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PodCampNashville – #pcn12 was (as always) a success!
Reading time: 3 minutesToday, hundreds of geeks woke up early, strapped on their laptop bags, and converged onto the Tequila Cowboy bar in Nashville for the 5th annual PodCamp unconference. Nashville has a reputation for delivering some of the best unconferences in the nation, and today was no different. Attendance was a bit smaller (~450 people), but I honestly enjoyed…
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One Web to Rule Them All: The Elastic Grid
Reading time: 6 minutesThis series is meant to be an in-depth look at Responsive Design. It covers the history, the how-to, and best practices on responsive design, taken from the view of someone who hates fluid layouts and has found a (seemingly) better solution. This session will be expounded upon in detail at PodCampNashville, then again in more…
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I’m Open Sourcing My Core Theme
Reading time: 2 minutesThe last few posts I’ve made on here were diving into the introductions of a Responsive Design (and I plan on finishing that series – work and life got the best of me), but since I started writing those I’ve taken the liberty upon myself to rewrite the boilerplate that I use on nearly every…
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One Web to Rule Them All: Media Queries
Reading time: 3 minutesThis series is meant to be an in-depth look at Responsive Design. It covers the history, the how-to, and best practices on responsive design, taken from the view of someone who hates fluid layouts and has found a (seemingly) better solution. This session will be expounded upon in detail at BlogWorldExpo later this year. Yesterday we mentioned…
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One Web to Rule Them All: An Introduction to Responsive Design
Reading time: 3 minutesThis series is meant to be an in-depth look at Responsive Design. It covers the history, the how-to, and best practices on responsive design, taken from the view of someone who hates fluid layouts and has found a (seemingly) better solution. This session will be expounded upon in detail at BlogWorldExpo later this year. According to…
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Question: Adding GIT To My Workflow As A Designer
Reading time: 1 minuteThis is a bit different than my usual post, since I’m looking more for feedback than I am trying to teach something. My typical workflow for doing a WordPress theme is as follows: Design PSD Mockups Develop HTML/CSS from PSD Weave WordPress boilerplate theme into HTML/CSS Take it server-side Finish up with functions and loops…
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Adding A WordPress Login Box To A Template
Reading time: 2 minutesSometimes, when you’re taking WordPress beyond a typical blog setup, the need arises to leverage the accounts system in WordPress (to purchase items, to access information, etc). Earlier on I told you how to check to see if a user is logged in, but when your only login box is in the back-end, that makes…
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Add A Favicon; Because It’s The Little Things That Set You Apart
Reading time: 1 minuteOne thing I continually notice as I surf the web is that people tend to cut corners when it comes to getting their sites up. They continually forget to drop in small, polishing elements that make a dull website sparkle. Favicons seem to be the most ignored of the bunch, as I see sites quite…
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Checking for A Specific Post Type in WordPress
Reading time: 2 minutesConditional Tags are one of my all-time favorite tools to use when developing a WordPress theme. It’s an intelligent use of programming logic that allows even non-coders to grasp the basics and, in turn, create complex and functional WordPress themes. With the advent of custom post types, a method was needed to check for the…
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Easy Javascript ToolTips in WordPress
Reading time: 1 minuteA client needed a simple way to preserve real estate on the sidebar, but still have the ability to display their policies at a quick glance. I found a plugin on the repository that uses the TipTip jquery script and condenses it down into a simple-to-use shortcode (complete with button on the editing screen). The…
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