April 22, 2013 — LESS & SASS are awesome technologies that allow you to write CSS extremely fast with a ton of awesome features. A perfect intro for anyone who wants to get started writing CSS faster, better, and stronger.

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February 15, 2013 — This presentation covers an introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for the WordPress developer and how it applies to WordPress.

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December 18, 2012 — The Breakpoint framework is more than a responsive design tool, it’s a philosophy that helps you tame the complexity of responsive web development. In this presentation, we will tackle the grid, responsive images, and how you should be thinking about media queries.

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If you want to check out the framework for this session it’s available on Github at https://github.com/lesjames/Breakpoint.

January 24, 2012

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January 23, 2010 — A beginner’s guide on how to edit/manipulate WordPress (themes, plugins, etc) files to accomplish what you want without having to hire a developer from Shayne Sanderson.

Special thanks to the Microsoft NERD Center for hosting WordCamp Boston.

November 15, 2009 — Daisy Olsen demonstrates how to edit a single file to create a child theme for an existing theme, requiring no alterations to the original theme itself.

Video courtesy ISOC-NY.

November 14, 2009 — For front-end and user experience designers, tweaking WordPress themes to your liking has always been a cinch. But what happens when it’s time to upgrade your theme to include features in a new version of WP? Allan Cole introduces us to Child Themes which will allow you to speed up your development time and make future-proof theme edits, while also leaving the inefficient processes of trial & error behind.