Lightly Toasted

Think I just had a brilliant idea! I have them every now and then :D. The aim of this little mini tutorial is to show how to create an Archives page in Regulus as shown in the image below.

As a visitor of my site you’d probably be well aware that I change look and feel of my site occasionally. These are called themes within WordPress the engine that runs this site. There are many free and paid WordPress themes floating on the internet but it isn’t always easy to find one that suits ones every need. And among a select one that I like Regulus from Binary moon has a rather soft spot for me. Why Regulus you ask? Its squeaky clean, really simple and conforms to a Strict DTD. But it does lacks an in-built archives page option. After leaving a comment for Ben I decided to have a crack at it and it took me less than 5 minutes to have this up and running. So if you’re using Regulus and want an archive Page get ready. I promise it’ll be less than 5 minutes to get you going.

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My friend and colleague John, has for sometime now been wanting to put his dad’s paintings online. John’s dad John as well, now lives in Queensland and has been painting for a few decades and has achieved some local Australian and international recognition for his work of art. His work has been held in private and company collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, United Stated of America, England and Switzerland. You can read more about John’s achievements and accolades on his exhibitions page.

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Five reasons why I blog you ask? There are many. Most of all is the joy it brings me to write and share photos with friends and family. Others are off-shoots of this very special one.

I really enjoy blogging though not near enough as much as I did before, partly because of time constraints and I find it more fulfilling to write something personal rather than being a pedestrian messenger broadcasting the same topic like a few thousand else on the internet. Really, do we need that many copies? Good composition generally take a bit more time to assimilate and present but when catered for usually make for an interesting read. Well, in most cases.

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This is something I’ve wanted WordPress to do right out of the box, and now that they have it sorted, its definitely worth a mention. Well done Matt and team. I can already see Harvard and Edublog has already take up the offer. Visit the links and have a look at the FAQ’s. This is a big blow to the already dying Movable Type.

Web Directions ‘06 is almost here. Last year was a lot of fun indeed and here’s hoping it’ll again surpass my expectations. Keep your eyes peeled on all official photo-streams at the following urls and if you take photos during the event add them to Web Directions 06 Group Pool. Please tag all your Web directions photos in flickr with the following generic tags and of course you can add your own.
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As much as it is important to have a good site(content, design) with clean valid links, it is also to have a sitemap that is UP-TO-DATE. Generally speaking when we talk about Sitemaps for a website, what comes to mind is a page, mostly static, where you’d have the sitemap laid out like a tree unfolding all the different parts of the website. (more…)

I’ve been among the lucky few to test Wufoo when it was in beta and I was very impressed indeed at all the functionality and swish ajax driven interface all forms had. Wufoo lauched on the 5^th July and it has been a great success since. Here’s wishing Chris, Kevin and Ryan for their hard work and also giving me a beta account. If you havent been to the site yet I strongly recommend you do.

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WordPress undoubtedly is one of the most loved Opensource personal Content Management Systems for running a site but like any software its not without its share of much needed improvements. I’m also aware that die hard WordPress enthusiasts are burning the midnight oil to take it to the next level of finesse at Shuttle which encompasses a whole range of changes in terms of user-interface, design, code. I am listing down a a few things that in my opinion could make WordPress go a step further, Feel free to add yours. Some of the points mentioned may have been discussed elsewhere.

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The Home of the Mustangs, the lovely Maysville Elementary folks have had a rejig of their website. I had designed their site about two and a half years back. Though the design essentially remains the same I’ve added some functionality and removed parts of the website that had becomes obsolete. Not only does Maysville as an Elementary school stand out of the crowd, they are backed by people who are passionate, teachers who go beyond their call of duty, students and patrons that blog and podcast and their thirst for knowledge! Though my visit to North Carolina last month was only for one short week, it was the one that made me feel at home and in the company of lovely friends and warm hearted people.

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