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Category: museum themes

  • Making theme options modular

    Today I submitted version 1.1 of Museum Core to the WordPress theme repository for review. Originally this was going to just be a simple update with some bugfixes, but I had thought of a way to make it easier to build child themes that include some options settings from the parent theme (Museum Core) without… (read…

  • One theme to rule them all

    If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you may already know that we recently released our first theme to the official WordPress repository.  It’s called Museum Core. Museum Core is the product of over a year of development.  A solid foundation built on responsive design, HTML5 and CSS3, with a theme options page that… (read…

  • Grandma’s Hat Box

    Grandma’s Hat Box Blogger is inspired by vintage sewing and scrapbooking. It will give your website a unique, lovely look and remind you of cherished moments and treasured memories. Great for a photo blog about your little one’s cutest doings or an elegant journal filled with your own reflections. The WordPress version supports custom headers,… (read…

  • Museum Core is coming

    Over 2 years of thought, research and development has gone into our new theme framework (and free WordPress theme) Museum Core. It’s currently available on GitHub and will be available to download, for free, in the WordPress.org repository soon. Core supports post formats, custom backgrounds and header images, custom menus, has an all new theme… (read…

  • Cyber Monday Sale!!

    We’ve got two Cyber Monday specials for you today.  Hurry and take advantage of them now, both of these expire at midnight (MST) tonight. $10 any Museum Theme All our premium WordPress themes are $10 off. You should see the coupon “Cyber Monday Sale” appear in your cart when you check out. This applies to… (read…

  • Create a site down notifier using iftt, Yahoo Pipes and ismyblogworking.com

    This is a bit off the usual WordPress topic, but I discovered a handy tool to get automatic notifications sent to your email (or IM, or Twitter or whatever you want) if your site is down or broken.  This can be particularly helpful if you are a designer or webmaster or if you just maintain… (read…

  • WordPress Theme Development 101: Theme-ing for Everyone

    My presentation from WordCamp SLC is now posted to WordPress.tv. The embed is below, if you head over there, you can vote and say how awesome you think my presentation is.

  • Ex Libris 1.0.6 Released

    We just updated Ex Libris (again). The current version of the theme, 1.0.6, includes a theme update notifier that appears in your dashboard under the Updates link. When a new version is available, you will get a Theme Update Available message with the updated version. Clicking on this will take you to a new page… (read…

  • WP_Query pagination problems? Here’s a hack

    It happens every time I use WP_Query. I get a beautiful-looking custom WP_Query. Then I try to add pagination and everything goes to hell. I’ve spent hours looking up solutions. Every time. Nine times out of ten, they don’t work. And for no discernible reason. Here’s a hack that worked for me, and is mostly… (read…

  • Display WordPress Custom Post Types by Meta Value

    This is going to be a developer-centric post. Anyone who isn’t familiar with WordPress development, custom post types and taxonomies and/or WP_Query can probably skip this one. I recently developed a site that uses a plugin that I developed to allow them to list all the products that they manufacture and distribute. The plugin uses… (read…