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  • Announcing 24 Theme Tips – 24 Posts for Advent

    Announcing 24 Theme Tips – 24 Posts for Advent

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    So tomorrow is December 1st. If there’s one thing that I’ve looked forward to each December 1st for the past few years it’s been the wonderful 24 Ways. For anyone who doesn’t know what 24 Ways is: 24 ways is the advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish a daily dose…

  • Site Showcase: Openview Labs

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    While browsing the WordPress Site Showcase today, I noticed a great new WordPress powered site for OpenView Labs. What I thought was particularly interesting about this new website is the lovely content dropdown menus. This design pattern is becoming increasingly popular with big sites like Reuters using these content menu dropdowns.  I’d love to know…

  • What makes a WordPress theme great?

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    Ok so this is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Why is it that some themes take off like a rocket and others which on paper look great never hit the big time? I’m not just talking about premium WordPress themes here either. I’m just talking about themes in general. With so many…

  • Massive list of WordPress theme frameworks

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    Ryan of WPCandy has put together a massive list of WordPress theme frameworks. I must this is something we’ve been hoping to look at in more detail. It’s a bloody good list and one that I can think we’ll definitely be digging into a little deeper in the near future. I’ve been doing a lot…

  • ThemeWarrior release new WordPress theme Picture Box

    ThemeWarrior release new WordPress theme Picture Box

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    new kid on the block ThemeWarrior today released their new Premium WordPress Theme Picture Box. Yogi dropped us a line today to tell us about Picture Box and we have been impressed with the features and design of this new WordPress theme. With Photography exploding online, Picture Box will suit any budding photographer who wants…

  • 10 Massive Sites powered by WordPress in 2010

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    It never ceases to amaze me how often people question whether WordPress is powerful enough to power their website. People marvel at it’s feature set but some still think it’s a dainty little blogging tool that is meant for small-fry blogs and could never be used to power some of the world’s biggest websites. Those…

  • The case for an official new WordPress Theme Framework

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    Ok so I’ve not been posting a lot the past month (slaps self on wrist) due to being snowed under with a LOT of client work at the moment which is both good and bad! Anyway – I’m taking breather this evening and had to post on something which has kept popping up in my…

  • Featured Theme Maker

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    This week we kick off a new series on themesforge where each week we’ll be featuring a WordPress Theme Maker. Fancy being featured on themesforge as our Theme Maker of Week? Well if so, it’s real simple – drop us a line and tell us why we should feature you and we’ll put you into…

  • Why WordPress needs a vibrant Premium Themes economy

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    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 –…

  • Carrington Build WordPress Page Layouts – this is big

    Carrington Build WordPress Page Layouts – this is big

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    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…