Posts Tagged: wordpress

The SEO Rapper

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I’m sitting around thinking about my next WordPress post, and I remember I meant to tell you about Chuck Lewis quite a while ago. He calls himself the SEO Rapper. He actually covers a few topics related to online life. I love it when people make educational material entertaining! Here’s his goofy Design Coding Rap!

making your own WordPress theme part 1

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I recently made my own WordPress theme, called Winterbird, for this site. I thought I’d run down the resources I used and outline my process.

Allow plenty of time. It took me about 15 hours to get Winterbird looking and functioning pretty much like I wanted, and I’ve had a lot of practice tweaking other people’s themes. Your mileage may vary greatly, depending on what you want your theme to look like and do.

WordPress 2.7 and why it will rock

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Which open-source CMS invites users to propose and vote on new features or kvetch; conducts usability testing; and offers the most customizable publishing interface yet? OK, I admit, that’s a rhetorical question. You know it’s WordPress, of course! Version 2.7, to be specific. Watch the short trailer-style video below to learn about the new features…. Read more »

Kicking Ass Passionately

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My one regret after missing WordCamp San Francisco was not seeing Kathy Sierra. Luckily, here is her inspiring self in action! I would really like all my coworkers to watch this. There’s nothing specific about WordPress in the talk; it’s relevant to any web applications.