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Zen and the art of twitter

Anthony — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:35:10 +0000

I just posted a fun little post about using twitter as a Zen tool for increasing productivity over at the Joomla Bamboo blog. Let me know if you have any other Zen twitter accounts to follow.

Change the way Joomla devs implement jQuery

Anthony — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:38:40 +0000

In case you missed it I posted a blog post yesterday on the Joomla Bamboo blog regarding the way third party Joomla developers implement the jQuery javascript library. The basic thesis is that there needs to be some consensus of how jQuery is implemented in order to remove javascript conflicts that occur simply because more than one extension uses jQuery on the page. You can read more here.

Using the loadposition syntax in Joomla

Anthony — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:14:16 +0000

I just posted a handy little tutorial over on the Joomla Bamboo blog about using the loadposition plugin as a way of placing often used content strings in your Joomla content. I used it a lot in the rebuild of Joomla Bamboo so I thought it might be helpful for people using needing a similar solution.

You can read the post here.

Interview with David Vuu

Anthony — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:44:10 +0000

Earlier today I posted an interview with the designer of our latest Joomla template called Avante. David is a pretty amazing talent and Im really excited about what 2010 holds for future collaborations. After reading the interview be sure to check his folio and website – its beautiful!

Wordpress Theme Clubs and Shops

Anthony — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:09:38 +0000

Since Ive been focussing on Joomla template design and development Ive had my head in the sand so to speak in regards to Wordpress clubs and theme shops. Of course there are some big names that most people will probably already know about – such as woothemes. But I was surprised to find that there are probably the same number of clubs catering to the wordpress platform as there are for Joomla. In my mind, Jooma has always been renowned for the diversity in its commercial template offerings while wordpress for the sheer number of professional free wordpress themes available.

Its also interesting to note that there are also some high profile Joomla template clubs such as Rocket Theme, Joomla Junkie (aka Prothemer) and Joomla Praise who have made the leap (or are about to make the leap) into designing and coding for wordpress. In my search I couldnt find anyone that started with designing for wordpress and then moved to Joomla – but Im sure they are out there.

This post offers an incomplete list of wordpress theme and template clubs offering commercial themes for your website.

If you know of any others that havent made the list please let me know and Ill add them to the list.

Just Wordpress.

Woothemes

Elegant Themes

Theme Hybrid

Studio Press

Templatic

Natty Themes

Press 75

Larger Template Houses that deal with multiple platforms

Web Innovators – Envato

Anthony — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:34:54 +0000

5 High Quality Free Download Blogs

Anthony — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:16:48 +0000

Here is a small selection of some of my favourite free download blogs and resource sites. If Im in need of a little inspiration or some new texture for one of my themes I tend to visit these places first.

Lost and Taken

Bittbox

Texture Lovers

Patternwall

Smashing Magazine Texture Competition

Resource – PSD Themes

Anthony — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:00:14 +0000

Resource – Pattern Wall

Anthony — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:00:51 +0000

Resource – Lost and Taken

Anthony — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:34:51 +0000