June 14, 2013 — Discover how to take your theme from beach blah to seashore chic. Learn what branding is, why branding is important and how branding can upscale your site. Topics include: what to do with your logo, choosing colors for your site, maintaining font consistency, choosing images and altering theme supplied images to match your site design and finally, branding your content.

June 14, 2013 — For designers and developers, the WordPress framework is so open that we have pretty much total control of the design, function, and purpose of just about any site we come across. …on the other hand, focusing on a site’s purpose allows business owners, educators, and students to control their online presence through a functional and easily usable interface through powerful pre-programmed themes and templates.

June 13, 2013 — This presentation covers techniques and coding standards for developing concise, high-quality, re-usable theme functionality using Object Oriented Programming methodology. Learn how to employ the WordPress actions and filters API to create communication channels between objects without creating fragile object dependencies. Topics covered include encapsulation, re-usability, singletons and best practices. Naming conventions for symbols and files will be covered and explained.

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June 13, 2013 — Thanks to powerful tools in FireFox, we can whip the designs and layouts into shape quickly and efficiently. This presentation shows how to go from a standard Genesis responsive, child template to a custom theme based on a Photoshop design.

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June 12, 2013 — Want to learn what Responsive Design is? Learn the history of web design, what RWD is, why you should care, how you can get started using it, and some great tips for anyone who uses WordPress.

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June 12, 2013 — Learn about the differing motivations of educators who make use of WordPress and reflect on what students learn about the writing and publication process. What are the affordances of WordPress that are most useful to educators and learners? What are the limitations of the tool? This presentation explores the strengths and limitations of WordPress as beginning users have experienced it and consider strategies for better understanding its potential benefits and limitations in the context of teaching and learning.

June 11, 2013 — The presentation is about pedagogy, design and a WordPress theme for teachers. See why WordPress, with its easy set-up and open-source architecture, is an ideal fit for the adjunct instructor or the University department.

June 11, 2013 — Panel discussion on the use of WordPress at Harrington School of Communication and Media – The University of Rhode Island.

June 10, 2013 — The panel discusses ways to make it easier for Developers, Designers, and Strategists to work together.

June 10, 2013 — We’re the writers, the makers, the doers. we just want to get our stuff up there, and tell the world about it, so how come it’s so easy, or so hard to do that? This panel discussion, goes over the how & why we got into online publishing, what our plans are, the stuff we love & hate.