Displaying 1 To 30 Of 33 Comments Special WPTavern Only PluginBuddy Sale I’ve been working with BackupBuddy while doing some work for another developer. Liked it so much I decided to get my own dev copy via the WPTavern coupon. Thanks for the great offer Jeff. » Posted By Brad Potter On July 2, 2010 @ 3:38 PM WooThemes Has And Will Continue To Get Credit For me it’s not about how much code was changed or how much the GUI has changed (they still look similar to me), it’s more about a “great idea” that sparked a solution which is going to put a smile on many WordPress users. That said, there is still plenty of room for improvement in the GUI and no lack of opinions on how it could be improved. » Posted By Brad Potter On June 1, 2010 @ 6:15 PM Touching Base With Nathan Rice At WordCamp Raleigh Thanks for posting the interview Jeff. Nathan has mad skills, really listens to user requests and is always very helpful in the StudioPress forums. WordPress 3.0 and the upcoming version of Genesis is going to be one heck of a combination. » Posted By Brad Potter On May 26, 2010 @ 10:51 PM Glad you got it sorted out. DNS can be a PITA. HostGator can migrate you to one of their VPS should you need it. donnacha is right on in regards to the overselling that takes place on shared accounts. It is an industry practice not a rarity. » Posted By Brad Potter On March 21, 2010 @ 1:24 AM The scheduled backup is a great feature. I should make this plugin a client requirement so I can sleep well at night. » Posted By Brad Potter On March 4, 2010 @ 2:52 PM My Thoughts On WordPress Weekly Sunday evening sounds even better than Friday the more I think about it » Posted By Brad Potter On February 5, 2010 @ 8:44 PM Your decision to make but I would think most people would be out doing things on a Saturday afternoon especially during spring and summer. » Posted By Brad Potter On February 4, 2010 @ 2:50 PM Friday night gets my vote. Seems like more people participated on Fridays. » Posted By Brad Potter On February 4, 2010 @ 6:05 AM I always enjoy reading about your WordCamp adventures and the photos were great. Boston is a beautiful city, I hope to make it there. » Posted By Brad Potter On January 26, 2010 @ 5:31 PM Canonical, Core, Something Plugins @Jeffro – I thought it meant I was sticking my tongue out at you. » Posted By Brad Potter On December 18, 2009 @ 3:45 PM Why is Plugins capitalized while the others are not :P » Posted By Brad Potter On December 18, 2009 @ 3:27 PM I hope the new default theme is white with square corners and has a template example for every file in the official hierarchy. I also hope a lot of thought goes into the names used for ids and classes. Set the standard so to speak. 960px fixed width » Posted By Brad Potter On December 14, 2009 @ 3:33 PM New York Matt Mullenweg Interview To lighten things up a bit. I watch Fox News and so does an overwhelming part of America. Should I be watching Keith Olbermann to fit in a little better? My choice of drink is Rum and potato chips make this Irish boy fat. » Posted By Brad Potter On November 19, 2009 @ 10:03 PM @Toni Has a board of directors been established to oversee wordpress.org? » Posted By Brad Potter On October 22, 2009 @ 1:41 PM Magazine/News Themes The New Black? I’m happy to see lots of Magazine/News themes being released. They are my favorite type of theme and the main reason I was attracted to WordPress to begin with. As Jeff mentioned they never went away, it’s just interesting to see so many being released at the same time. I can’t wait to see the impact “Citizen Journalism” has on old school media. The larger media companies are currently discussing ways in which they can start charging for the majority of their content. If that happens, many people will seek other sources for news. In my community we are seeing several small news startups begin to compete with one very established local newspaper. In many cases they publish stories that are more in-depth and engaging than the established paper which has been forced to continually cut it’s staff. » Posted By Brad Potter On September 2, 2009 @ 11:45 AM Which Theme Company Has The Best Word Of Mouth? @donnacha – I see your point but there are some pretty good theme developers on ThemeForest who offer competent support. Probably a good idea to review their support responses before purchasing. Personally, I have received good support for the themes I have bought there. Perhaps purchases there are better suited for more advanced users. That said, my money was spent first with StudioPress and then WooThemes. Brian’s themes have been instrumental in my WP learning and I have been really impressed with many of the recent releases by WooThemes both in design and code. @harris Ort – Brian has tweeted that he is looking for a good designer so I expect we will be seeing good things ahead from StudioPress. I think Darren Hoyt and Ben Gillbanks are two others to keep your eye on. They have what looks to be a great theme on the way. I recently bought Darren’s Gravy framework/base theme/photoshop file which was a steal at $15. » Posted By Brad Potter On September 3, 2009 @ 12:46 AM I would have to say WooThemes & StudioPress are the ones that initially come to my mind. I agree with donnacha in that having a Dev membership with both can equip you to build virtually any type of site. Theme Forest is another theme reseller that is overlooked. The Envato brand has extremely good word of mouth and Theme Forest sells some exceptional WordPress themes. » Posted By Brad Potter On September 2, 2009 @ 12:01 PM Have You Enjoyed Your Stay At The Tavern So Far? Jeff and all the great members of WP Tavern have definitely been an inspiration to me. Rarely does a day go by without visiting the tavern to help satisfy my thirst for WordPress knowledge. » Posted By Brad Potter On August 23, 2009 @ 3:08 AM WordPress.com Testing A New Look Guess I’m the only one who prefers the prior site. It seemed to have better use of white space and I don’t like most of the navigation being located at bottom of page. That seems to depart from typical UI expectations. » Posted By Brad Potter On August 14, 2009 @ 2:49 AM 7 Tips For Customers And Theme Authors @Jeffro – Yes BG does it with his StudioPress themes. He provides a xml file with the demo posts, etc. Not sure if any other theme devs do the same. It’s a nice touch. » Posted By Brad Potter On August 14, 2009 @ 2:43 AM Nice post. Really good documentation is high on my list. While time consuming to create, in the long run its beneficial for the theme developer as they will have to answer fewer support questions. I would like to see more themes come with a XML file for import containing the same content as their demo. That’s pretty common in the Joomla world. In fact some of the Joomla theme clubs have installers that install the latest Joomla software, the theme package and the demo content in one easy install. This would partially address “What I Saw And What I Have Are Different” » Posted By Brad Potter On August 10, 2009 @ 4:36 PM In Depth Page Menus And Page Listings Thanks for pointing out that post. It is very useful. I checked a few themes from leading theme developers and its seems wp_list_pages() is most often used while wp_page_menu() is not present. As Justin Tadlock points out about wp_page_menu() in the comments: » Posted By Brad Potter On July 13, 2009 @ 6:43 PM Is WordPress Information Too Fragmented? Guess I started off the right way then because as a fairly new WordPress user I’m doing exactly what you say. Initially I found the codex very disjointed. Buying the book “WordPress Theme Design” by Tessa Blakeley Silver was a huge help as it steps a person through the process of building a theme from idea to finished product. Twitter and various blogs (yours included) have been extremely valuable for continued learning. I’m thinking of using one of my better WP domains strictly for linking to great WP resources mainly to benefit myself and if others find it useful so be it. Nathan said » Posted By Brad Potter On June 3, 2009 @ 3:53 PM @Ryan I just mentioned to Nathan Rice today that if he were to write a book on WordPress Development 101, I would buy it in a heartbeat. That would hold true even if it was a PDF version only. I think there is money to be made in the support/knowledgebase subscription model. If I had access to well written documentation AND code examples, I would likely pay for that. Stuff like that is priceless for people like myself who are trying to learn WP as fast as possible. » Posted By Brad Potter On June 3, 2009 @ 7:52 AM By the time a printed publication reached my hands, a large part of it’s contents would likely be out of date. For that reason, I canceled my local newspaper and numerous magazine subscriptions this past year. Something in the form of a PDF that I could optionally print may be useful. The more WordPress websites the merrier in my opinion although I do wish some of the well known developers would produce more in depth content that has longer shelf life. For example, Small Potato’s “So you want to create WordPress themes huh?” is still a very valuable resource. BTW, http://net.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/wordpress/ does a great job of getting quality WordPress tutorials in one place. » Posted By Brad Potter On June 3, 2009 @ 6:46 AM Wish I could be there. Get video! » Posted By Brad Potter On May 30, 2009 @ 11:59 PM I was scratching my head on that one too. I would imagine I could dictate the restrictions or lack thereof, if I produced a non-GPL licensed work. » Posted By Brad Potter On May 23, 2009 @ 2:20 AM Looks like Jeff made it in. There goes the neighborhood ;-) » Posted By Brad Potter On May 12, 2009 @ 10:11 PM @Justin Tadlock – Is that the picture of the new WP Theme Czar? » Posted By Brad Potter On May 12, 2009 @ 1:47 AM Jeff, I forgot that was addressed in the other interview, thanks for pointing that out and kudos to wpsnippets.com for providing a transcript. Its pretty clear how Matt feels about that particular aspect. What’s not clear however are the legal issues surrounding it. Perhaps it’s better left that way. » Posted By Brad Potter On May 1, 2009 @ 5:57 PMComments Posted By Brad Potter
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2 and 3 column examples (files not a theme option)
Well structured style sheet
Extensive commenting in code
Great examples of popular template tags
“It’s a wrapper for the wp_list_pages() function that adds elements commonly-added to themes such as the containing and the “Home” link.”
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