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Technical Web Typography: Guidelines and Techniques

Jan 5, 2012

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Lance Willett

in CSS Tips, Design

Harry Roberts presents a primer on technical web typography over on Smashing Magazine.
My WordPress and Web Design Feed Short List

Jan 3, 2012

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Ian Stewart

in Design, Theme Development

I recently started subscribing to RSS feeds again after having given them up totally for several months. I was relying on the cream to rise to the top in Twitter and a handful of sites that I would visit every day or week. And now, after declaring feed bankruptcy, I’m back at it again (switching…
High Quality Icons for Themes

Jan 3, 2012

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Lance Willett

in Design

One of the barriers theme companies face in going full GPL with their themes—thus enabling their themes to be released on WordPress.org Extend—is a lack of great quality icons with open source licensing. That’s one reason I’m super happy to see Post Format Icons released by StudioPress. Free, high-quality icons to use in your theme.…
State of the web: of apps, devices, and breakpoints

Dec 29, 2011

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Ian Stewart

in Design

A must-read: Jeffrey Zeldman’s State of the web: of apps, devices, and breakpoints.
Parament Now Available for WP.org Sites

Dec 29, 2011

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Michael Fields

in Theme Launches

Parament — a great all-purpose theme developed exclusively for WordPress.com — is now available for use on self-hosted installations of WordPress. You can download it from the official WordPress Themes Directory.
The Designer’s Guide to the OS X Command Prompt

Dec 27, 2011

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Lance Willett

in Theme Development, Tools

The Designer’s Guide to the OS X Command Prompt Oldie but goodie guide for basic Terminal commands.
Powering Your Design With WordPress on WordPress.tv

Nov 30, 2011

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Ian Stewart

in Asides

If you enjoyed the Powering Your Design With WordPress article in spring you can now see the presentation that inspired it on WordPress.tv courtesy of the fine folks at the Future of Web Design. Go Check it out! And speaking of FOWD, it’ll be rolling back into London May 14th – 16th, 2012. I heard…
Design Resource: Method and Craft

Oct 12, 2011

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Lance Willett

in Asides, Design

As a design inspiration and learning resource, I’m loving Method and Craft, including articles, videos, tips, and interviews. “It’s like looking over the shoulder of your favorite designer.”
Boagworld Interview with Ian Stewart

Sep 28, 2011

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Lance Willett

in Theme Team

Our very own Ian Stewart discusses WordPress, the Toolbox theme, and much more with Paul Boag in this week’s Boagworld podcast episode: Working With WordPress.
On Designing Generic Themes

Sep 21, 2011

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Ian Stewart

in Design

Hafiz Rahman of WPLover (one of my favorite WordPress flavored blogs) has some pretty interesting thoughts on designing generic themes. “The best option is to abandon creating generic themes altogether.” What do you think? Via WPCandy.
Theme Code Matters, Too

Sep 13, 2011

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Michelle

in Theme Development

Hey there, WordPress theme developers. When you’re crafting themes, are you checking the quality of your theme code? The design is important, yes, but so is the code.
Let Your WordPress Smilies Smile

Sep 9, 2011

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Ian Stewart

in Theme Development

I love smilies. I mean, just take a look at these two happy fellows. They look pretty happy, right? I think they’d look a lot happier if they didn’t have the same background color and padding as the rest of the images in my theme though. Don’t you? Make sure you’re adding something like the…