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  • Great new solution for responsive Images and WordPress

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    So I’m in the middle of building a new responsive WordPress theme and am currently knee deep in studying the various different techniques available for handling responsive images within the overall context of responsive web design. One thing is very evident at the moment –  this little chestnut has not been cracked yet. This is…

  • Sneak peek at the new Theme Previewer Feature in the upcoming WordPress 3.4 Release

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    So it’s been a while since I checked out the bleeding edge dev trunk for WordPress. I spotted todays Dev Chat blog post from Jane Wells and I managed to find a few spare minutes this evening and pulled down the latest nightly build (3.4-alpha-20291 as of writing). One feature immediately jumped out of me…

  • In defense of themeforest

    In defense of themeforest

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    I’ve been keeping a close eye on a number of different theme marketplaces recently. As far as WordPress is concerned, to me there are 2 main marketplaces in the ecosystem today. The first and the biggest by some distance in my opinion is the juggernaut that is themeforest (part of envato). The second is the…

  • WordPress Deployment Options

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    Ok I’ve had enough – I NEED better options for deploying WordPress websites. Right now I manage a LOT of WordPress websites – probably close to 40 sites – maybe more. In fact I’ve lost count! Right now my development process goes something like this. Download latest and great WordPress stable version Build website locally…

  • The importance of testing themes

    The importance of testing themes

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    Today I read one of the best blog posts I’ve read in a long time about What’s Wrong with commercial WordPress themes by Martin Vlachynsky Vicenik (sorry Martin for getting your name wrong!) over on the Foliovision blog. Martin delves deep into the bowels of some of the most popular commercial WordPress themes to reveal how poorly…

  • 5 Must Read Tutorials on WordPress Custom Post Types

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    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…