Meet Dexter – elementary’s new address book app
December 4th, 2010 by Youzhny
Keep your contacts in check with Dexter – a new address book application from the elementary project.
Created by developer Allen Lowe and Dan Rabbit the feature set provided in the first release is more than complete for everyday use.
Features include: -
Add, edit and view contacts (including first, middle and last name, organization, birthday, email(s), phone(s), address(s), picture, and notes)
Importing...
WPShower releases Suburbia, a free WordPress theme
December 1st, 2010 by Youzhny
WPShower, in cooperation with Demian Peeters, have released Suburbia 1.1.
Suburbia is described as a grid-based magazine theme suitable for blogs and other projects. The theme, like all themes from WPShower, offers up a clean and beautiful minimalist design. It supports all WordPress 3.0 features.
Other features of the theme include:
Logo Uploader
Clean Typography
Theme Options Page
Valid XHTML...
Theme directory uploader tool now offers feedback to the uploader
November 30th, 2010 by Youzhny
The WordPress.org theme uploader now displays an extensive list of errors to help developers fix incompatibilities with theme review guidelines and to reduce the load on the theme review team.
Regarding the new method, WordPress.org moderator and programmer Otto wrote:
“This is an improvement over the previous method, which just stopped at the first error found and didn’t give a whole lot of...
Daily Tip: BP-Tricks has Relaunched with an Expanded Community for BuddyPress Lovers
November 30th, 2010 by Youzhny
If you’re a BuddyPress fan or new to the platform, one of the sites you need to know about is BP-Tricks.com. It’s a community dedicated to fostering new ideas and innovations for BuddyPress. Users can connect to each other and share knowledge and tips and discuss new ideas. BP-Tricks is sporting a fantastic new community design:
Head on over to BP-Tricks and create your own profile and add your...
8BIT releases Live Theme, a WordPress theme for live event broadcasting
November 30th, 2010 by Youzhny
8BIT have announced the release of Live Theme, a WordPress theme that focuses on live event broadcasting.
The theme is built on the Standard Theme codebase and allows users to embed live video broadcasts from services such as Livestream or Ustream. When not broadcasting, Live Theme features a timer that counts down to the next broadcast, a Twitter stream, rotating bumper images and a Facebook tab...
ArtKid child theme for Startbox launched, designed for artists’ portfolios
November 29th, 2010 by Youzhny
Brian Richards of the (still relatively new) theme framework Startbox has announced his latest child theme, ArtKid. ArtKid is designed specifically for artists with portfolios, with a relevant custom post type and custom widget for displaying artwork.
Richards describes the theme:
The theme features a custom post type called Artwork, helping you to separate your portfolio from your blog content. However,...
Copyblogger receives a makeover, now powered by Genesis
November 27th, 2010 by Youzhny
Copyblogger, the popular blog for bloggers, has seen a makeover this week that also sees the site now built on Genesis, the prominent framework theme of StudioPress, now a part of Copyblogger Media.
The makeover comes only only a couple months after StudioPress and Copyblogger, as well as other entities, merged into Copyblogger Media after Brian Clark stepped away from DIYThemes.
For a comparison...
iPhone app for viewing ThemeForest and CodeCanyon sales launches on App Store
November 27th, 2010 by Youzhny
A new iPhone app has been released specifically for tracking sales on ThemeForest, CodeCanyon, and other Envato marketplaces. Deemed Leaflet, the new app enables theme and plugin developers to track sales and interact with the marketplaces when on the go.
The app’s features include:
Push notifications for sales and comments
Slick dashboard displaying account info
View and respond to comments
View...
Compiz-based Unity coming to PPA tomorrow
November 27th, 2010 by Youzhny
And so it begins! The Compiz-backed version of Unity – to be the default Ubuntu 11.04 desktop – has arrived on Launchpad.
For those with itchy fingers and brave hearts ‘Unity Compiz’ (‘Compinity’ anyone?) will be available for installation via a PPA tomorrow according to Ubuntu Desktop Experience lead njpatel.
He also tweeted a few juicy screenshots of its current state which i have dutifully...
Themify launches the Themify Designer Program
November 23rd, 2010 by Youzhny
Ever had an idea for a theme but do not possess the skills to develop your own? Themify has launched the Themify Designer Program, which allows you to submit your design and have it realized.
The program offers:
20% of each theme sale from the theme
Featured bio, link, image and other pertinent information associated to the theme as it’s designer
Themify handles all the coding (HTML, CSS, JS, and...
Embed tweets into your WordPress blog with the Twitter Blackbird Pie plugin
November 23rd, 2010 by Youzhny
Do you usually take screenshots, upload them, and then embed the images just to share tweets on your blog? It is now as simple as using the Twitter Blackbird Pie plugin. With Twitter Blackbird Pie you can display all your tweets in their glorious fashion rather than just simple images or URLs.
WordPress.com recently enabled this on their user’s blogs, but you can install it yourself if you run...
WordPress 3.1 Gets a jQuery Update
November 23rd, 2010 by Youzhny
News on the WordPress development blog is that WordPress 3.1 will use jQuery 1.4.4 and jQuery UI 1.8.6. If you’re a plugin or theme developer, you’ll want to check to make sure that your work does not break with the jQuery update. For more information, read the latest update on the WordPress development blog.