Author Archives: Ryan

Ironic Misspelling at Movable Type Blog

Ironic Misspelling at Movable Type Blog

(Update: Looks like they caught it and fixed the mistake. Glad I caught the screenshot when I did!)
Ran across an interesting little mistake over at the Movable Type blog today. But you can see for yourself.

Gelato CMS

Gelato CMS

Note to self: spend some intimate time with Gelato CMS. An open source Tumblr.

BuddyPress Website Live

BuddyPress Website Live

Matt Mullenweg, owner of Automattic and self prescribed Head of Bug Creation for WordPress, announcedlast night at his blog that the new website for BuddyPress, an extension for WordPress MU that will expand its social network capabilities, is now live and ready for human consumption. Matt announced that Automattic was taking BuddyPress under their wing only a month ago, so no time [...]

Sandbox Releases Version for WordPress 2.5.x

Sandbox Releases Version for WordPress 2.5.x

Scott Wallick over at Plaintxt.org has released an updated version of his Sandbox for WordPress 2.5.x.
Right from the horse’s mouth, Sandbox is:
The Sandbox is a theme for themers. It has the ability to be easily skinned, so beginners will feel comfortable styling it since they only need to know CSS. More experienced designers will drool [...]

WordPress 2.5 Design Decisions

WordPress 2.5 Design Decisions

I am very happy that the decision was made to update the design and architecture of the WordPress Dashboard and Administration; the outcome is exceptional. Sticking with Happy Cog was the right way to go, specifically due to the excellent work that Jason Santa Maria did with the logo a while back.
I will admit that [...]

WordPress 2.5 RC2 and a Screencast by Mullenweg

WordPress 2.5 RC2 and a Screencast by Mullenweg

Up at the WordPress blog is a post from Matt Mullenweg announcing the availability of Release Candidate 2 for WordPress 2.5. The most interesting is his screencast walk through of the new gallery feature, for uploading photos and galleries straight into posts.
Matt claims to have uploaded over 1,000 photos using the gallery feature so far. [...]

Chris Pirillo Wants to Build an Open Source De-Geekified Install Profile on Drupal

Chris Pirillo Wants to Build an Open Source De-Geekified Install Profile on Drupal

Chris Pirillo (about) wants to build on the basis of Drupal to build what’s called an Install Profile, or an easier way of building a community out of the box. Believing that Drupal has all of the power to do what he wants, he and Adam Kalsey have taken on the task of building this [...]