Just over four years ago, October 2009, Herb Miller retired from IBM and started working on his new project Bobbing Wide. This is a brief history of achievements to date.
Websites
A few random examples of sites we’ve developed
WordPress websites
WordPress MultiSite sites
Drupal websites
Static hand crafted websites
Plugins
Bobbing Wide have published eight plugins on WordPress.org.
Over 35 others are available from oik-plugins.com And we’ve developed some pretty fancy bespoke plugins too.
Themes
Bobbing Wide have built over 200 bespoke WordPress and Drupal themes using Artisteer. Since the completion of the oik-themes plugin we’ve been making some of them available on oik-plugins.
Shortcodes
Each website we’ve developed has required a mixture of commonly used information as well as unique content requirements. Starting with the oik base plugin ( for OIK Information Kit ) we’ve created over 100 advanced shortcodes. Some examples, used in this post and the widgets (header, sidebar, footer): [bw_pages] [bw_list] [bw_thumbs] [bw_css] [bw_plug] [bw_code] [div] [ediv] [bw_follow_me] [bw_contact_form]
Sites
Bobbing Wide now have multiple websites providing a range of services
Chronology – milestones
the story so far…
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Oct 2009 | Herb Miller retired from IBM |
| Mar 2010 | Bobbing Wide open for business: static hand crafted websites built with PHP HTML and CSS |
| May 2010 | www.bobbingwidewebdesign.com WordPress blog goes live. |
| Jun 2010 | bw API started – as Drupal custom module and WordPress plugin ( bwapi ) |
| Jun 2010 | first Drupal site with an Artisteer theme |
| Jul 2010 | first eCommerce site with Drupal and Ubercart |
| Jul 2010 | first WordPress site |
| Dec 2010 | oik-plugins.com website created |
| Jan 2011 | published first plugin on WordPress.org – oik v0.1 |
| Oct 2011 | set up wp-pompey |
| Apr 2012 | oik-nivo-slider on WordPress.org |
| May 2012 | cookie-cat plugin and cookie-cat server |
| Aug 2012 | oik-plugins server for delivering FREE and premium WordPress plugins |
| Jun 2012 | first oik theme – oobit – developed for WordCamp UK 2012 |
| Jul 2012 | WordCamp UK 2012 presentation – Lazy smart shortcodes |
| Feb 2013 | WordPress.org |
| Aug 2013 | Bobbing Wide contributed to WordPress 3.6 |
| Aug 2013 | oik-themes server trial on oik-plugins.co.uk |
| Sep 2013 | oik-nivo-slider v1.9 on WordPress.org |
| Oct 2013 | facelift for oik-plugins.com; oik-themes server goes live |
| Oct 2013 | www.bobbingwide.com migrated to WordPress Multisite |
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