WordPress

Oct 03 08

My quest to design ten blogs in five days is coming to an end. And with it, comes a premium Wordpress theme licensing dilemna that I would like to share with you. As before when I spoke about the collision between open source ethics and premium Wordpress themes I find myself torn between […]

Should I release this Wordpress theme?

Sep 05 08

Ashley MorganWordPress21 Comments

Open source software is a wonderful thing. It allows a community to grow around an idea and for that idea to develop along with, and because of, that community. Code is moved forward, modified and generally made better. Each member of the community can work freely, unencumbered by anything that might get […]

When Premium Wordpress themes and open source ethics collide

Aug 21 08

Ashley MorganWordPress10 Comments

Premium Wordpress themes are something of a mystery to me. I find it hard to believe that the people making, and selling, these premium themes, get the maximum benefit from their work. Giving away your Wordpress themes is a great way of getting a lot of traffic back to your blog. This […]

The free premium Wordpress theme paradox

Aug 20 08

Ashley MorganWordPress6 Comments

The new design, scheduled to roll out later this week, has run into something of a road block. What worked fine on my screen is looking less than perfect when coded for Wordpress. Fighting with code, forcing it to jump through hoops to keep dodgy browsers like Internet Explorer happy, and generally getting […]

You bring the Wordpress skills and I’ll bring the traffic

Jul 18 08

Ashley MorganWordPress4 Comments

I had hoped to release a new Wordpress theme today but with Wordpress 2.6 throwing some spanners in the works here at Upstart Blogger HQ things have been moved back a little.
There are currently a total of four new Upstart Blogger Wordpress themes on the chopping block, all being tweaked within an inch of their […]

New Upstart Blogger Wordpress themes on the horizon

Jul 17 08

Ashley MorganWordPress19 Comments

Wordpress 2.6 is live and has been around in the wild for a few days now. At first glance it looks like a great release with some very useful new features. The theme preview function is worth the upgrade alone.
Or is it?
I have a test blog running out of sight of the search […]

Read this before upgrading to Wordpress 2.6

Jul 15 08

Ashley MorganWordPress5 Comments

Cutline, the now ubiquitous wordpress theme by Chris Pearson made a huge impact on the blogosphere soon after it was released to a hungry, theme devouring public.
Marketed as a quick way to double your visitor count it spread quickly though the wordpress community and soon became one of the more popular free themes around. […]