As web designers, sometimes we need to work with lists of countries. For instance there is a new EU cookie law coming into action soon – that only applies to Europe. There is a worldwide standard that gives each country...
My first theme, Regulus, was released on WordPress.com as one of the first themes there. It’s because of Regulus that I started really getting into WordPress themes, so it’s great to have another theme of mine on the site.One of...
One of the key things I wanted to do with Elemental was simplify it – and I mean this from a few different viewpoints. I use Elemental on this very website. Over time I have added new features and functionality...
As I mentioned in February I had a conundrum – I wasn’t sure how to make changes to my theme Elemental without breaking peoples sites. Thankfully the people who read my site are super clever and suggested I create a...
I am currently working on the next version of Mimbo Pro (due for release really really soon), and am updating the child themes to work with the new update.Part of the update is that we (Darren and I) wanted to...
I have a conundrum. I want to improve Elemental – my WordPress theme framework. I want to make it lean and fast; but this will involve removing functionality. This in turn means that when people upgrade their themes things may...
Ok – so – TimThumb. I am sure many people have seen this already but some code exploits were recently discovered in TimThumb. Now that everything is under control once more I thought I would explain what happened and what...
In the last 7 months I have released 3 new WordPress Themes on Pro Theme Design and so I thought I would mention them here. The themes cover a variety of website types/ niches, and so are suitable for a...
I recently had someone email me and ask what a day in my life, or that of a web designer, was like. A slightly unusual request but I thought I would take up the challenge and document an average day.I...
Recently my website was moved to a new web server, and in the process the server software was upgraded, and it broke some parts of my site. It took a bit of digging but in the end I worked out...
These days everyone with a blog understands the importance of thumbnail images. Three years ago it was common place to have exclusively text, but now a nice image is a requirement. As such the process of implementing the image needs...
One of the great things about WordPress is how 404 error pages are handled. If a page isn’t found then you can show a proper dynamic error page giving the user things to do – this removes a lot of...
February 14th is Valentines Day; a day when many of us lavish extra time and attention on our loved ones. We treat them extra special, buy them some flowers, maybe do some cooking – basically we show them just how...
Do you want to increase the page views on your website? Everyone does right? Well this is something I have been spending a lot of time thinking about, and I recently found out something quite surprising.In hindsight I probably shouldn’t...
In January or February this year I had the idea of making some sort of advent calendar website for christmas. I wanted to share something with the online community – I just wasn’t sure what.In mid October I started thinking...
Speeding up a websites loading time is so good for so many reasons, so it’s understandable that people want to use a CDN (Content Delivery Network) to serve their images, however in the case of TimThumb there’s a right way...
I often get asked questions about TimThumb and why it doesn’t work in certain situations. I can generally tell what is wrong with the script within about 60 seconds of being sent a demo url. Below are my top tips...
It’s no longer spring but it’s always worth spending some time tidying up your website. In this article I am going to show an easy way to clean up the dead articles on your site which will increase the overall...
I am currently beta testing a new website called Optimizely – a super simple A/B testing product… and it’s gotten me thinking.A/B testing is a process that allows you to optimize your website for your users. You create one or...
It seems like forever ago now but I have just realised I haven’t yet announced Nominate here on Binary Moon.Anyway, at the start of July, I released a new theme called Nominate. This is the public version of the theme...
Moving the crop position around is by far the most popular feature that has been requested for TimThumb. And today it has been officially released!To be honest the cropping code was something I had put off as I wanted to...