Apple users keep growing by the hour with the unprecedented success of the iPhone and the iPad. The euphoria is for real and it is almost as if an individual’s brand is determined by the Apple products they use! The only issue which iPhone users may face is the inability to use service providers other [...]

“Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.” That’s GEICO’s famous tag line that every household in the United States is familiar with. Companies like GEICO and Progressive Auto Insurance have already established a brand name and have leveraged a huge market share. Does that necessarily mean that all of their [...]

We recently partnered with our friends in UK to bring to you some wed design options that are outside of our skill set and expertise. Web Creation UK is able to meet your needs for a fraction of the cost you would with an independent design or developer in the US. This web design firm [...]

My personal site WP Pro just underwent a CSS reboot, the design is still built on Blueprint CSS but with a better and more robust framework that will eventually made public. This framework follows the Blueprint CSS except it is highly customizable for WP and from with WP Admin. Check the redesign and let me [...]

During a recent site redesign, the client required the site dynamically generate a unique promotional banner (in the sidebar) on certain high profile writers “about the author” page.
Before WordPress version 2.5.x, we had to rely on conditional tags such as is_page() or is_category() and numerous lines of code to accomplish it. For most parts it [...]

PointSpace is an full-function advanced WordPress theme with built in custom “CSS” functionality. The theme works straight out of the box and is practically set up free.

Just like our other free premium advanced WordPress themes, “PointSpace” is packed with all the great functions and features listed below:

Theme CSS easy edit options built within WordPress Admin [...]

Let’s start with making our images that will be used in place of menu text, in this example I am using images 30px tall and of varying width. I make two images for each menu item, one for mouse-over or hover and second for all other conditions.
Here are the images of varying width:
Mouse-over/hover:

Normal:

Now create your [...]

Here’s a quick and easy way to present a continuous list in two or more columns without having to hard code it. A recent project required a list of authors across two columns; the author names and links were auto generated using a WP tag so listing them in 2 columns required some simple CSS [...]

I worked on a site a while ago for a famous West Coast Kora Musician and Master Teller of Tales, Baba. Yesterday, out of the blue he sent me a nice piece of story which I thought I should share with the world. With everything that is happening around us, the war and our economy, [...]

I have 30 minutes to come up with a design, slice it, code and go live. So the May 2008 reboot is not happening. I will come up with something original and clean soon, in the mean time you will have to make do with “The Studio” mod.

View original post here: May 2008 Reboot May [...]

Block Rocker is an “back to the basics” widget ready WordPress theme based on a TextPattern template by Squared Eye.
Demo, Download and License
Test the theme by running the demo, then grab a copy of Block Rocker WordPress theme. This theme is free for personal use, we urge you refer to the license section below before [...]

When a client of mine upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1 from WordPress 2.5 she encountered an issue where the database will not upgrading, resulting in the “WordPress 2.5.1 is available! Please update now.” flashing in her dashboard and every other admin pages. On initial search of the WordPress support forum, we found the following strings that [...]

For good SEO, it is preferential to open your comment authors URI in a new page. Why you might ask? Google and other search engines track sites you visit, they can tell what that site contains (obviously), how long you stayed there and where you went next. The intended use of this information is to [...]

WordPress 2.5.1 is already out, so the blog you upgraded last month, is outdated and worse, could be vulnerable. A Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE 2008 1930) which reads as below is now known to be the reason for this hastened release:
An attacker, who is able to register a specially crafted username on a Wordpress [...]

I get this question a lot; do you web design or blog design? and I say, is there a difference?
Most new site that I work on are built using free CMS like WordPress and Textpattern so they tend to have a bloggy feel to it, so I see where this question might arise from. But [...]