Alex Coleman Design

TYR Sayonara Swimskin

Alex Coleman — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:09:50 +0000

A landing page dedicated to the TYR Sayonara Swimskin. This suit is used in warm, open-water swimming in the sport of Triathlon.

Icon Vehicle Dynamics

Alex Coleman — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:50:03 +0000

Photoshoot With Vladimir Striganov

Alex Coleman — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:57:19 +0000

Whenever Vladamir or myself find a new location to shoot, we shoot. On Friday we came across an excellent parking garage in Costa Mesa. Here is a sample of what became of it…

In addition to shooting in the garage, we were also fortunate enough to play around with the 57s from Maybach.

InnerFade: A Quick & Easy Way To Fade Items With JQuery

Alex Coleman — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:49:58 +0000

You may have noticed that the recent comments on this blog are no longer displayed as a list. They are now displayed as a fading slideshow, a fade-show if you will. This fade-show effect was accomplished using the very easy to implement InnerFade plugin for JQuery. I also used the same technique on my newly released On The Field Wordpress theme.

Normally, I would provide some insight and some sample code to show how everything works, but in this case, the plugin page does an excellent job. If you have any further questions, leave it in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer.

InnerFade JQuery Plugin

On The Field - A Wordpress Theme For Sports Fans

Alex Coleman — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:10:06 +0000

About a week ago my second Wordpress theme, “On The Field“, was released over at Theme Forest. The design was created for individuals who blog about Baseball, Football, Soccer, and any other sport. There are some great features in this release including a nice JQuery 2 tier menu, latest comment rotator powered also by JQuery, and a very clean and easy to read front-end design. Read on for more features and how you can purchase this theme for only $15…

Features:

2 Tier navigation powered by CSS & spiced up with JQuery
Last comment is displayed after the post to entice viewers to “Read More”
Recent comments cycle through on the sidebar with JQuery Innerfade
2 Pre-defined Ad Spots support 300×250 banners
Built with future expansion & customizing in mind

Demo:

On The Field Wordpress Theme
by: Alex Coleman

Buy It Now:

You can purchase this theme here

On The Field

Alex Coleman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:05:43 +0000

On The Field is a theme for individuals who blog about sports. Subtleties throughout the design refer back to traditional sports styles but don’t overwhelm the design.

Chef Park

Alex Coleman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:38:16 +0000

Chef Park is a Wordpress theme specifically for individuals in the food industry. Chefs, Critics, Teachers, Enthusiasts, and more. It was built with user functionality in mind and is very friendly on reading eyes. The elegant design, and dynamic engine make this a must for anyone who is serious about blogging about the culinary industry.

Special Preview: Chef Park - A New Wordpress Theme

Alex Coleman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:27:11 +0000

In the next week I will be releasing my first Wordpress theme. Chef Park theme is now available for download for the low price of $12! Chef Park is no longer available for purchase. The theme is specifically for individuals in the food industry…Chefs, Critics, Enthusiasts, etc. Read on for some features included in the first release and a special sneak peak of the theme…

Features:

Simple and elegant front end makes reading and browsing very easy
CSS drop-down menu with a dash of jquery to make it just right
Google AdSense ready
Custom fields define each post image
Complete documentation

Demo:

Although I am still working out final kinks and cleaning the code for packaging, you special people who read my blog (yes, I’m talking about both of you) can get a first glimpse:

Chef Park Wordpress Theme
by: Alex Coleman

If you come across any bugs or would like to add some feedback about the theme, please leave it in the comments below!

Buy It Now:

You can purchase this theme here

Quick Tip: How To Enable Wordpress Features On Non-Root Pages

Alex Coleman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:11:55 +0000

Sometimes you have a page you’d like to add your side bar, recent posts or archives on. One problem, it’s not in the same directory as Wordpress. If this page is not in the Wordpress directory, this page will not work. You’ll get an error for every piece of PHP code referring to a Wordpress function. This quick tip will show you how to overcome this issue and have Wordpress features on a non Wordpress page.

For demonstration purposes, let’s edit an imaginary file called “thankyou.php”. This file will be hosted in the root directory on the web server, not in your theme directory in Wordpress. I’d like to include the sidebar on this page, but it keeps erroring out, saying the sidebar function is not supported.

When editing the file you want to display the sidebar on (this case “thankyou.php”), insert this snippet of PHP code to the top:

Yep, that’s it! Of course the location of that file will vary on your current situation, but if that’s the case, just link it accordingly.

6 Excellent Tutorials/Articles Published In August

Alex Coleman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:45:24 +0000

There have been some great web, photoshop, illustrator & photography tutorials this month. Here is a list of 6 which I found most useful…

Build An Incredible Login Form With jQuery
Nettuts

Create a Glowing Abstract Light Vector Graphic
VectorTuts

How to Create a Super Shiny Pencil Icon
PSDTuts

Date Badges and Comment Bubbles for Your Blog
CSS-Tricks

How to Make Your Portfolio Site More Effective by Adding a Blog
Freelance Switch

HDR: Not Only The ‘Magic’ Effect
Abduzeedo