Konstruktors » theme http://konstruktors.com Web Design, WordPress and Performance Services Sat, 19 May 2012 16:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20805 Automatic Updates for Plugins and Themes Hosted Outside WordPress Extend http://konstruktors.com/blog/wordpress/2538-automatic-updates-for-plugins-and-themes-hosted-outside-wordpress-extend/ http://konstruktors.com/blog/wordpress/2538-automatic-updates-for-plugins-and-themes-hosted-outside-wordpress-extend/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:21:44 +0000 Kaspars http://konstruktors.com/?p=2538 Here are two sample scripts along with an API to provide automatic updates for plugins and themes you host on your own server.

Inside /api you’ll find index.php which processes all the update requests. You should place this in something like http://updates.example.com and update $api_url in /plugin/test-plugin-update/test-plugin-update.php and /theme/portfolio-racer/inc/updates.php accordingly. If you activate these sample plugins without changing API URL, updates will be checked against my test server. If you decide to update, both plugin and theme will be replaced with exactly the same version of each.

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]]> http://konstruktors.com/blog/wordpress/2538-automatic-updates-for-plugins-and-themes-hosted-outside-wordpress-extend/feed/ 25 Basic Math of GPL http://konstruktors.com/blog/free-software/1678-basic-math-of-gpl/ http://konstruktors.com/blog/free-software/1678-basic-math-of-gpl/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:21:27 +0000 Kaspars http://konstruktors.com/blog/?p=1678 Khoi Vinh together with Allan Cole have released (a rather noisy) grid based WordPress theme called Basic Math.

They say it’s GPL, while the price tag reads: “Single-site License (Limited time only) $45″, which clearly violates one of the main freedoms protected by GPL — the freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).

Update: Basic Math is now fully GPL.

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]]> http://konstruktors.com/blog/wordpress/823-wordpress-themes-and-gpl/feed/ 3 6:00 AM Podcast Theme Preview http://konstruktors.com/blog/web-design/773-600-am-podcast-theme-preview/ http://konstruktors.com/blog/web-design/773-600-am-podcast-theme-preview/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:06:27 +0000 Kaspars http://konstruktors.com/blog/?p=773 Since the feedback for the mock-up of the podcast theme for was so great, here is a little preview of how far I have gotten.

6:00 AM podcast theme preview

6:00 AM podcast theme preview

What do you want from a theme, podcast author?

Detailed descriptions of your publishing workflow would be really useful. If you have any ideas on how to make things easier and better, please leave a comment.

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]]> http://konstruktors.com/blog/web-design/773-600-am-podcast-theme-preview/feed/ 14 Say Hello to Morning Racer http://konstruktors.com/blog/web-design/73-say-hello-to-morning-racer/ http://konstruktors.com/blog/web-design/73-say-hello-to-morning-racer/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:54:36 +0000 Kaspars http://konstruktors.com/blog/various-topics/73-say-hello-to-morning-racer/ Morning Racer WordPress theme logo Just a quick note — this blog now has a new look. I call it the Morning Racer WordPress theme, which will be soon released public. Here’s the Morning Racer’s wiki page. What do you think?

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