I’ve been working with Brad to get a free WordPress theme our for a while. We thought this would be a good way for iThemes to give something back to the WordPress community (along with our free plugins, core contributions, and codex additions). I must say, the process of adding a theme to WordPress Extend isn’t the most friendly one, but it is there none-the-less. The new theme is called Quick-Vid. It is a Tumblr inspired theme intended for quick blogging.
In an earlier post I showed how to get your latest tweet on your site without a plugin. It has been an extremely popular post, but for some folks. it was just over their head. I have had quite a few people email me asking to make a simple plugin to accomplish the same task, so that is what I did. I pretty much had all the code already, I just needed to wrap it nicely in to a plugin. Read More
Yesterday’s release of WordPress version 3.0 came with a ton of great new features. As a developer, I am really excited about some of the new capabilities.
There is no doubt that a lot is changing. In fact, one of the first things you will notice after you update is that even the dashboard is a different color. With all of these changes, I just wanted to mention a few things you should consider before you update your site to the latest version. Read More
Chis came to me this morning and said that he needed a headshot because he will be speaking at some events coming up. I thought it was a good opportunity to take some photos of a few of the other guys as well.
Here is what we came up with.
This may seem like a strange topic for me to be writing about, but it is one that drives me crazy. Not all Twitter profile pics are equal. There are different types; some good, some bad. To start, let’s go over a few of the basic types of twitter profile pics: (please note: If I used your twitter picture on this, don’t hate me. I may very well love you, I just needed some evidence.) Read More
At the end of this week I will be heading down to Austin, TX with some of the iThemes team to go to SXSW. This is my first time to be there, so I am pretty excited to take in all that SXSW has to offer.
Heading down with me are three other members of the iThemes/WebDesign.com team: Cory Miller, James Dalman, and adBrad Ulrich. Read More
iThemes Media. My beautiful wife Jessica and I live happily in Oklahoma with our Pit Bull Terrier named Dakota. Besides web, I am also a photographer. At one point, I was actually going to school for photography, but a good friend of mine convinced me that working for him was a much better idea. Read More...
