requirements, including a great “Unique Inkdrop Layout” which includes a featured posts slider, a standard blog layout and a business layout. From the Obox blog: It’s been a while since we have been this excited to launch a new theme. InkDrop is probably our most diverse Premium WordPress theme when it comes to page templates and features. We have tried to pull out all the stops with this blog/portfolio/business ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Ian Stewart from themeshaper joins Automattic

Ed — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:09:52 +0000

Posted in theme news wordpress

Ok folks, some great news this week for wordpress fans everywhere. Ian Stewart of themeshaper fame has joined Automattic – the good people who lead the wordpress project. This is big big news for the wordpress theme community. Ian has been a leader in the community for quite some time and is responsible for the development of thematic, one of the best wordpress theme frameworks around. (Slight segway: learn more about theme frameworks.) Having played around extensively with thematic, I can safely say Ian is a very talented guy who is undoubtedly going to be a massive contributor to the core wordpress project going forward. The other excellent piece of news that comes with this announcement is that ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

2010 WordPress Theme Buyers Guide – Part 1

Ed — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:22:59 +0000

Posted in theme news tips wordpress

Ok boys and girls let’s kick things off on Part 1 of our 2010 WordPress Theme Buyers Guide. Today we’re going to explore what we think it the single most important question you must ask yourself when considering buying a wordpress theme: What type of wordpress theme is right for my site? You might think the answer to that question is obvious. But think about it for a minute. There are literally thousands (if not tens of thousands) of wordpress themes out there – and they come in all shapes and sizes – from bog standard simple free themes to custom handcrafted high end themes that will can cost a fortune – and then everything else in ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Easily add post thumbnails using native wordpress functionality in your theme

Ed — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:05:37 +0000

Posted in tips wordpress

We’ve been busy sprucing up our new wordpress theme for the relaunch of themesforge.com and finally got around to adding thumbnails functionality to our postss. Now I know there are many many different ways to do this, from dedicated plugins to using custom fields. Well since WordPress 2.9 this is now an optional feature within wordpress itself which is great news for anyone looking to add this to their wordpress powered website. Hopefully it will mean that in the near future all wordpress themes will support this functionality. We will certainly be pushing for it’s adoption on all wordpress themes we see – and we’ll be keeping an eye out for it! So what’s the skinny on ... Related posts:

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Time for some polish!

Ed — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:34:47 +0000

Posted in about

ok so we’re finally nearly finished with our redesign! after a good few months preparation work we are moving into beta testing of our shiny new wordpress theme. (Feb 2010 – you’re now looking at it!) we’ll be giving the website a good spin over the next few days and starting to load in our new content so please bear with us while we give the place a good scrub and get up and running properly! No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.