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Happy new year everyone! This is just a post to remind you all to party (that’s where I’m off to now!) hard, stay safe and to wish you all a happy new year! May 2008 be a successful year for everybody, and hope you figure out your resolutions! 2007 is the kickstart of Baffle! inc. and I hope to get you all some great content in the new year. Best wishes,
~Harley

The awesome guys behind WebAppers have come together with the creative guys at Icon Drawer start a raffle-esque competition. Anyone who posts on this thread, or writes a blog post about the comp is automatically included in the draw!
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The first download/wordpress theme! I was asked by a friend to create a wordpress theme of the website theme by Andreas Viklund. It’s really simple, and has only 2 images, so it should load extra fast. I timed the coding time, and it took approx. 3 hours, which I’m pretty proud of. See the demo here
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So now it’s time for the second installment of the wordpress theme series I’m doing. If you didn’t read the first part, the theory (boring, I know) then you probably should. In this part, we will be creating the basic files needed, and I will explain them a little too.
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Jenna ‘Blueberry’ Fox is a javascripter based in Sydney, Australia. Although not a job, she codes handy little javascript widgets that might just be the final touch on your website. She is talented in the way she utilises the MooTools (My Object Orientated Tools) Framework. Shining through her work are 2 scripts I’d like to mention. Sliding Tabs and Flickable.

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Colour schemer is a web app that allows the user to create colour schemes that mix perfectly, without having to fiddle with hex values and the lot. You simply put your base colour in, and it automatically generates a whole pallete of colours for you to use. Not only this, but there is a community within the site where everyone shares their colours with one another!
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Have you ever installed a Wordpress plugin, but uninstalled it later and forgot to take the code out that specifies thee plugin? Thanks to a handy ‘check’ function, you can only display plugins if it’s installed and working.
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Version 2.0 of Picturesque has finally been released by Acqualia. And let me tell you, it is beautiful. It is elegant. It is a fantastic tool for bloggers. Created for mac, it adds nice apple effects to your images. It beautifies them. Read complete article

Adii is a (self proclaimed) Wordpress Rockstar! He actually is. He frequently churns out stunning themes for his Premium News Wordperss app, and although has stopped commerically freelancing, still posts about the wonderful World of Wordpress. With a solid reputation, and about ~1000 solid readers, I’d recommend joining them. I did.
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I’ve been getting word from various people that I have developed myself a style - Toony or cartoony or looney or whatever you want to call it! Reading these comments, I look back at some of my work and realise this is true - without meaning. So in future when designing websites I will gather some looney toony inspiration from around the place. Now I know posts have been few and far between,
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You ever wanted to know how those awesome looking desk interfaces come together? I wrote a tutorial for PSDTuts a while back, but forgot to post about it. I’d post it here, but I am unable to publish due to the contract I agreed to when submitting it. Not to worry, read on for the details!
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With the new year, comes a new design. I am in the process of coding the template shown (click for a bigger image) for this blog. Yeah, I know I only released this one but I reckon it’s good to start a new year with a fresh look. I will also be eventually releasing the 2007 to the general public sooner or later - so stay tuned!
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Wordpress is a blogging system, that has grown so powerful that it can be any site you wish, I.e. a CMS (Content Management System). But have you ever wondered what is behind the beautiful sites that are run on this platform? What code lies beneath the skin of stunning CSS and JavaScript that you see on all those sites? It’s rather simple once you get the hang of it, and this ’series’ will aim to get you making wordpress themes (or skins or templates, whatever you want to call it) in no time.
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