New Competencies for Theme Designers
Wordpress 2.5’s new image uploader solves the longstanding bug of using deprecated XHTML attributes to float images (align=”left”, etc.), rather than it being done in CSS. This is handled by applying classes to the image when it’s inserted into the post, rather than via inline CSS. This is good, in terms of semantics, [...]
Graded.
I wouldn’t say up-graded, but WordPress 2.5 is definitely different. I feel the need to punish myself thusly, since wordpress is now my day job, besides my ‘hobby’ of supporting the themes I’ve developed. I’ve been playing with the SVN upgrades for a month or so now, making sure my themes work. [...]
In Defence of my Absence
I haven’t been exactly forthcoming with posts this month. I haven’t been lazy, though. Most of the free time I would normally devote to posting has been spent working on our office’s new site. I think the results are well worth the effort, but click the screenshot to see for yourself:
My design [...]
Buckshot Ep. 8: Release
The Moose is Loose! Joen has released Fauna 1.0 Final(ly) - I doubt Andy’s response carries much weight for wordpress.com after a year and a half, but hey, fauna’s still a great theme.
Also overdue, but less so: Movable Type OS has been released. WP-super-cache and MT-Burn plugins make it less different from WordPress than it [...]








