Category Archives: News

The news, as its relates to plaintxt.org, its projects, and the WordPress world at large.

Design practices and the Sandbox

Alister Cameron, designer, developer, and Sandbox Designs Competition judge, gave a presentation at WordCamp in Melbourne, Australia, on blog design and the Sandbox. Which is excellent.

Two-point-three updates

After a great trip from Delhi to Darjeeling to Kathmandu and back to New York, I spent a short time off updating my themes for WordPress 2.3. I’ve also kept the prior versions around for legacy WordPress 2.0.x users. Of greater interest, a number of fixes and updates went in to Sandbox, though nothing affecting [...]

Sandbox v1.0 (There!)

The long-awaited 1.0 release of the Sandbox sees the light of day. Commence downloading. The Sandbox now utilizes all the features of the latest release of WordPress. Older, legacy functions are been relegated to a branched version.

Designs for the Sandbox

Submissions have closed for the Sandbox Designs Competition. Check out the 46 accepted submissions. Which one is your favorite? Results will be announced soon. I’m sure there are a number of crossed fingers out there. Good luck to all the contestants.

Let the games begin

Announcing the Sandbox Designs Competition. This is the first WordPress theme competition in a couple years. Designs will be theme templates powered by the Sandbox and will test your CSS skills. Game on!