Progress Update #1

A few weeks ago I posted about a theme update I was working on for this site, its still going strong – I’ve started phasing into the development stage. The design is still being finalised, but I like to keep things fresh – and work on another small portion of the project (a JavaScript slider using jQuery) will start to need my attention. I haven’t done much for JavaScript and jQuery before, and I really want to improve on that – so its the part of the project which can feasibly be extracted from WP and worked on externally – and it doesn’t need elements of my design to be produced; I can just use place-holder imagery.

In update #2 I’ll cover the finalised design and post that up, though it’ll probably be another week for that. I’m expecting update #3 to cover some of the JavaScript and CSS, update #4 will likely show some WordPress development stages. On that note, WordPress 3.2 is due to shake up the development process – so I’m being cautious as 3.2 is slated for the end of this month.

Finally, I’m considering releasing CarbonWP as a free theme – I’d consider it fairly basic and certainly with room for improvement, but I think its a nice little showcase of how far I’ve come.