Seth Godin should need no introduction to anyone on the web. What might need introduction is his new venture called the Domino Project, in which he’s partnering with Amazon to rethink the fatally flawed current publishing model. And, to get it up and running, he’s running WordPress and a lightly tweaked version of The Erudite. […]
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The Erudite 2.7.7 Released
November 4, 2010 – 11:28 am
At long last: a new release of The Erudite that isn’t only available on my site, but also on the WordPress.org theme directory. As I previously wrote, this has been a massive pain in the ass due to the new theme requirements. 2.7.7 introduces an option for page comments, which are on by default in […]
WordPress.org Theme Requirements Are a Drag
September 11, 2010 – 3:06 pm
I tweeted a while ago about my mixed feelings about the new WordPress.org theme requirements. They’ve already bitten me on the release of The Erudite 2.7.4, which was not approved by the theme directory folks for failing to meet a number of requirements. High standards are a great thing. Overall I think that the theme […]
The Erudite 2.7.4 Released
August 11, 2010 – 10:58 am
The Erudite 2.7.4 has been released. I made some typography tweaks, cleaned up some code, and added 4(!) new translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, German and Russian. As always, the theme is available on the project page while the gears grind slowly over at the WP Repo.
Soma Web Font Specimen
July 14, 2010 – 10:40 am
When Tim Brown released v2 of the Web Font Specimen (WFS) a few weeks back, he honoured me by asking for my feedback a couple of days before releasing it to the world. I had a couple of suggestions that he took into consideration but ultimately decided to leave aside. Since he licensed WFS with […]