In the interest of finding the best option for a prospective WordPress website owner, I feel it’s only fair to cover free WordPress themes in addition to touting Austin Themes’ web design services. There are dozens of great websites out…
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new PHP / jQuery demonstration : a tool for generating random colors
After a couple of days worth of lull, I decide to take on a few spur-of-the-moment PHP website development challenges. In this case, what began as a color thumbnail generator written from scratch has evolved into a full-fledged HTML5 /…
New free WP plugin! Check out the Strong Password Shortcode plugin by Austin Themes
Just released a lightweight, free password suggestion plugin for WordPress. Use a shortcode to generate strong password suggestions for your visitors, with 8 different password types to choose from. Check it out and Download the Plugin on this website! Share/Bookmark
7 steps for finding the best design style for your custom website
It’s a blank slate and a crayon dilemna. Finding the best design for your website can be a high-pressure choice of thousands of different layouts, color schemes, and design elements. Adding to that pressure is the need for consistency in…
Magento categories bar not showing up?
If you can’t seem to get the magento top categories menu to work (on a variety of themes), here are a few places to check: 1. Make sure you have a root category selected. To check this, go to ‘system…
jQuery and PHP : Animation demonstrations
I’ve released a few simple jQuery/PHP demonstrations I’ve been working on as I learn more about using the jQuery effects library in conjunction with PHP randomizing and loops. Check out a small assortment of jQuery/PHP demos, mostly using the “.animate()”…
Posted in javascript, jQuery
The Non-Linear web: the shape of things to come?
With the rise of less traditional UI examples in popular websites, the web is seeing an increasing surge of non-linear HTML5 websites across the gamut. Simple non-linear user-focused websites (such as Pinterest.com) are slowly growing across the web, spreading a…
WordPress 3.3 Launched! Sonny is on the loose..
Although it may not come as a shock exactly, WordPress 3.3 (CodeName: “Sonny”) has been unleashed by WordPress.org! The new back-end design of WordPress 3.3 features a variety of UI improvements that really put it more in line with the…
Moving your All-In-One SEO settings and content to Genesis on another site
Faced with a page-by-page manual migration of my old All-in-One SEO keywords and descriptions, I started to look for solutions for moving my All-in-One SEO data to the Genesis theme framework. With a little plugin exploration, most sources pointed to…
Posted in For designers, Genesis themes
HTML 5 and the new wave of themes
So what does HTML 5 have in store for theme designers? Well, a lot, but a lot that will be familiar. Really, it mainly compiles a variety of things into one great package, without having to use javascript to do…
