May 28, 2010 — Steve Bruner showcases new aspects of customization available in the upcoming WordPress 3.0 release, including custom post types and the new menu management feature, using the new default Twenty Ten theme as an example.

Video provided by Punkcast.

April 24, 2010 — Drew Strojny from The Theme Foundry leads a workshop-style session on customizing WordPress themes, from basic best practices to the beginnings of more advanced customizations.

Video production by Blaze Streaming Media.

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.

January 23, 2010 — The magic behind WordPress is how it processes queries and gives you the results via “The Loop.” The Loop can be hijacked for a variety of custom uses and these techniques can quickly expand the capacity of WordPress to present information in different ways. Mitcho covers The Loop, as well as PHP tips which help introspect WordPress during lower-level development.

Slides for this presentation are available here.

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

July 11, 2009 — Andy Peatling of Automattic talks about the WP social networking system BuddyPress at WordCamp Montreal and gives practical advice for people considering it as a platform.

Video production by Arthur Cormon of TV McGill.

January 13, 2009 — Certain themes allow you to easily change the image that appears in the background of your blog’s header (the part at the top with your title and tagline). This video talks you through changing yours.