Mikeylicious

The personal blog of a freelance web developer.

IP.Board 3.3 – kwn.me URL Shortener

April 15th, 2012 by in Random

I've written about this before (for IP.Board 3.1, and for IP.Board 3.2).

As each new IP.Board version comes out, it seems that this method changes. This time it's easier than ever!

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Thanks for playing #twittertrivia

March 8th, 2012 by in Thoughts

Today I posted a series Tweets on Twitter with the hash tag #twittertrivia

Thanks to everyone who ‘played’, was nice to learn a little more about you!

Now, my answers to the questions:

  • Do you know which headphone goes in which ear via feel? Do you have to peer at the letters on the sides? Does it matter?
  • If you wear a watch, is it on the opposite side to your wallet/purse/pile o’ cash on your body?
  • When on public transport what do you often do? Listen to music? Read a book? Gaze at the scenery rushing by?
  • If you won the lottery tomorrow what would you do?
  • Which side do you keep your phone? Same side as wallet or a separate pocket?
  • Do you use your full name online? A variant of your full name, or a fictitious handle.

    • Thanks to @lucasbytegenius @iestynsj @jamiehamilton5 @realjblaze @citalan @m0o0oeh @supersajuuk @nix73 @alsarcastic :)

    Mikeylicious WordPress Theme

    February 18th, 2012 by in Random

    I've gone ahead and put the Mikeylicious WordPress Theme (this one) on GitHub.

    I've wanted to share it as Open Source since I made it. It was always the intention however WordPress.org's themes directory rules are too strict for me, when my time is very limited I don't have time to make my code use all their ID's and Classes, or make sure code that WordPress itself generates is valid and validates. I simply don't have time!

    However if you want me to submit it to the themes directory on WordPress.org, you're welcome to make it compliant with the rules over there. Ahh, one of the great things about Open Source! ;)

    Anyway, you can find the link on my Code page, or here.

    New WordPress Theme

    February 12th, 2012 by in Random

    It all started when I got bored yesterday and designed a simple design in HTML and CSS3. I do this often, design simple templates in HTML/CSS when I get bored, but I always find difficulty putting data into the design to make it meaningful. This time I used the latest data from my blog (yes, this one!) and it looked good.

    I love designing and more importantly; programming, when I can for many different platforms, I've designed for other CMS's, Forum systems, but never WordPress.  

    So I decided that I was finally going to try my hand at WordPress theme development. Turning this relatively simple HTML/CSS combo into a fully fledged functioning WordPress theme wasn't as hard as I'd thought it would be. WordPress themes are this odd yet slightly cool mixture of PHP and HTML, and I'm pretty proficient in both!

    The WordPress Codex was very helpful in making the transition from HTML to WordPress and the finished result is what you see here on my Blog right now. I would upload it to WordPress.org but they have some very strict guidelines that this theme as-is simply wouldn't stand a chance against.

    Let me know what you think or if you see anything that doesn't look right. :)