Daniel Felice

Explore With Me v2 Launched

// April 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // Projects

Today we went live with the new version of Explore With Me. The site has been redesigned in order to give it more of a social feeling rather than it being a blog with a few members. While the site’s own blog is still a key part of Explore With Me, we are trying to encourage people to join, create their own blog and socialise with other members.

The changes from the previous version of the site aren’t that major, keeping the original template and just modifying the content areas. It still looks similar – just better!

The new site is being hosted on my new VPS, running WordPress MU 2.7 and BuddyPress. Hopefully within the next week or so WPMU 2.7.1 will be released and then BuddyPress v1 should follow shortly after that, which will require another small upgrade – and hopefully the last for the next few months!

The next area we are going to focus on developing are member features. As BuddyPress becomes more popular, the community will start to create plugins and other components that we will be able to implement and offer to our members.

Now the site is the way we want it, we are going to have to put a bit more effort in to keep it growing. We are aiming to blog a few times a week to keep the content fresh, and try to spread the word among young travellers, letting them know that we exist and are open for business.

Take a look at the new site – feedback is welcomed!

Hire Me

// February 24th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // General

I have been getting a lot of questions lately regarding WordPress MU and BuddyPress which is starting to take up fair bit of my time. I have helped a number of people over the past few months to setup WPMU and BP, customise themes to their own specs, integrate custom themes with BP and so on.

A lot of the BP/WPMU community rely on the community to help them get their blog up and running and troubleshoot any issues they are experiencing. Users who have never installed WPMU/BP can gain a lot from asking experienced users questions on the forums – this is how I learnt everything I know about WPMU, BP, blogging and themes.

I enjoy helping other users with their issues, and I like when people check out “Explore With Me” and ask me how I did this or that, it makes me satisfied with the job I am doing developing these sites.

As I mentioned above – I have spending a lot of my time lately to questions and helping people and it is starting to impact my own work. I don’t mind the odd question here or there, but spending a few hours working on someone else’s issue starts to hamper my own development, especially as I work full time and only have a few hours a night to do what I have to do.

I have decided to sell myself as outlined below:

Pick My Brain

• 1 Hour
• Ask anything WPMU/BP related
• I’ll help you to resolve any issues you are experiencing
• Flat rate

Installation

• Installation of WordPress MU, BuddyPress or both
• You must have suitable host
• Flat rate
• Estimated time 2 hours

Freelance

• Installation of WordPress MU, BuddyPress or both
• Custom theme configuration
• Theme modifications
• Issues resolved
• Hourly rate

E-Mail Me if you are interested!

Vote for Explore With Me!

// November 24th, 2008 // No Comments » // Projects

Explore With Me is one of 37 WPMU Award Nominations for 2008! The WPMU awards are organised by WordPress MU focused website WPMU.ORG.

The idea behind these awards is to be an opportunity for site owners to get respect and feedback from showcasing their work and for the rest of us to draw inspiration from their achievements.

Explore With Me has been nominated for an award so we need your help! All you have to do is visit the WPMU.ORG voting page and vote for Explore With Me!

VOTE NOW!