Category Archives: Theme Design

WordPress Developer Tools

During the last 3 years while providing web-design and development solutions to our clients over at Reflection Media, we’re tried our best to optimize our processes and development time by reusing code, creating a database of often used code snipets and constructing generalist plugins when possible. While this didn’t always work out as expected, we’ve [...]
By | Published: November 3, 2011 | Also posted in Wordpress | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

WordPress Automatic Updates Based on Folder Name. Is That a Problem?

Automatic Updates are great. They are one of the best if not THE best feature WordPress has. I’ve loved it since it was introduced in 2.7 (2.5 for plugins) and it’s something that really makes my life easier. If I’m not mistaken, WordPress automatic updates for themes and plugins are based on the folder name [...]
By | Published: July 13, 2011 | Also posted in plugins, Wordpress | Tagged , | 13 Comments

Cozy Child Theme

This elegant WordPress theme started as a custom project but ended up as a Child Theme for the Thematic Framework. It’s a warm design that makes you feel comfortable.
By | Published: February 22, 2011 | Also posted in Recomended Reading, Thematic | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

The new Smarter and WordPress 3.0

As you all know, WordPress has made the 3.0 transition, which brings the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress and a lot of new features to the table. Trying to keep up with the goodies we developed a new version of Smarter, which runs smooth on 3.0 and takes advantage of the new feature list. [...]
By | Published: June 24, 2010 | Also posted in General, Wordpress | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Charisma, Free Genesis Child Theme

Charisma is a free Genesis child theme that will work perfectly for your WordPress personal blog. When I started designing Charisma I had in mind an elegant, simple, well structured theme which highlights the content and gives the user a pleasurable reading experience.
By | Published: June 4, 2010 | Also posted in Recomended Reading, Wordpress | Tagged , , , , | 15 Comments

Theme Teasers

The last two months have been really productive. So I thought I’d share with you two of the works in progress. While still far from ready to be released, they are ready to be shown. Both will be child themes, but with a twist. This is as much as I can tell you at this [...]
By | Published: February 22, 2010 | Posted in Theme Design | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Smarter WordPress Theme

Simply put, Smarter is a powerful CMS and business WordPress theme. It gives your blog a personal look, with easy customization, without getting lost into too much options. Its friendly interface and design work together giving your readers a pleasant experience every time they visit your site. Besides, you can get the most out of [...]
By | Published: January 11, 2010 | Posted in Theme Design | Tagged , , | 36 Comments

Smarter Theme Teaser

It’s called Smarter and simply put it’s a CMS and business WordPress theme. The idea behind Smarter Theme is to quickly build a presentation website for small and medium size companies without the need to touch a single line of code. We’ve put together a screencast with a quick walk-through of the theme and its [...]
By | Published: December 18, 2009 | Also posted in Wordpress | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Early Morning Child Theme

This elegant WordPress theme was inspired by the colors of the early morning as I see them from my window. It’s light, elegant and pleasantly surprising. This theme doesn’t scream at you, instead it takes a step back and lets the user read. Please don’t spoil it by putting ads on it!
By | Published: July 20, 2009 | Also posted in Recomended Reading, Thematic, Wordpress | Tagged , , , , | 171 Comments

Street WordPress Theme

Street is something that was created from a spark of inspiration, something that I felt should look like this. This wasn’t thought out nor planed. It uses the beautiful Vegur Free Font for the headings and main menu, implemented by Cufon (text replacement technique). I’ve spent a great deal of time searching for the perfect [...]
By | Published: June 2, 2009 | Also posted in Thematic | Tagged , , , , | 88 Comments