I am very excited to release v0.5 of Ashford and Ashford Pro. Following on the heels of Smashing Magazine selecting Ashford for a second time, listing it with other top WordPress frameworks like Thematic, Carrington and Hybrid, this release is the most child theme friendly version so far. With this release of Ashford v0.5, Added over two dozen [...] Read more »
I just noticed that a decent number of people are searching for how to remove the breadcrumbs. As this is a usability feature that I thought a “premium” theme should include, I am kind of surprised. You can expect in the next release to get a theme option to turn breadcrumbing off. See I’m listening [...] Read more »
Okay — new logo — pretty sure this is final. Also getting closer to launch marketing deliverable and program. Expect to see a new home landing page design soon. This release is a major step towards getting out of Beta and putting Version 1.0 into production. You can read the readme.tx for over 2 dozen [...] Read more »
Rethinking breadcrumbs, blog thumbnails and hero images in release v0.4
After releasing and working with v0.3, I am starting to rethink how I am implementing breadcrumbs, blog thumbnails and hero images. As I contemplate new features, there are a few principles that drive what I select to add and then how I implement it: The feature needs to be useful The feature needs to be [...] Read more »