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About Ben Gillbanks

My name is Ben Gillbanks, and I am a WordPress developer, web designer, and part-time Entrepreneur. I was formerly the Director of Web Development at Miniclip.com and now I run Pro Theme Design, a premium WordPress themes store, as my full time job.

About Me#

I was born in 1980 in the South East of England – I have since moved to the South West of England where I live with my wonderful wife. At university I studied Digital Arts with Multimedia computing and I graduated with a first class honours degree.

My original goal was to be a 3d artist but university introduced me to web design and I haven’t looked back since.

WordPress#

I am probably best known for my WordPress themes and WordPress development. Some of my biggest accomplishments include:

  • The WordPress theme Regulus. The first theme to have a theme control panel, and at one stage it was one of the most popular themes on WordPress.com. It’s now been retired ?
  • The WordPress theme Mimbo Pro. A collaboration with well-known designer Darren Hoyt, Mimbo Pro was a pioneer in its space and birthed the image resize script TimThumb
  • TimThumb image resizer. Technically this script isn’t specific to WordPress but it is now used by hundreds of thousands of people world-wide to resize images on their websites.

I also like to write about WordPress here on Binary Moon. Some of my more popular posts include:

  • 10 WordPress query_posts tips you probably don’t know
  • 6 Tips to Build Better WordPress Themes
  • Quick and Easy Popular Posts for Your WordPress Blog – in Only 1 Line of Code
  • An Intro to WordPress Filters: How to Add Custom Stuff to your RSS Feed

My Websites#

I have set up a few websites in my time. You can see a full list of them on bengillbanks.co.uk, my most popular are:

  • Binary Moon. this site here. This is my biggest website and the one that gets the most visitors. It’s almost my favourite and is a testing ground for new features and functionality.
  • Pro Theme Design. Pro Theme Design is a Premium WordPress Themes site and is where you can buy the previously mentioned Mimbo Pro theme, along with a whole bunch of other themes.
  • Brush Ninja. An online animation creator. It’s had a great reception from schools, which makes me very happy indeed.

Keep in touch#

I have accounts on most social networks, below are the ones I am actually active on.

  • Twitter
  • Github

You can also use my contact page to send me your messages.

WordPress.com Theme Support#

If you want help with a WordPress.com theme purchase then please contact me by posting in the appropriate forum on the WordPress.com premium theme forums.

Welcome

Binary Moon is the online home of web developer Ben Gillbanks. This is where I talk about various web development and video gamey things – plus whatever else I currently find interesting.

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Recent Posts

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  • Does WordPress Need a Grid System?
  • It’s not all bad for WordPress themes – is it?
  • The End of WordPress Themes is in Sight
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