1. New Rockable Press Tumblr Book

Last week, I submitted the draft for my latest book from Rockable Press. This one is going to detail the ins-and-outs of creating themes with Tumblr, from using post-types, all the way up to the Tumblr API. I’m told that, hopefully, it will be released in August.

2. TumblrToolbox.com

To coincide with the launch of the book, I’m also launching a non-Envato tutorial site, specifically for Tumblr development. It certainly won’t be as consistent as Nettuts+, for example, but you can expect to find at least two new awesome Tumblr tuts, in both written and video form every week.

I’ve already finished the design/coding of the site, and was able to work in some pretty cool stuff. Tumblr is a bit restrictive in the flexibility that it affords designers. As such, even things like creating featured posts becomes seemingly impossible. But, with a bit of JavaScript, I figured out how to do that, and a variety of other cool non-Tumblr-esque’ type stuff.

The website will launch the day that the book is released.

3. Wicked WordPress Themes

Just by coincidence, I have another book on WordPress coming out in August as well. Called “Wicked WordPress Themes,” from SitePoint, I, along with three other authors wrote two chapters for the book.

4. “The New Way of Creating WordPress Options Panels”

SitePoint asked me to write an article for their website, to coincide with the book’s release. I, just today actually, submitted an article on using the Settings API to create an options page for WordPress. Look for that article on their site in early August as well.

5. Envato Chicago

After two years of working with Envato, I’ll finally get to meet my co-workers and managers. The Australian team is flying to America for a US meet-up in Chicago, for the week. Super-exciting.

6. OOP With PHP: Video Series

I can’t say as much as I want to just yet — and it’s pretty big! But, I’ve begun creating an in depth, comprehensive video series on Object-Oriented-Programming with PHP for the launch.

I’m honestly not sure what I can say just yet, but, a couple months ago, I was asked by the SitePoint guys to contribute two chapters to an upcoming web development book — hopefully to be released within the next few months. It seems that, similar to “jQuery Cookbook,” they decided to have multiple authors contribute to the book — probably around 4-6 total. Anyhow, I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say anything, except that the subject matter is one that Nettuts+ readers are well familiar with!

Actually, this will be my first published “in stores” book (well, 20% mine); so that’s exciting!

Slice Your Designs Like a Pro!

Within its pages, Nettuts+ editor Jeffrey Way takes you through the entire process of converting a design from Photoshop into a complete HTML/CSS website. If you can create gorgeous designs in Photoshop but don’t know how to convert them into solid, functioning website, this book will teach you how. With these skills in your arsenal you can begin working as a professional web designer, or increase the money you earn for every web design gig you do. But this is NOT just an eBook. It also comes packed with extras, like a directory of Photoshop, HTML and CSS files for you to use as you work through the book AND a series of 14 screencasts (over 4 hours of training) taking you through the whole project from beginning to end. The eBook and training were created by Jeffrey Way, a superstar in front-end development and veteran editor of Nettuts+, one of the biggest web development learning sites on the internet.

What’s Covered?

This eBook is for anyone who has an elementary understanding of HTML and CSS. You should be familiar with HTML tags and the most common CSS properties. Some of the topics covered in the book are as follows:

• Different methods for slicing a PSD.
• Create semantic mark-up, and learn how this HTML relates to the original PSD.
• How to utilize techniques, such as background replacement and sprite generation.
• Use custom fonts with Cufon font replacement.
• The differences between absolute and relative positioning.
• How to compensate for the dreaded Internet Explorer 6.
• Take advantage of advanced CSS3 features.
• How to take advantage of a variety of helpful browser extensions to expedite your coding.
• Utilize the jQuery library to add a touch of interactivity.

And there’s plenty more!

Sample Pages

If you’re undecided, you can Download the Sample Pages (17 pages). But, don’t forget, it also comes with four hours of video training that covers the entire book. So you have your choice: read or watch!

About the Author

Jeffrey Way is part of the Envato team. He is the Editor of Nettuts+, a web development tutorials blog with over 50,000 daily readers, and he’s also the manager of two marketplaces for web developers: ThemeForest and CodeCanyon. He has been in the web industry for over 5 years, with expertise in HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, CodeIgniter, Database Development and WordPress.

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