This stuff can be seen as a continuation of an earlier tutorial integrating external search into a MODx site. This approach is however not limited to any kind of CMS or solution whatsoever, it’s totally agnostic through the use of Ajax.

This way is a bit wasteful though as we have to do two roundtrips to the server each time the main page is loaded. On the other hand once a search is performed we will be better off through the use of Ajax to retrieve each page in the result set, no need to reload the whole page.

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WordPress MU has upgraded from version 2.6.1 to 2.6.2 . It is a required download, not that it’s following a security release like the release of WordPress 2.6.2, but it sure does contain important updates like of the following:

xmlrpc.php works better if you use multiple sites. #735
get_option() wasn’t reading all options.
Configurable media buttons on the Write page. #598, #738
404 “file not found” errors on folder installs is mostly fixed. #745
And more .. (timeline)

You can download WordPress MU 2.6.2 right here.

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Last Week, NETTUTS got you all to create a neat looking Dashboard/Desktop. You guys are gonna totally FLIP when you hear what’s in this jam packed tutorial! More focus on the Dashboard (it’s cooler than it sounds, and requires a lot of code), and they even go into how to create a stack (seperate from the dock, sorry jqDock doesn’t like nestled <ul>s), and some extra little bits to make it all click.

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These are people who really know how to push the boundaries and produce astonishing pieces of work. Here, Dzineblog presents you the 10 creative designer portfolio of the month August, they are presented in no particular order.

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StayPressed

StayPressed is a free WordPress theme, with a double-column right hand-sidebar and a magazine style – kept simple, to let your blog content do the talking

Case

Case is a dark WordPress theme with blue accents. It has an Ajax box in the sidebar that allows you to switch between categories, tags, recent comments, and recent posts without reloading the page and without taking up a lot of space, which keeps your blog nice and clean.

Iris

Iris is a a two column WordPress theme with Iris like colors. The theme is mostly purple, with pink, and blue, with nice gradients and textures. It has nice rounded corners on every post to separate them and drive focus to the content. It is widget ready and ready to demo and download.

Designredux

Two column, black and white theme

Jin

Two column gravatar and widget ready theme  with ability to post images directly to the frontpage

Free Autumn

Three columns autumn theme with simple illustration for the header and maple leaf icon for the sidebar title.

PassionDuo

Three column blue and white theme with a right and left sidebar

Ships Ahoy

Ships Ahoy is three column, widget-ready theme.

With the impending release of WordPress 2.7, Otto has written a very nice article explaining how to get a theme ready for 2.7 to take care of the comments enhancements.

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Last week colorburned released 106 delicious water color Illustrator brushes. Two days ago, they released part two of that set. Part Two includes an additional 105 amazingly realistic-looking water color Illustrator brushes.

Part Two looks even better that Part One. You should definitely download this set and try it out for yourself. Like Set One, this set is perfect for creating multi-colored brush strokes and could easily be used to create an artsy, hand-painted design or a children’s illustration.

To use these brushes you will first need to download the brush file and save it to your hard drive.  Once downloaded, open up your brush palette and in the fly out menu select Open Brush Library > Other Library > and locate the file on your hard drive. To use these brushes you must be using Illustrator CS and above. Once you have the brush file open, you can start applying these brushes to your lines and shapes.

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Sometimes clients ask us to implement ‘not-so-unique’ elements into our designs and sometimes it seems almost impossible to convince them otherwise, however, hopefully this post can suggest some reasons why not to use the old web design stock imagery clichés.

I will do this simply by showcasing the most generic and cliché stock images (still) used in web design today. Please also take note that there is nothing wrong with using any of these images if used appropriately.

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In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple, yet effective navigation for your website. iDoTutorials will show you the steps on how to create it using Adobe Photoshop. If you have any questions, please leave a comment.

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