Jake Spurlock

Category: WordPress

  • Cameron Moll Colosseo iPad Martian Giveaway

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    Well, now that I have your attention… 😉 Just wanted to let you all know about the Cameron Moll Colosseo iPad Martian Giveaway. Cameron Moll is one of my favorite designers, creating the prominent typeset edition of LDS Temple that I am proud to hang in my home. In addition to hanging this in my…

  • The Loop

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    Had a great WordPress Meetup tonight at SEO.com. I gave a short presentation about the WordPress loop, and how to integrate different content into theme templates. During my presentation, I mentioned my secret weapon in WordPress theme design, and that is the WordPress Cheat Sheet. Great tool for designing, lots easier than digging through the WordPress…

  • WPMU Missing Link

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    For the last year or so, I have been heavily invested into the WordPressMU platform. For those that are unaware, WordPressMU is similar to WordPress, but allows the creation and implementation of literally thousands of other blogs all under the same domain. This software is what powers blogging networks like WordPress.com, EduBlogs.org, and projects that…

  • WordPress Meetup October 14th

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    Well, it has been a while, but we are going to hold another WordPress meetup in two weeks. For those that haven’t been before, the format is pretty simple: Show up Mingle Couple quick presentations Share problems Bask in a sense of childlike wonder about the intricacies of WordPress Go home a better individual then…

  • Birds of a Feather: BuddyPress

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    Just wanted to invite everyone to the Utah Open Source Conference that is being held October 8-10th at the Miller Campus of the Salt Lake Community College in Sandy, Utah. I have been asked to present on BuddyPress, the robust social networking plugin for WordPressMU. The session that I am runnong is a Birds of…

  • How to: Point your post permalink to an external site

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    This was originally posted on ClearSkys.net, but it seems that Barry is going to be shutting down the site. So, that it lives on, I am posting it here. Of note, this is the plugin that I had in mind when I designed that Daring Inspiration WordPress theme. Any visitors, or subscribers, to John Grubers’ Daring…

  • SMCSLC: All About WordPress

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    Just wanted to post my presentation from tonights event so that if any one wanted the slides, they would be available. These slides were largely borrowed from lead BuddyPress developer Andy Peatling. (Thanks!) Social Media Club of Salt Lake: All About WordPress View more presentations from Jake Spurlock. Social Media Club of Salt Lake City:…

  • SMCSLC: All About WordPress

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    Just wanted to pitch the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City’s September get together. Thom Allen, Joseph Scott and I will be presenting on WordPress, BuddyPress, and a host of other blogging tools and applications. From their site: Many of us are past the question: To blog, or not to blog. We know there’s…

  • Skulls…

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    So, in the last few weeks, I have been doing a lot of WordPress theme development. When I see something cool on the web, I want to implement it a new a cool way. Skulls is basically the end result of some tinkering on the web. Here are some of the methods that I used…

  • So Fresh…

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    and so clean… Well, another day, another WordPress theme. In my head, I wanted to design a super clean and simple WordPress theme. The result is So Fresh… Demo Download