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iThemes Developers Package
If you’re in the market for some high quality themes, look no further. iThemes.com is running a special on a 10-in-1 developers package for 50% off.
Designers Wanted!
Are you a Photoshop genius? Does Illustrator bow to your every whim? Can you create website mockups that would make the Apple design team salivate? Have you benefited from open source and free software like WordPress? Have you been wanting to contribute, but never had the chance?
During the last few weeks, an [...]
WordCamp Dallas, 2008
I’m currently in laid over in Memphis waiting for the next available flight to Dallas, on my way to WordCamp Dallas 2008!!!
If you’re going to be there, I want to meet ya! So here, the best way to hook up …
Follow me on Twitter and just send me @replies. That’s the best way [...]
The Problem With “Theme Options”
Unfortunately, in an attempt to make things easier, theme options have made it more difficult to modify WordPress themes. The solution may be much more simple than you might have guessed.
WOW … (speechless)
Sorry for the weird title, but I can’t describe this site with words. You have to see it for yourself.
Digest
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted here at NathanRice.net, so I just wanted to give a quick digest of the things that have been going on around the net and here at home.
Small Potato is selling WPDesigner.com. SP is probably one of the most respected names in the WordPress theme game, and [...]
Google PageRank Updated
It does indeed seem like Google has updated PageRank once again, and considering this blog’s meager 2 free WordPress themes, I’m happy with our growth from 2 to 5. Not bad for a blog less than 6 months old, if I do say so myself.
I’m sure it doesn’t hurt to have links from the likes [...]
Respect Requires Altruism
I’ve been noticing a trend as of late with some of my fellow WordPress developers. Many of them have all but abandoned the idea of releasing free WordPress themes to the community.
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, sometimes money can make you forget about innovation. I think it also makes you forget [...]
WordPress Theme Viewer — Still Crippled
It’s been 5 months since WordPress decided to close access to theme designers uploading and updating their themes on the official WordPress Theme Viewer, and the longer it stays closed, the worse the entire situation gets for WordPress Theme users and designers.
Every once in a while, I check out the sites that use my themes, [...]
Talking WordPress: Not Bad At All!
As I’ve expressed before, I’m disappointed with the quantity of good podcasts out there that talk about WordPress. Obviously, with only one podcast out there, it’s hard to get good quality content in podcast format on the topic of WordPress.
But I recently discovered a podcast that looks like it has some serious potential to [...]
