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WordPress

Dec 02  09
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A little while ago I issued a teaser post entitled Something wicked this way comes. In it, I hinted at a large project looming on the horizon, something that would change everything and would blow the blogosphere wide open. That project is still coming. In fact, it’s developing right in front of your eyes right [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress theme Prime

Oct 30  09
DesignWordPressWordpress Theme6 Comments

Genesis is a free WordPress theme that mixes swiss typography with a traditional blog layout in order to create a hyper readable environment. Large typography, set in Myriad Pro that degrades through Helvetica to Arial for those with typographically challenged systems, sets the scene and pushes your content forward. Muted metallic shades complete the look [...]

Upstart Blogger WordPress themes Genesis and Genesis Red

Oct 08  09
DesignWordPressWordpress Theme6 Comments

Heavily influenced and inspired by 37 Signals I am pleased to announce that the next Upstart Blogger WordPress theme is firmly in the web 2.0 blogging groove. A theme that will allow its owner to focus on content rather than design with a 100% typographical composition. Features include an options panel, highlighted advertisement space, Twitter [...]

First look at the next Upstart Blogger WordPress theme

Jul 15  09
WordPress13 Comments

I’ve watched with interest as the premium WordPress designers have struggled, some graciously others less so, whilst trying desperately to apply restrictive licenses to property derived from code that is already protected by a well established general public license. I have previously argued that it was impossible to prevent the future release of a modified [...]

Is this the end of premium WordPress themes?

Mar 04  09
BloggingWordPress5 Comments

Earlier today Upstart Blogger was hacked. Even though my WordPress security measures are reasonably up to date someone managed to perform an SQL injection by tampering with my index.php file. These hacks are particularly nasty since they are normally invisible to anyone other than the search engines. The rogue php file injects meta tags and [...]

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