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New WordPress Theme — News Portal

I finally found a few minutes to put the finishing touches on an open-source theme conversion I've been working on for a while. I have posted the theme for download here. Take a look, and let me know what you think.

Dynamic Page Graphics in WordPress

Recently, while developing a Wordpress theme for a client, I devised a handy trick to use different headline graphics for pages (it should work for posts too) based on the page title. The basis of the trick is to name your headline graphics the same as the pages they are to show up on (ex.

Reciprocity WordPress Theme

After switching my hosting and theme earlier this month, I decided to update and release my original blog theme to the general public. Head on over to the Reciprocity Wordpress Theme page to take a peek and download the theme.

Design Vitality WordPress Theme Competition

So I decided to enter Design Vitality's WP theme competition. Even if I don't win any of the prizes (and they're some doozies...first prize is $1,000 and second is your choice of an iPhone or a Wii), it still gets my name a little farther out into the world.

The winners are chosen by votes at the contest website, which is linked below, so give me some vote love if you like my entry.

Site Updates

So you may have noticed that there are a few changes on the site. I have finally gotten around to (and had the time to spare in between freelance gigs) implementing a few changes that I have had on my list for a while.

My favorite change is the addition of Live Search for the site.

Posted in: Design, Life
Flash for websites?

Back in the bad old days of the web (Bubble 1.0 for those of you who remember it), Flash was everywhere. You couldn't develop a website if it didn't use Flash. Was it a good thing? Probably. It broke the web out of it's static, photos and text only infancy. I honestly believe the web wouldn't be the medium it is now if it wasn't for those early Flash days.

Posted in: CSS, Design
Live Writer

 I haven't mentioned it yet, but I have been using Windows Live Writer for a while now to do my blog posts, and I must say, I am VERY impressed.  Even better, I now have an extension for Firefox (Live Writerfox) that lets me post directly from my web browser using Live Writer.

Posted in: Design, Life