Archive for July, 2009
- 30.07.09
Rocky Folio Wordpress Theme Released
Hi, yesterday saw the release of my latest wordpress template exclusively for ThemeForest. It’s a portfolio/blog template that is packed full of features and customisation options. I have put a massive effort in to get the options page the best it possibly can be with the option to change the look of the template by choosing colours and background images so you don’t need to even touch the code.
The template is split into two sections, the blog and the portfolio with 2 totally different layouts to give clear separation.
To take a look at the template you can visit the demo here and if you want more details or would like to purchase it (only $25!) then you can do so here.
Read Full Post - 29.07.09
Microsoft and Yahoo getting together
It has been reported today that Microsoft and Yahoo are coming together to create a search engine to combat Google. My first reaction was to laugh and then it turned to anger. Apart from the fact that I hate Microsoft with a passion, (they are a disgrace to the world of business and should have been shut down many years ago), I’m sick to death of them thinking that they can just enter a new marketplace and become the leaders in it. You’re time is over Microsoft, you’ve pissed off too many people. The second the community asks you to do something you don’t listen, just look at the recent fixoutlook campaign and then look at their outrageous response, it was like watching a politician trying to get out of answering a question.
Anyway back to the topic. They are getting together to create a new super search engine, hmm what was MSN search, then Live Search oh and then Bing. Come on Microsoft you’ve failed three times, you’re not going to succeed by teaming with another sucky search engine. When I produce an SEO optimised site I don’t care about any other search engine apart from Google and I’m guessing its the same for the rest of the web development community. The only reason we support Internet Explorer is because they force it upon their users so we don’t have a choice because they have an unfair advantage on the browser market.
Read Full Post - 23.07.09
The importance of being a part of the design community
For a while now I’ve known that to succeed you need to be around people that enable you and help you in that quest. The design community benefits from this to no end, and because the community is very active on social networking platforms there is no reason not to be part of it.
There are thousands of great designers out there using sites like Twitter and Facebook. Following and contributing to discussions can only help you get out there, get noticed and feel part of the community. I cant tell you the amount of times I’ve come across people that see no point in Twitter until you start mentioning how you’ve received work, gotten help on an issue and so much more. Just take a look at my twitter feed and you’ll see just how many times I ask questions rather than sitting for hours staring at a PHP problem, getting frustrated and having to take time out, I simply put the question on twitter and within a few minutes I have a number of people who know the answer.
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