Category: Projects (Page 14 of 33)

Posts introducing, updating, and covering various projects to which I’ve contributed or that I maintain.

I’m Officially Looking For Beta Testers For ‘Mayer’

January 6, 2014 / Tom

As of today, I’m excited to announce that I am officially looking for a handful of beta testers for Mayer.

In previous blog posts, I’ve shared a bit about the theme:

Mayer is for bloggers who write frequently and/or write long form content, or want to do either of the above.
It offers no options – everything is managed via the Theme Customizer.
This is the theme I will be using in place of Standard
Fully supports WordPress 3.8
…and more

But, as they say, I’m too close to the product, and so I need to get it into the hands of others who are willing to install it, toy around with it, try to break it, and report bugs, and other mistakes, and who are willing to do so for a number of rounds of testing.

If this sounds like something you’re interested in doing, then please read on as I’ve got all the details below.

A Few Words About My Upcoming WordPress Theme

December 16, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Several weeks ago, I wrote an article about a theme that I’ve been working on that I’ll be using in place of Standard once development has actually been completed.

When it comes to working on project, I think it’s fair to say that sometimes we start off talking about certain things that we’re working on, get sidetracked on something new, and never end up coming back to it.

So in an effort to not only keep myself accountable, but also to continue to give a bit more information on the theme, I thought I’d provide additional updates as to its status, potential release date, how I’ll be rolling it out, and all that fun stuff.

See All of Your WordPress Page Template Info

November 25, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

For me, one of the minor annoyances with working with WordPress page templates is that you often have to look at a specific page’s edit screen to see what page template it has been assigned.

That is to say that there’s no way to get a global view of the pages and their associated templates.

In order to make it a bit easier, I wrote a quick plugin that makes it easy to see which page template is assigned to a given page on the All Pages screen in the WordPress dashboard.

The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate 2.6.1 is Now Available

November 21, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

For those who are interested in following future development, sign up for the mailing list!

The next version of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate is officially tagged and available for download in GitHub.

This release – although a minor improvement over the last – introduces several improvements to 2.6.0, and also marks a change in the development of the project, as well as the introduction of several things that will be coming to the Boilerplate in the next several versions.

What’s After Standard?

November 19, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Since Standard is no longer is active development and support is currently being managed by the stellar guys at WooThemes, a couple of people have asked me what my preferred theme and/or my preferred theme shop is.

There are several amazing theme companies out there. I don’t have a favorite, but you likely already know the good ones by name because they are the ones who are most currently the most prominent.

If you were to select a theme from one of those companies, then you’d be good to go.

That said, as much as I’ve enjoyed building, using, and sharing Standard, and as much as I love supporting other WordPress companies (heck, I bought a theme from one of them just yesterday), I still see my blog as a very personal property – as many do – and since I clearly love building things for WordPress, I’m in the process of building a theme that will serve as the next iteration of this blog.
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