Gerbera.org

Posted by Jacques (admin) on Sep 1, 2010 in Featured Articles, Portfolio, Wordpress |

Platform: WordPress
Theme: Patricia Ritsema van Eck

Initially built in html and css in 2004, the site became too big (200 pages now) to manage, so I decided to transfer to WordPress. With the help of Stefan all pages were converted. This is a prime example of using WP as a CMS (Content Management System): WP is primarily used for blogging: the newest

Vaultpress – The Golden Ticket

Posted by Jacques (admin) on Jul 11, 2010 in Plugin, Wordpress |

Friday I got ‘The Golden Ticket’ from Vaultpress (see my previous post here: Aliens happen) – the new WordPress back-up service (from Automattic – WP’s mother). Being excited becoming part of the beta, it was kind of a disappointment when I was taken to this page:

Vaultpress

Posted by Jacques (admin) on May 4, 2010 in Internet, Plugin, Wordpress |

Reading about hacked blogs, back-up hassles, as a WordPress-user/impleMENTOR, you’re constantly looking for a better and safer one-stop solution (I for sure am – and so should you!). Wondering why the great guys at WP don’t beef up WP itself (implementing some plugins that you now install anyway), I ran into this: Vaultpress. Great minds! So, I signed up for the beta, and this is their reply:

Defrosting Cold Cases.com

Posted by Jacques (admin) on Apr 25, 2010 in CSS, Design, Featured Articles, Portfolio, Theme, Wordpress | 1 comment

Vidocq is a pretty smart fellow – as a lawyer he worked for Amnesty International and several police forces. For years he had a problem though: many of the cold cases he was involved with needed more exposure, but with tight budgets and lack of manpower, how do you reach a wider audience? And worse, not being tech-savvy, where do you start online? Your own website? Facebook? A first try at WordPress.com was a bummer: although a great platform for beginners, it was still intimidating – and, a bit restrictive – they do not provide ‘total freedom’ (for good reasons – it’s a free service, and they want to control their environment). Vidocq kept on searching and contacted me: it was his challenge (read: frustration) to get his years of experience and cold cases out to the public!

Free Social Media Icon Set

Posted by Jacques (admin) on Apr 25, 2010 in Design |

Nick Roach of Elegant Themes (I’m currently using his ColdStone Minimal theme), posted 42 social media icons. They are quite large (64 * 64), but that makes them perfect for scaling. Go grab them here: Icons for nada