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One of the things I’d like to do until end of this year is making Aeros and the other themes of TheBuckmaker cross-browser-ready and get them valid also in CSS. That’s something many of you wanted to see and caused a lot of questions - even a Firefox bug was found due to the “rounded [...]

I have decided to completely remove all ads for premium themes, theme clubs, paid theme support, webhosting services or web statistic tools. I want to provide themes and support for free and don’t want to encourage you to buy any themes, services or support from third parties.

I did earn some money from that and these [...]

WordPress 2.7 ‘Coltrane’ has gone live today. I don’t want to make a big post out of this as many WordPress experts as well as the Team itself already explained the main changes, functions and improvements of the new version. I’ve already said that I’m quite exited about what has changed and that I like [...]

I’ve just got a comment from someone who uses Aeros. He asked for help because he was having some issues with specific plugins on his website. I went to his page and saw that he removed everything that pointed to me, the author of this theme. Especially, he erased everything in the footer.
Themes like [...]

Wordpress 2.7 will fundamentally change the way you blog. It’s not only the backend with a left sidebar and many new extra functions, it also concerns the way you interact with your readers. Discussions are much easier due to the new comment function ‘threaded/nested comments’. You can now respond directly to a users comment and [...]

Here are some examples of Websites that use the Buckmaker Aeros Theme. Meanwhile it has been downloaded more than 36000 times at wordpress.org and several hundred times here at TheBuckmaker.com. In the coming days it will become the most downloaded theme ever at wordpress.org/extend/themes. Although I try my best to support all users as good [...]

The Buckmaker themes Aeros and Aerodrome feature 6 different background images: Default, Autumn, Desert, Golf, Sunflowers and Winter. It is easy to change them or use your own custom background image - this is one reason why the Aeros Theme became so popular. As many of you asked questions concerning the background images, I’d like [...]

When starting a new blog, the topics to write about are not 100% clear. In the last post, I philosophized about perfect ads and blog monetisation. Well, after some more meditation, I’ve finally found the actual crosslines of this blog.
Keeping things simple makes sence. I like designing Wordpress Themes. It’s an activity that I

As I published the first Wordpress Theme “The Buckmaker” today, I went over the first finish line of this project. While developing the styles and templates, I also thought a lot of what to write about on The Buckmaker. My first intention was to post hints on