December 2009
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Tue 22nd
Creating Custom WordPress Widgets
With each new version of WordPress, the argument whether or not it qualifies as a CMS gets a little quieter.
In the WordPress core we have widgets, custom fields, custom taxonomies, and with version 2.9, an expansion of get_post_type. Add a few plugins and all sorts of post-types and custom write panels become a reality.
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Fri 11th
Feature Suggestions for Gravy
I released a baseline theme and PSD set called Gravy back in August and am happy sales have exceeded expectations. Just as important, user feedback has shown that the theme speeds up development time and can be used for diverse projects.
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Tue 8th
Introducing WPQuestions
This week, my development partner and I launched WPQuestions.com, a new problem-solving site for the WordPress community, and the response so far has been incredible.
May 2009
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Thu 7th
Creating a Flickr Carousel in Expression Engine
Flickr is still one of my favorite online services in terms of features and interface. The Uploadr tool also makes it an especially easy image-hosting solution for clients who are out in the field, taking their own photos, and updating them frequently.
Lately a few Expression Engine clients have needed to display their photostream dynamically in [...]
March 2009
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Sun 15th
Mimbo Pro 2.0 Released
As Ben Gillbanks already mentioned, last week we quietly released a major upgrade of the Mimbo Pro theme for WordPress. Older quirks were smoothed out, suggestions from the forum were implemented, as well as vital new features we both felt were necessary.
January 2009
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Fri 30th
Mimbo 3.0 Released
The theme is new and improved, but the download page remains the same. Please have a look and go play around with the live Mimbo 3.0 demo.
December 2008
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Thu 4th
Effectively Advertising an RSS Feed
Google Reader’s popularity is surging and the number of people consuming web content via RSS readers has grown overall, but no one’s claiming RSS is a mainstream concept just yet. It’s mostly the geeks and early-adopters who know what it is and what to do with it, thus they don’t need to be sold on whether a blog offers an RSS feed…
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Tue 2nd
Dreaming of the Portable Workspace
For ten years, I’ve wanted the ability to develop websites comfortably on any system. This means traveling to South America somewhere, sitting down at a public computer in a coffee shop and having all my bookmarks, RSS feeds, applications and development files available. I’m pretty picky about streamlining my workflow, so a truly portable workspace would be ideal.
October 2008
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Wed 22nd
Creating Custom Listings with Expression Engine, Part II
In Part I of the tutorial, we learned how to use Expression Engine’s control panel to set up a custom field group which powers our “Homes” listings. In Part II, we learn how to upload, resize and display images in a variety of contexts.
September 2008
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Sun 14th
Notes on the Agregado Theme
Since Agregado launched on Monday, we’ve had about 3500 downloads plus a lot of questions about how it works and why it was made. Here’s a bit more documentation to add to what Smashing already published.
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Tue 9th
Agregado 1.1 Released
The response to the Agregado release has been fantastic and the folks at Smashing were great to collaborate with. Here are some changes we’ve already made
August 2008
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Mon 25th
Creating Custom Listings with Expression Engine, Part I
Compared to just three years ago, more and more of Category 4’s small-business clients have become comfortable maintaining their own website via CMS. We’ve built many of these sites with WordPress which clients have overwhelmingly loved. But more and more, larger projects require finely-tuned content management and custom data-types that can be diversely displayed. The obvious choice lately has become Expression Engine.
June 2008
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Wed 11th
Displaying Related Category and Author Content in Wordpress
View any single-post page from Mimbo Pro and you’ll notice two sidebar modules called “More from this category” and “More from this author”. Learn why they’re valuable for keeping visitors on your site longer.
April 2008
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Wed 2nd
TimThumb PHP Script Released
The custom image-resize script (TimThumb) created for Mimbo Pro is now available as an open-source project! It’s already being used by a handful of other theme designers and I look forward to seeing what other folks do with it…
March 2008
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Tue 18th
Seeking Freelance Designers to Customize the Mimbo Family
Since the free version of Mimbo launched back in August, I’ve been getting 3-4 queries a week from users willing to pay for small customizations. Now since Mimbo Pro has launched, I’m getting customization requests for both themes. Unfortunately with a full-time job and all free time dedicated to Mimbo Pro, I have no time for any new side-work.
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Sun 16th
Premium Themes Should Advance the Wordpress Community
If you read Wikinomics, you’ll remember the story of a mining company called GoldCorp which was poised to fail due to a vital lack of information and resources. GoldCorp’s CEO became inspired by Linus Torvalds and eventually opened up his company’s research to the greater public, throwing open what is ordinarily a very closed and secretive process.
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Thu 13th
Mimbo Pro, The Day After
Just wanted to thank everyone for the nice reviews on Mimbo Pro so far, and also for their patience today. As mentioned before, Plimus, which manages the secure transactions and affiliate stuff, takes a fairly proactive stance toward fraud and spam. As a result, they hand-process the first batch of orders to ensure all transactions are legitimate….
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Wed 12th
Mimbo Pro Magazine Theme Released
Mimbo Pro is a powerful and feature-rich theme for Wordpress, developed by Darren Hoyt and Ben Gillbanks and released through Ben’s Pro Theme Design marketplace…
