Forge: Build WordPress Themes with Sass and CoffeeScript
Forge is a Ruby Gem that generates scaffolding, and allows for development of WordPress themes using Sass and CoffeeScript.
Responsive WordPress Images
The whole Responsive, flexible design thing is not going away. With WordPress dominating the Open Source platform space, there will be more and more demand for responsive WordPress themes.
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Web Development Workflows: Build your own cloud with Dropbox, GIT, Basecamp, Google Apps and CloudHQ
I’ve bulldozed the digital hoarder’s house that was my filesystem, and sworn to clean up my act. Well on my way to a perfect workflow and code management system, I’d like to share what I’m doing with a series of posts. This first post will outline how I built the development cloud that is now making my life much easier.
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Less: The Dynamic Stylesheet Language
LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables, mixins, operations and functions. LESS runs on both the client-side (IE 6+, Webkit, Firefox) and server-side, with Node.js.
Paul Graham: The Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
When you’re operating on the maker’s schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in. Plus you have to remember to go to the meeting. That’s no problem for someone on the manager’s schedule. There’s always something coming on the next hour; the only question is what. But when someone on the maker’s schedule has a meeting, they have to think about it.
Creatiplicity Podcast
Creatiplicity is a podcast by Fusion Ads, focusing on creative endeavors, and maintaining simplicity in technical fields.
Conditional Internet Explorer Classes for Thesis
I love a good framework. Just exploring different frameworks and trying them out for various purposes can teach you a lot. One of my side projects lately has been building my own WordPress theme framework, which uses Paul Irish’s HTML5 Boilerplate. Still, most of my projects and clients are using Thesis, which is a WordPress theme framework that does much of the heavy lifting in building custom sites. I’m on a mission to marry the two.
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What is a Geek?
Today on Build and Analyze, Marco put it best:
A Geek is someone who cares more about something than most people expect.
WordPress Markdown on Save Plugin Review
I’ve been meaning to begin using John Gruber’s Markdown to write my posts, I just never really took the time to find a plugin that is suitable until now.
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Color Palette & Pattern Sharing at ColourLovers
Do you ever have trouble with finding the right color palette for a design, or just want some fresh ideas? ColourLovers the only website you need for finding them.
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