Big Trousers, Web, Design, Photography and new media.

Whilst trying to fix a WordPress install, I found some errant code in the footer.php for site files installed by a client. After a bit of sluething I discovered that the Premium Woo Theme used had come from a filesharing site or had come in via bit torrent and had been altered to subject the [...]

This is a bit of a tip. In order to get better feed back from your WordPress backend hop in and configure your display for inbound links. You can show the date of the link and alter the number displayed. Well worth having a look as most are unaware that this exists in their backend [...]

Noel Britt from Timba Windows had asked for a site design refresh after a recent flurry of business activity. An order from CERES sustainability centre for the supply of windows with a emphasis on eco friendly materials and construction has given the company a boost in sustainability construction credentials. As the project progresses information will [...]

We are currently experiencing a delay in upgrading the hardware of the web server. When all the bugs are ironed out we hope that an improvement to services will be evident but the change over has not gone as smoothly as we had hoped. Keep an eye on this page for up to date details. [...]

Bruce Keogh has been working hard for 3 months or more converting his entire site to the WordPress format. Benalla Online is a local news/directory that grew from a few pages in html to now an extensive database of local interest. This site is perhaps the most recent we have built that suits the WordPress [...]

After a few years on an old html site James at Sound Acoustics has embraced WordPress as a Content Management System for his business. Sound Acoustics designs, tests, maufactures and sells a range of acousctic foam panels for recording studios and home theatre rooms. This site has a Twitter Feed, Flickr link, and a shopping [...]

New site with photography by Phil and web by Big Trousers. Ray Pereira, Leo Dale and Doug DeVries take the passion and poetry of Brazilian guitar, add a whole truckload of percussion from West Africa and throw in some cool grooves from French heist movies. The music is composed, yet improvised. It may sound like [...]

Prime Minister Rudd today announced a 43 Billion Dollar investment in a new broadband network for Australia. Due to economic conditions and the lack of private sector involvement, the Australian government is to become the major shareholder in a new company charged with the job of building a new broadband infrastructure. This is great news [...]

So after 5 days or so of ongoing sales spam the guys at Instinct have released a fix. Good to hear. Here is a full list of changes: More fixes to stop the spamming of purchase logs New dashboard widget Donations widget now refreshes the cart when on the checkout page Fixes to remove backslashes [...]

From the 22nd of March wp-eCommerce plugin installations have been attacked by some zombie robot attack. The attack bombs an account with hundreds of false purchase’s with no product listed and $0.00 sale price. Not a huge dilemma in a security sense but the false entries would take a user all day to delete through [...]

New site up and ready to go at Glenlink. Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre is an adult and community education organisation and neighbourhood house. As a not for profit, community owned and managed organisation, they offer many life long learning courses and activities at affordable prices. They are also committed to working with local people to [...]

New website for Jos Van Hulsen Post Industrial Design. Just the beginning with a few articles and biographical information. Soon to include an online shop for small sculptural items.

New site for Chris this week at Artistic Reflections Pty Ltd. Chris has a growing picture framing factory and specialises is multi opening photo frames. The new site has an online shop, CMS DIY newsletter and is all built on WordPress and CMS newsletter function enabled.

Get a look at the site framework for Australian Auto Group we have just completed. If you are after a second hand car they are the brokers to ask. australianautogroup.com.au

Woopra is the world’s most comprehensive, information rich, easy to use, real-time Web tracking and analysis application. And it’s free! We will report back on how the system performs as we get approval for further sites we control. So here is the interface after a few days of tracking. The thing that is most impressive [...]