WordPress Theme of the Month: Lemon Twist

This month’s WordPress Theme of the Month is Lemon Twist by FarFromFearless.

Lemon Twist WordPress Theme

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BlogBuzz April 5, 2008

125×125 Ads: Monetize Your Blog With the Bloggers’ Ad Format

When you think of monetizing a blog, what immediately comes to mind? Google’s AdSense, right? AdSense is easy to set-up, and pretty much all legitimate sites are accepted into the program, so it’s the method most bloggers use right away. However, AdSense has it’s…

Smashing Magazine: Grid-Based Design

Smashing Magazine has recently released an interesting post on grid-based design. Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques. Grid systems bring visual structure and balance to site design. As a tool grids are useful for organizing and presenting information. Used properly, they can enhance the…

Guest Posts Wanted (Newbie Tuesdays)

I’ve previously talked about my plans to publish weekly posts targeted at those new to webmastery, since WSC generally leans toward the more advanced blogger. Now, I want these plans to benefit the more experienced users as well. That’s part of why I’ve decided…

EnGadget and Magenta

Deutsche Telecom recently demanded that EngGadget stop using the color Magenta in the EnGadget Mobile logo. A lot of people, including myself, thought this was an April Fools joke, but it’s real alright. Deutsche Telecom still insists that they own the color magenta. EnGadget…

Are You Pulling an April 1st Prank on Your Readers?

Today is April 1st. Many sites take today as an opportunity to pull pranks on their readers. In addition to just being fun, this can stir-up some publicity. However, some people may not like it if you set-up a joke. Some people just don’t…

FaceBox: Facebook-Style JavaScript Overlays

Lightbox-type DIV overlays have a multitude of uses. If you’re building a web app, or if you are just looking for a way to declutter your blog, you can just sweep elements under the proverbial rug until they’re needed, and then call them back…

AJAX Whois

I recently stumbled across AJAX Whois, which may have become my new favorite way to find domains and check WhoIs info. It’s fast, and it’s easy to use. I’m serious when I say AJAX Whois is fast. Start typing in the form, and the…

WordPress 2.5

WordPress 2.5 has just been released. (Great, I just updated to RC2 yesterday…)Â Coinciding with the update is a new design for WordPress.org.