BBPress Theme

I was playing around with bbPress the other day and I came up with a new bbPress Theme called Black-Letterhead. The theme is based on Kakumei, the default theme that comes with the latest bbPress download. For those of you who know, I have a WordPress Theme called the Black-Letterhead. So, this is the bbPress [...]

Auto Suggesting WordPress Tags

I just read the latest WordPress Weekly Digest and this line item grabbed my attention: The introduction of auto-suggest for tag entering. Wow. That is going to be one great feature. I guess it will all depend on what kind of auto-suggestion feature WordPress will implement. The two styles I’m familiar with are Google’s Search [...]

Black-Letterhead 1.4

I just released Black-Letterhead 1.4. See it here!
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The Mountain Dawn Theme

Introducing the Mountain Dawn Theme.
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The Box Theme

Introducing The Box Theme.
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GraffitiCMS vs WordPress

GraffitiCMS claims it is an alternative to WordPress. Charles Stricklin mentioned it his blog. So did Matt. The question is, Is GraffitiCMS really better than WordPress? Let’s take a closer look.
Comparison Chart

WordPress
GraffityCMS

Product
Since 2003, now version 2.3.2
Private Beta 1

Development
Open Source (Free)
Proprietary

Platform
PHP, Linux (Free)
ASP.NET

Database
MySQL (Free)
VistaDB, SQL Server

User Base
Millions of users
A handful of users

Themes
Thousands [...]

WordPress Subversion Checkout

I finally converted several of my blogs to use the WordPress Subversion Checkout. This means any future upgrades are directly taken from the WordPress Repository using the Subversion checkout command. Future upgrades are going to be fast, easy and convenient. No more downloading and FTPing of files. It takes just a simple command to upgrade [...]

Create WordPress Drop Caps

Drop Caps. Magazines use it. Some websites use it. I use it. What’s all the rage? If you look at the first letter of all my posts, they all have drop caps. So, how do you create drop caps in WordPress. Easy. Here’s how.
1. Make the first letter of your post a strong or bold [...]

Create A 2-Column WordPress Page

I have a WordPress Page called Archives that contains 2 columns. How did I do it? It’s simple. First of all, let me clarify what I meant by a WordPress Page. A WordPress Page is technically a post that lives outside the blog chronology. Examples of WordPress Pages are: About, Contact, Archives, Links, etc. So, [...]

WordPress 2.2 W3C Validation Errors

When I upgraded to WordPress 2.2 yesterday, I noticed my main index page was no longer validating with the W3C Markup Validation service. The rest of the WordPress and Archive Pages were validating just fine. I realized the errors were related to the code in “post.php.”
I scoured the WordPress Support pages and came across [...]