Posts Tagged ‘open-source

ToTop Link 1.2 & 1.3 for WordPress

ToTop Link 1.2 for WordPress is out.

This simple plugin gives WordPress-powered sites an easy way to add a “return to top” link to their pages. You can see it in action here, simply scroll down the page a bit and you’ll see a “return to top” link appear.

New in v1.2: You can now completely customize the positioning of the link/graphic. All the pre-sets (top-left, bottom-right, etc.) are still there, but now you can also define your own …

New WP Plugin: ToTop Link

I’m pleased to announce the release of our latest WordPress plugin, ToTop Link.

This simple plugin gives WordPress-powered sites an easy way to add a “return to top” link to their pages. Rather than explain how it works, simply scroll down the page here and you’ll see the link image appear in the top right corner.

Settings allow you easily to adjust the positioning and style to best fit your site. As always, it’s the first version, so all …

Why I switched from Pligg to Drupal’s Drigg

As some know, Dao By Design doesn’t just create sites for others, we began with and continue to develop sites for ourselves, generally based on my wide-spanning interests.

One such site is the Hao Hao Report, a Digg-like social bookmarking/link sharing site that focuses on blog posts and news articles related to China (I live in China, so there’s a vested interest).

Virtually since its inception I ran the Hao Hao Report on Pligg, and as …

WordPress 2.5: The Next Generation

Wordpress 2.5 DashboardThe latest release of WordPress has just hit the net, offering some significant design changes and a boatload of new features. As mentioned in my previous post on the site upgrade, I’ve been using WordPress 2.5 RC since its release mid-March. The first release candidate went to RC2 and on to a stable version in just two short weeks – that’s damn impressive. Some of the key new features include:

  • Dashboard Widgets: allowing you to customize the (until now)

Free Stock Photography

779192_31958571.jpgI love photography, and whenever possible I like to shoot as much of my own imagery to be used in my designs.

Sometimes, however, it’s just not practical or possible to get out and take the photo you need yourself – enter stock photography.

In and of itself, stock photography is nothing new. Designers have always used stock photography as a way to spice up everything from magazine layouts to identity and collateral materials.

Where things have changed though is …