Entries from August 2006

Take 2: WordPress theme screencast

August 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I’ve fixed my initial attempt at doing a video tutorial on turning a web template into a WordPress theme. It now loads. As I wrote earlier, I am still finalizing the screencast but I just posted it to get initial feedback as I’m thinking of redoing the entire thing. I wasn’t able to capture the [...]

Tags: Blog design

Take 1: WordPress theme screencast for design-challenged non-geeks

August 29th, 2006 · 12 Comments

(UPDATED) I created a screencast on how to turn any web template into a WordPress theme. I created the screencast for someone like me a few months back: interested to use an open source template for my blog and yet not knowing how to turn it into a theme. This is the first take because, [...]

Tags: Blog design · Highlights

Invitation to a virtual press conference

August 23rd, 2006 · 4 Comments

I was forwarded an interesting e-mail today. It was an invitation to a “virtual press conference” with officials of the Institute for Solidarity in Asia. The press conference will tackle the scheduled unveiling later this month of The Philippines 2030 Roadmap and the Public Governance System. The press conference will be held at the “Presscon [...]

Tags: Internet · Journalism

Announcing nautica-magazine WordPress theme for webzines

August 21st, 2006 · 71 Comments

To those who were waiting for this theme, I apologize for the delay in the release. I had to wade through various folders to get the latest version of the code because I was working on two sites using this theme at the same time. I have since been using Subversion via a free project [...]

Tags: Blog design · Blogs · Open source

Back up your mobile phone data online

August 19th, 2006 · 10 Comments

Most people today rely on cell phones for the storage of contacts and appointments. This reliance on a single device can be risky and devastating when your phone gets lost or stolen. To prevent a disaster such as losing important contact details, you need to regularly back up your phone data. Most phones today come [...]

Tags: Free services · Highlights · Mobile

Google Analytics now open for new signups

August 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment

For those waiting for Google Analytics to open signing up for new accounts again, you can do so at google.com/analytics. The Google Analytics team has announced in its blog that they’ve removed the waitlist for the website metrics service and now allow anyone with a website to create free accounts. Google Analytics is a comprehensive [...]

Tags: Free services