This is a short one. A gripe about a few of the more annoying things when searching the WordPress plugin repository…
- The search is truly pathetic. I’ve commented on my lack of enthusiasm for anything Automattic does beyond WordPress before and how they seem to love doing things half-assed, but you would think they could get it together enough to make the repository a useful resource, ya no?
- Screenshots are resized (poorly) to fit in their fixed-width layout and no full-size examples exist.
- bbpress is functionally challenged at best, but the integration into the repository is abysmal and rarely returns all the related topics to a given plugin
- On the subject of WordPress/plugin compatibility… You’ve got to ask yourself one question: do I feel lucky? Well do you, punk? …seriously.
The solutions are simple enough…
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This is most likely the last – or one of the last – posts I will make before the Greg-J.com redesign. I love this theme, but the site no longer reflects my interests or represents my thoughts the best way it could.
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CSS-TRICKS.com is another feed in my Snackr roll, and a visit there never disappoints. Recently they finished up a 3 part series on designing a wordpress theme and rounded it off with a download to the theme pictured above. I like the idea of the theme and its straight forward approach, so I thought I’d share the find.
Visit ChrisCoyier.net to see the theme in action. Download it here.
This is the second time I’ve written this article so it’ll be much shorter now. Damn you back button!
I’ve been using vBulletin to create a webmaster social network at MySpacePros.com for the past month now and while it has all the features I need, I can’t imagine using vB for a social network that wasn’t aimed towards webmasters. As awesome as it is, it’s a beast to work with. What would I use then? WordPress. Or more specifically, BuddyPress. Take that last sentence with a grain of salt though, because I’ve never actually seen it in action. This is all just speculation.
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