Monthly Archives: June 2007

Sandbox and WordPress 2.3

June 26, 2007 – 4:33 pm

What should surely be of great interest to all participants is the news that the Sandbox theme is slated for moving in to the WordPress core at version 2.3. Check out ticket #4517 on the WordPress trac for more info.
While not carved in stone, this has been discussed for about a year now (see Sandbox [...]

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Just almost halfway

June 23, 2007 – 3:01 am

There are six weeks left before submissions close for the SDC, so I hope that every one is getting their designs nice and polished and hopefully getting a firm-grasp on how to utilize the countless dynamic classes in the Sandbox. I think a key feature to the best Sandbox designs I’ve seen so far is [...]

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Out of the box

June 15, 2007 – 1:15 am

For all those WordPress enthusiasts out there, I thought I’d briefly mention WordPress Meetups. The WordPress meetup for June in New York is this Saturday at 4 PM, so if you’re in the city, you should stop by. (Ja, the organizer and great guy, refers to me as “member and resident enigma.”)

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Another sponsorship

June 14, 2007 – 2:02 am

Today the SDC received a core sponsorship from Maja Schmidt. She didn’t say much about herself, but, well, that just demonstrates her sponsorshiply selflessness. Cheers, Maja.
With a little math you’ll notice the total award pot now stands at US$1650: first, US$750; second, US$450; third, US$300; and the three runners-up each receive a US$50 honorarium. I’m [...]

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So, did you know?

June 13, 2007 – 4:36 am

Welcome to the first SDC “Did you know?” session. I thought this would be a better way of hitting a few bullet points. Better, at least, than my typical rambling narrative style.

Did you know we have six judges confirmed already?
Just check out the About the Judges page. It’s an excellent panel, especially since it’s only [...]

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