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• WordPress 2.5 “Zeldman” Coming Soon

  January 22nd, 2008 at 12:42am | 2 Comments

  Original illustration by Sergio Villarreal. There’s been quite a bit of buzz about the redesign of the WordPress Admin for the 2.5 release due in March, that I can only assume will be code named “Zeldman”. Although the small improvements with each release have helped, the WordPress Admin has needed some attention for a while ... read more »

  Tags: usability • wdn08 • web-design • web-development • Web-Directions-North • WordPress • zeldman

• Redesigned and more

  November 5th, 2007 at 4:58pm | 7 Comments

  In a few weeks it will be exactly a year since I redesigned this site. It really has become an annual event. This time I’ve redesigned it but also rebranded and added new features. Rebranded I really liked the domain brad.touesnard.com. I mean come on, firstname.lastname.com is pretty sweet. That is unless your last name ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • facebook • flickr • lastfm • magnolia • safari • usability • web-design • web-development • WordPress

• Introducing LinkedIn hResume for WordPress

  March 1st, 2007 at 11:40pm | 12 Comments

  In the little bits of spare time I’ve had in the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on a new plugin for WordPress. LinkedIn hResume for WordPress grabs the hResume Microformat block from your LinkedIn public profile page allowing you to add it to any WordPress page and apply your own styles to it. ... read more »

  Tags: hResume • LinkedIn • Microformats • web-development • WordPress

• Automatic Updates for WordPress

  November 30th, 2006 at 12:53am | 3 Comments

  Wouldn’t it be excellent if your installation of WordPress could patch itself with the latest security update? Well, I’ve thought of a way to do just that. I was just checking in on the Lussumo blog (the people who develop my favorite open source forum software) and I came across the post “Server Hacked“. Apparently ... read more »

  Tags: automatic • software • updates • web-development • WordPress

• Redesigned and refocused on usability

  November 24th, 2006 at 12:42am | 5 Comments

  The last time I redesigned this site I had a lot of ideas that had been gathering in my head, on little notepads, and in e-mails that all went into the design with no real focus on a set of design goals. And it showed. The text sizes were strange, the graphics were heavy and ... read more »

  Tags: usability • web-design • web-development • WordPress

• New Design, New WordPress, First Ajax, First Scriptaculous

  February 26th, 2006 at 1:45am | 9 Comments

  Phewf! What a friggin overhaul! I was getting very bored with the old site and had been squatting on a new design idea for a while, so I finally gave in and wrote my own WordPress theme. A few months ago, I was very much inspired by Scott Schiller’s work (I even borrowed some of ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • dhtml • software • web-design • web-development • WordPress

• Upgraded to WordPress 2

  January 18th, 2006 at 9:37pm | 2 Comments

  About 2 weeks ago I upgraded to WordPress 2 and I’ve been loving it. The new AJAX-powered features admin interface and WYSIWYG editor are fantastic and definitely make the blogging experience more enjoyable. I am actually surprised at how quickly the WordPress developers have come out with an AJAX implementation. Of all the PHP software ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • dhtml • software • web-development • WordPress

• w.bloggar – a simple and free desktop blog publisher for Windows

  November 10th, 2005 at 11:36pm | 6 Comments

  I’ve finally grown too frustrated writting blog posts within WordPress. As with most browser-based editing, there is just a huge lack of editing features. With w.bloggar you get syntax highlighting, instant preview, find and replace, spell checking, and my favorite, file and image uploads. You can post to many blogging platforms including Blogger.com and WordPress. ... read more »

  Tags: blogging • software • WordPress