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Phthalo.com Launched

Braydon — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:23:07 +0000

After three months of development the Phthalo.com (the electronic music label) website is live and streaming! Visit Phthalo.com

Design Direction: Ashley & Aris

Features include:

An alternative JavaScript based URL system, so that audio is able to play in the background while navigating the entire site!
Heavy use of JavaScript for status updates, post publishing, uploading, page retrieval, behaviors.
Custom post types for albums and streams in WordPress.
Multiple levels of custom user capability roles defined.
Synchronization with other websites.

WordPress URL Rewrite

Braydon — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:11:56 +0000

WordPress has it’s own URL management system, and when developing websites it’s convenient to be able to add new rules dynamically. I’ve used this for two websites, music.vtechphones.com and for a site I am building now. It’s also great to keep all modifications in one place, so upgrades are easier, and easier for another developer to pick up!

Create a new plugin, and you place your rules into it doing something similar to the PHP below:


add_filter('rewrite_rules_array','wp_insert_my_rewrite_rules');
add_filter('init','flush_rules');

// Remember to flush_rules() when adding rules
function flush_rules(){
  global $wp_rewrite;
  $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}

// Adding a new rule
function wp_insert_my_rewrite_rules($rules){
  $newrules = array();

  $newrules['(articles)$'] = 'index.php?post_type=article';
  $newrules['(gallery)$'] = 'index.php?post_type=gallery';
  $newrules['(projects)$'] = 'index.php?post_type=project';
  $newrules['(blog)$'] = 'index.php?post_type=post';

  return $newrules + $rules;
}

Getting Started with BuddyPress Themes

Braydon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:21:36 +0000

I’ve gone through and installed several themes into a testing install of BuddyPress and have selected a few that I think will work as good starting points for further development and a good way to learn more about BuddyPress and how to develop social networking sites with it.

TwentyTen BuddyPress (Download) This is a theme that extends the default WordPress 3.0 TwentyTen theme to support BuddyPress. A great place to start in enhancing a blog with social networking features. Author: Ron & Andrea

BuddyPress Columns (Download) A three-column fixed-width variation to the default BuddyPress theme. There are many smaller details that make this theme feel almost finished, but still a bit of room to work with. Author: modemlooper

Fishbook (Download) A clean monotone light-blue two-column flexible-width theme. It remains consistent with default theme’s functionality. Author: Michael Kuhlmann

Jukt Micronics (Download) A minimal light two-column fixed-width theme. This one is one of my favorites, it feels open, good use of highlighting colors, and feels direct and to the point. Author: Michael Kuhlmann

Sense and Sensibility (Download) A stripped down minimal two-column theme. It diverges by not showing the activity in the main menu, which is good to see some variation in navigation. The theme looks like an ideal starting point for a heavy customized theme as there really isn’t much styling added to it yet. It also includes the WordPress meta in the sidebar with a link to access the site admin. Author: Ron & Andrea

Introduction Video to VideoPress

Braydon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:20:50 +0000

Introduction Video to BuddyPress

Braydon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:57:20 +0000

More information at BuddyPress.org