*THIS CONTEST IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED as of 12/30/08* Last time I held a contest here on JaypeeOnline, I gave away 2,000 Entrecard credits. I know some of you remember that contest because you joined it. This time it won’t be Entrecard credits but a whole lot of BETTER stuff! I’m giving away $900 $1,000+ worth [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 28, 2008
According to the WordPress Codex, WordPress 2.7 wil be released sometime in November and since its already near the end of the month, the release of WordPress 2.7 aka Crazy Horse is just around the corner. Based on the fact that Matt Mullenweg likes to make big announcements during WordPress events, some are speculating that [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
Just found out from Weblog Tools Collection about a certain website with the name WordPresz.org that pretended to be WordPress.org and tried to release a backdoored (trojanised) version of WordPress to unsuspecting users who are still using older versions of the popular blogging platform. Blogger Craig Murphy was the first to report about this issue [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Derek Punsalan the man behind 5thirtyone is a freelancer by trade and is popular in the WordPress community for contributing themes like the 5thirtyone V2, Foliage, Pink October and the Grid Focus. His latest release is the Unstandard WordPress Theme, which was originally developed for his personal blog.The Unstandard WordPress theme is released / shared with the intent of breaking the typical blog mold. Farewell to the blase reverse chronological text heavy front pages, and hello to visuals & imagery to lure visitors deeper into your website / blog. A WordPress theme comprised of a - grid aligned - images for forward facing pages, and clean textual presentation on the inner pages. Originally developed for personal use, and modified for release, I felt that an update to the WordPress themes made available on 5thirtyone.com was due.Basic Features:2 columns Right sidebar Footer WP 2.3 - 2.5 compatible Works on Firefox, IE & Opera XHTML compliantScreenshot:
Continue reading...Thursday, March 20, 2008
Last year I did a review of Mimbo, a free magazine style theme for WordPress. Since then, Mimbo has become one of the most popular and most downloaded themes not only because of the popularity of magazine themes but also because it's feature-rich, user-friendly and easy to customize. As proof, you can see customized versions of Mimbo used in many websites and blogs.After the huge success of Mimbo, the author Darren Hoyt finally released his first and much anticipated premium theme, the Mimbo Pro Magazine Theme last week. For this project, he collaborated with Ben Gillbanks.Here's a short introduction from Darren himself:Mimbo Pro is a powerful and feature-rich theme for Wordpress, developed by Darren Hoyt and Ben Gillbanks and released through Ben’s Pro Theme Design marketplace.Already familiar with the original Mimbo? Imagine no more manual template editing, no more Photoshop, no more image-cropping or FTP’ing... Enjoy using Wordpress like a CMS, now more than ever.Screenshot:
Continue reading...Sunday, November 18, 2007
Around three months ago, I posted a warning to WordPress and Joomla users about downloading themes from TemplateBrowser.com which contained hidden spam and malware links. What they did was collect public themes for WordPress and Joomla, modify it and redistribute it on their site. Well it seems that they’re not the only ones doing it [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 18, 2007
Last month WPStar launched WPZipper.com, a site that lets you generate a fresh WordPress installation with all the WordPress plugins that you want or create a “plugins only” installation zip file. WPZipper makes life more easier for WordPress users. Since the initial launch of the project, there have been a total of 100,000+ downloads. During the [...]
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
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