How exciting! Responsive web design is picking up speed as well it should. Simply put, it is site design that adjusts to the platform on which the viewer is looking at the site. A page looks one way on a desktop, another way on an smartphone and yet another on an iPad/ tablet – without having to design specifically for each! Talk about saving time, energy and frustration.

For more info, read Ethan Marcotte’s article at AListApart.com

To get you started, check out 10 Free Responsive WordPress Themes.

We’ve all been there, lured in by the promise that this plugin or that widget will take care of all that ails our WordPress site. When we shake ourselves back into reality we realize that we were promised rainbows and unicorns but instead have rain and horse droppings.

To that end, I have a few plugins that I have installed multiple times, provide a lot functionality, are easy to use, and actually make me happy to use them. Without further ado, here they are: (more…)

Wow, it has been awhile since I’ve last posted. The quick story is that I’ve been busy between redesigning our work website, kept running with my kids’ activities, and maintaining about eight other websites as well. I still have many photos (i.e. thousands) to go through and post as well.

I’d like to share something that I’ve learned these past few months. First of all, if you are using a free WordPress theme you’ll want to make sure you got it from a legitimate site. In doing research for a new design for work, I came across a “free” theme called ‘Coffee Break.’ As it turns out, it was posted on a site that I then found out didn’t have the authority to post it. ‘Coffee Break‘ is a cool theme from Woo Themes and much to my chagrin is not free. (more…)

There is a security flaw in WordPress 2.8.3 which allows the admin password to be reset via a browser GET request. This will temporarily lock out admins from their site. It is a flaw in the password reset function of wp-login.php. It can only reset the admin account and cannot be used to break into the system. In other words, an inconvenience, not a threat.

To temporarily fix this until it is patched by the WP developers change line 190 in wp-login.php from:

if ( empty( $key ) )

to:

if ( empty( $key ) || is_array( $key ) )

A good write-up of the situation can be found here at H-Online.com. If you find yourself already locked out of your system, there is a script available from codex.wordpress.org: Using the Emergency Password Reset Script

Let’s stay safe out there…

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I keep finding new sites with tons of fabulous freebies thanks to everyone on Twitter. Below is the beginnings of a list of those I find myself going to over and over. The folks who offer these put out unique, quality products. I’ll be adding more as I have time. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

• Vector4Free — Vector art
• Vecteezy — Vector art
• Colorburned — Vector art, Illustrator brushes, patterns and more
• Brusheezy — Photoshop brushes
• Colorburned — Photoshop brushes
• Bittbox — Hi-res Photoshop watercolor brushes
• Fresh eMedia — Photoshop brushes and more
• Flasheezy — Flash files, templates and more
• Fresheezy — WordPress templates and more
• WebAir Blog — 100+ WordPress templates
• Colorburned — Tutorials
• Fontfabric — ‘VAL’ font (this is a fun font to have in your arsenal)
• Bittbox — Stylized fonts
• Woork — “10 Delicious Free Fonts with commercial-use license”
• Bittbox — Textures