Teemu Suoranta from Aucor wrote an excellent article about myths and prejudices of accessibility. Article is in Finnish and here is the short summary and “translation” of that article. I added my own twist here and there. Accessibility is not just for people who are in wheelchair or blind As a side note I’m still shocked …
There are several ways to contribute to WordPress. Code WordPress Core. Translate WordPress to your language. Improve accessibility. Help in support forums. Write documentations. Test new features. Review themes. Teach others. Build features for core or default themes. And the list goes on and on. Before I have mainly contributed by helping in support forums …
Underscores is one of the best starter themes out there. I use it as a base for public themes, and very often for custom themes also. It’s that good for several reasons: Build accessibility in mind. Well documented and modern templates. Community effort building it better. It does speed up your work. I usually generate my …
Kuorinka theme and Kuorinka Plus Plugin for it has been updated. The biggest change is that Kuorinka theme now supports WordPress Core Logo feature. That can’t be behind paywall in Kuorinka Plus Plugin anymore because otherwise Kuorinka theme couldn’t be in the WordPress.org repo anymore. Logo feature is now under the Customizer → Site identity. Unfortunately you …
Toivo theme has updated to version 1.2.0. The biggest change is that theme is now using WordPress Custom Logo feature. Before logo was from Jetpack plugin. Unfortunately you might need to set up your logo again. Go to Appearance → Customize In there go to Site Identity Click Change logo and select your logo again Save …
Let’s face it. I’m a selfish bastard. Don’t believe it? I have interviewed myself. How low can you go? Don’t even get me started with my personal life. But there are people out there that still liked to interviewed me. Partly because I started interviewing theme shops that I trust 🙂 Interviews in 2016 Interview in Themetry …
I’m back in business with free Checathlon theme. It’s a good fit for selling your digital products using Easy Digital Downloads Plugin. You can also showcase your services, portfolios, testimonials, and team members. But I’m out of business if you’re not considering Checathlon Plus Plugin which gives you more features 🙂 I’ll leave the purchase link …
Today is December 6, 2016, Finland Independence day. We are now 99 years old and I salute my home country from the bottom of my heart. Feature image (dark road with arrow up) represent December here in Finland pretty well, at least here in Helsinki 🙂 But what were the changes in my theme and …
In 2016 I wrote two guest post in WP Tavern. Behind the Scenes of WordPress.com Themes with David Kennedy Why PixelGrade is Experimenting with a $225 WordPress Theme on Themeforest In David’s interview we talked about themes on WordPress.com, Twenty Seventeen, theme user experience, accessibility, theme business, and other theme-related topics. This was part of my …
I’ve been working my next theme couple of months. It’s called Checathlon. The name is combination of checkout and decathlon. Here is how I describe it. Checathlon is the perfect theme for your next business site. Or selling your digital products using Easy Digital Downloads Plugin. You can also showcase your services, portfolios, testimonials, and …