Nicasio Design is proud to announce the launch of of our second publicly available WordPress plugin: Related Posts by Category Widget
This is a customizable widget that allows you to feature posts that share the same categories as the current post you are currently viewing.
This widget is obviously only shown on the single post page.
Download Here.
Screenshot after the break.

We just bought our tickets for WordCamp Savannah.
This WordCamp already has an impressive speaker lineup and should be a great event.
Many of our projects here at Nicasio Design are custom WordPress design and development projects. However, sometimes a client already has a site design and layout they like, but they want the power of WordPress for managing their site. In these instances we are able to take an existing design and implement it on the WordPress platform
Savannah Inns already had a static site and a separate WordPress blog. The goal was to combine the two sites and create one easy to manage system using WordPress.
More after the break.
There is nothing more frustrating to an organization then not being able to edit its website content when it needs to. The days of relying on the web guy to do this are pretty much over. Or, are they? In this article I want to address the concern I have regarding the growing number of organizations who are beginning to realize that there has got to be a easier and cost effectively way to manage and control their online content.
First, let’s define the terms: CMS stands for content management system. A CMS is defined as “the collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment.” (Source Wikipedia.)

While most of our projects are larger, custom design and development projects, sometimes a client just needs some simple theme customizations to meet their goals.
This was the case with a site we recently built for the Gary LeBeau for Connecticut State Senate campaign.
The site features a simple WordPress theme that we simply rebranded for the campaign. The result was a quick turn around for a fairly custom site. Screenshot after the break.

We launched the website for Savannah Biz Ads today. This was a pretty cool project.
Savannah Biz Ads has an innovative approach that’s going to allow local businesses to advertise in both at physical locations and online through their company.
This online/offline synergy is a significant bang for your buck in the world of advertising.
We also did some pretty cool things with the site, details after the break.
While many of our projects are focused around custom design and theme development for WordPress we also do a lot of custom back end work with WordPress.
Recently we completed a functionality revamp of Canadian online men’s magazine, Daily XY.
Details after the break.
Well the same day we publish an article covering some of the new features contained in WordPress 3.0 RC3, the final version of WordPress 3.0 was released. Here is the video from the WordPress blog covering the launch and some of the new features.
Exciting times!
With the release of the WordPress 3.0 RC3 we are getting very close to the official roll out and launch of WordPress 3.0.
If you are currently running a WordPress site or are thinking about running a WordPress site you might be thinking, what does this mean for me?
I’ll attempt to break down the pros, cons, and features of the changes made in the WordPress 3.0
More after the break.

It’s no secret that IE6 (Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6) is a security and web development nightmare.
Microsoft has dropped support for the browser as have many notable websites, including Google and YouTube.
So it’s very promising news that statcounter.com is reporting that IE6 usage in the USA and Europe has fallen below 5% for the first time ever.
Source: TechCrunch
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 will offer a series of new tools which are aimed to help PHP programmers and users of popular open source CMS such as WordPress and Joomla write code faster.
While I can definitely see the benefit of this functionality I have to say that as a developer I like to have full control over my code and I think I will have to stick to a more simplified text editor.
Not to take anything away from Adobe’s other great creative tools.
More at Business Week
In case you live on Mars and do not know it – the Open Graph API allows pages on the Web to have all the features of a Facebook Page. Pretty neat huh? Read more here – Open Graph API -
But, what good is a post about a new fandangled thing-a-ma-jig without an example of where I can actually see it at work right? OK. Levis seems to be rocking the API very well in its Online Store. The question is will this work for or against the store? Are 334 people liking the Slim 514 Jeans enough to make me purchase them? Or, will it have the opposite effect? For now, I am NOT buying the 514’s as I am now caught up in finding the most ‘liked’ pair of jeans on the site, and when I find it – what if I do not ‘like’ them? Oh no!
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