• An Introduction to Python Programming #1

    Python is a high level programming language useful for, but not limited to, everyday tasks. Python is quick to pick up and easy to understand. Many of python’s statements are very English like so there is not much confusion. Lets take a look at pythons basic print statement, we are going to be writing the…

  • New WordPress Freelance Project: JDMNagoyaAutoParts

    I have been working on a lot of WordPress freelance projects lately, that’s I why I have been lazy posting. One of the most successful one is JDMNagoyaAutoParts, a showcase website for Japanese cars in Canada. I say it was a success because the project consisted on a lot of out-of-the-box theme development techniques and…

  • That’s Awksome!

    Have you ever been doing something on the terminal and realise that most of the information thats being reported is useless to you? Ever thought, “Hey it would be really cool if it would only show me ‘just that bit’”? Awk could be the answer. Awk is a DSL or Domain Specific Language aimed at…

  • Do You Know How Matt Mullenweg Works?

    Today I read a great article of Matt explaining the way he works over at Automattic published  at Inc.Com: It is into two versions, Matt’s version and Inc’s one. Inc seems to write your words in first person their way. That is why Matt decided to rewrite it for his blog readers. I like more…

  • How to Install XAMPP on Ubuntu

    Introduction If you are a Linux (or Ubuntu) web developer or even a web designer with interest in CMS systems like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc., you are for sure in need of a web development environment on your work computer to test websites or themes that you built for any CMS. If you have not…

  • How to Become a WordPress Freelancer

    In the coming weeks and months WPlancer.com will be transforming itself. From its humble beginnings as a Professional Wordpress Freelancer’s showcase, the site will become the singular source of information on WordPress Freelancing on the Web. I have joined Baki (aka Banago) as a co-author and will be bringing you articles on how find your…

  • Accessible CSS

    When I needed to hack a WordPress theme and I got my hands dirty with CSS code, sometimes I came across with in-line written CSS code i.e. every CSS selector occupied only one row. I found this practice very ugly and not scannable. I was used to CSS written in the classic way where every…

  • Pack your WordPress theme with the necessary CSS

    WordPress themes are being a great online resource for everybody to use, modify and share. This applies to GPL themes only though. However, in order to offer our online neighbors good themes that they will be happy using, theme developers, including me, should take care of some peculiar aspects in themes such as the use…

  • Fedora Logo Design Process

    I came across in a blog post of 2005 the Fedora logo design process. I do share the same opinion as the writer of that post when he says: It’s fascinating to see the process and justification behind a logo idea like this.

  • The New Default WordPress Theme Vision

    Lately I have been part of a debate about removing the default WordPress theme, “Kubrick”,  over at WeblogTools Collection, where Jeff Chandler introduced a topic about  a ticket in Trac outlining his proposal for a new theme to be based on the current WordPress code-base. Actually, the track author clarified in a comment that he did not…