February 25, 2013 — This presentation discusses responsive design principles and techniques.

February 25, 2013 — This presentation is a discussion on ways to add a theme options panel to your WordPress theme.

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February 19, 2013 — Konstantin Kovshenin gives you tips to be a better theme developer.

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February 17, 2013 — Reuse is incredibly important in programming. Joe guides you to building a Theme Framework & implementing the reuse concept ultimately enabling easier testing, saving time, allowing to focus on more advanced & important things and ultimately making your life easier.

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February 16, 2013 — JavaScript is used extensively in WordPress. Avinash goes through the basics of JavaScript and how it’s used in WordPress.

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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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February 14, 2013 — For the curious site owner or designer just stepping into WordPress themes, a first glance at the underlying code can be a scary one. But it doesn’t have to be. Taylor exposes how WordPress shows off your content by exploring template files, tags, and the Loop and briefly discuss some of the software and setups that developers are using today to build WordPress themes including local development, starter themes, editors and version control.

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February 13, 2013 — WordPress offers freedom to its users and it also offers a great deal of flexibility to its administrators and managers. WordPress Multisite offers you the option to set up new websites using subdomains or subdirectories off the original installation point. However, through various plugins and configuration settings, you can take it even further than that.

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February 11, 2013 — A look at how Git saved a developer’s life more than once. Learn how and why taking the time to develop your themes and plugins with source control will increase productivity and probably make you more money at the same time.

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December 3, 2012 — An understanding of custom post types will allow you to move your WordPress sites way beyond the blog and well into CMS territory. In this session Denise Tawwab will walk through the steps (and plugins) needed to create a custom post type, to attach a custom taxonomy, and to display the custom posts on your website.