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Are You Watching WP Think Tank # 3?

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Marie Dodson

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August 26, 2014

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Put your WordPress thinking caps on, it’s almost time to tune in to WP Think Tank #3! The think tank will kick off at 2pm PDT and features a most impressive panel: Troy Dean, Matt Medeiros, Alex King, Shane Pearlman, Jake Goldman, Tom Wilmot, Miriam Schwab, and Scott Basgaard. The two-hour-long live hangout will address topics centered around the future of WordPress, and provide meaningful dialogue and insight into some of the industries most pressing topics. WP Think Tank aims to provide in-depth conversation on topics related to the future of WordPress. Every three months or so, Troy Dean hosts a new think tank. Subscribe […]

Free WordPress Themes: August 2014 Edition

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Sufyan bin Uzayr

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August 26, 2014

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Various WordPress themes were released during the month of August. In this roundup, I’ve put together some of the best free WordPress themes from this month. Most of the free themes of August 2014 were minimal and fully responsive, and were meant mostly for blogs or portfolio websites. Of course, other genres, such as magazine sites and even placeholder themes, were not left out. Casper Casper is a part of the default blogging theme for Ghost. As expected, it retains its blogger-friendly look and offers clean typography set in a single-column layout. Demo | Download Bitter Sweet Bitter Sweet is a […]

Best Practices for WordPress Theme Development

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Nick Schäferhoff

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August 25, 2014

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WordPress is slightly addictive. I always thought of it as a gateway drug into the world of web development. Maybe you started off just needing a simple website. You figured out how to install WordPress on your server, chose a theme that suited most of your needs, set up some widgets, maybe installed some plugins, and that was it for the beginning. Then came the day you really wanted something on your page but couldn’t find a plugin for it, and it wasn’t part of the theme options either. Or maybe someone told you about Firebug and showed you how to […]

Why You Need Child Themes and How to Use Them

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Al Davis

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August 22, 2014

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If you’re new to WordPress or the WordPress ecosystem — whether it be by being friends with someone who uses it or by attending your first WordPress meetup or WordCamp — there’s a term that will come up that will in all likelihood confuse you. That term is ‘child theme.’ I’ve taught numerous classes and workshops on WordPress, and as soon as we get to the section on Themes, someone always raises their hand and asks what a child theme is. For someone familiar with WordPress, a child theme makes sense, but for someone new to the wonderful world of WordPress, […]

DradCast Episode 056: Tonga Tonga Tonga Room

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Marie Dodson

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Community

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August 21, 2014

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Show Notes Host Steve Zehngut founded Zeek Interactive in 1995 and he has been the creative technologist behind the Huntington Beach based company since its inception. Under his direction, Zeek has grown from an apartment bedroom to one of Southern California’s leading development and consulting shops. Steve is the organizer of the OC WordPress Meetup and has helped build the community to over 850 members. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has taught interactive courses at UC Irvine, USC, the American Film Institute, and Cal State Long Beach. Steve has a BA in Film from Cal State […]

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