Internet marketing/web design links of the week (9.8.08)

by Judd Lyon
Sep 8, 2008
Filed in: News & notes

How to Create a WordPress Theme From Scratch [via Nettuts]

One of the best explanations I've seen, just the facts ma'am. Everything you need to get going, nothing you don't.

6 WordPress Tips & Tricks [via Hack WordPress]

Keeping with the WordPress topic, a few great security tips and how to add a sideblog. It's all about functions.php nowadays.

Making Illustrator and Fireworks Fit [via RW Illustrator]

Fireworks wins over a naysayer. Opening .AI's in CS4? Oh hell yes.

Buzz vs. Sustainable Word-of-Mouth [via Brand Autopsy]

Kathy Sierra is brilliant, props to John Moore (who has a great blog and is here in Austin) for catching this great tweet.

Building Backlinks With Reports [via BuzzStream]

It's all about getting those links, I'll gladly do my part by linking to another interesting post by Jeremy. I'm excited to see what BuzzStream has up its sleeve.

Parallels Between Architecture and Interface Design [via Juice Analytics]

"... translate vague but strongly-held desires of the client into a practical reality." Amen.

JavaScript and Ruby Frameworks [via Wynn from Squeejee @ The Lonestar Ruby Conference]

jQuery, Prototype, EXTjs, YUI, Mootools - the libaries we know and love. Did you know about SproutCore? Can you make them play nice with your Ruby app?