Design Is Philosophy
Tuturials, thoughts, ideas and information about web design and digital media by Morten Rand-Hendriksen, designer, developer, digital media expert, information philosopher, speaker and author of the Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web in 24 Hours series (version 2, 3 and 4), Lynda.com's WordPress 3.0 Essential Training course and Microsoft Expression Web 4 LiveLessons and creative director of Pink & Yellow Media - a Vancouver based digital media company.
Category Archives: wordpress
Day 24: Vidunder – a Free WordPress theme just for you
Dec. 24, 2010
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I promised something big, and here it is. On this 24th and Last Day of WordPress (for 2010 at least) I give you the new Vidunder WordPress theme that you see running on this very blog. Download Vidunder right here! … Continue reading
10 WordPress plugins I use all the time
Nov. 18, 2010
A frequent question that keeps coming up when I tell people I work with WordPress is “What plugins do you use?” At the present rate I set up a new WordPress site every two weeks and over time I’ve compiled … Continue reading
WordPress 3.0 Essential Training from Lynda.com
Nov. 3, 2010
If you’ve been following my Twitter feed of late you may have noticed that I’ve been to California twice in less than a month working on a secret project. Well, as of yesterday the project is no longer secret so … Continue reading
Vancouver WordPress Meetup Talk: Simple Yet Powerful WordPress Hacks
Aug. 12, 2010
Below you’ll find the code examples for my Vancouver WordPress Meetup group talk Simple Yet Powerful WordPress Hacks held on August 12, 2010. This article will be expanded after the talk but for now it consists only of the code … Continue reading
Cool Author Box: Free WordPress Plugin
May. 14, 2010
After designing and building the Fancy Profile Box for the Pink & Yellow Media site I published an article on how to recreate it as a cool author box in your WordPress blog. This tutorial spurred a lot of interest … Continue reading
Build a fancy WordPress author box
May. 7, 2010
If you have a WordPress site or blog with multiple authors it might be useful to create a custom author box for each of them so the readers can get more information about the author and see their other posts … Continue reading
By Land, Sea or Air – A travel blog based on the MyKipple project
Oct. 22, 2009
We’ve been talking about taking a road trip through the USA for a long time, so when my TV job ended in October we decided now was the time. And in true blogger fashion, a road trip required a dedicated … Continue reading
WordPress 2.8 upgrade woes
Jun. 11, 2009
As you may have noticed the new version of WordPress – 2.8 – was released yesterday. And that started a cascade of people complaining their blogs were all of a sudden gone – replaced by a plain white page. I’ve … Continue reading
Anny gets shortlisted for the Best Job in the World proving the power of social media
Mar. 2, 2009
In preparation for WordCamp Whistler 09 I threw together a website for my sister-in-law Anny Chih to support her application for the Best Job in the World. Today she found out her application is one of the 50 shortlisted from … Continue reading