May 12, 2015 — Child themes are a simple but powerful way to customize a pre-made theme. Learning how to use them properly means you’ll never risk losing all your modifications when the developer releases a new version and you update the theme. Using easy-to-follow language, This talk walks you through the steps to set up a child theme and we’ll get started making some tweaks – from CSS look-and-feel adjustments to more substantial changes in functionality.

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March 30, 2015 — The beauty of WordPress is in its strength of community, resources and effectiveness. But without a plan in place, our projects can slow down and stall under the weight of all those possibilities. Learn how to jumpstart your process by NOT starting from zero each time. You’ll learn about the power of frameworks, child themes, templates, design inspiration, preferred plugins, integration services and quality research to build a custom workflow that speeds up design and development. It makes for happy clients – and a happy you!

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March 3, 2015 — Un « child theme » (ou un « thème enfant » en français) est le moyen le plus sûr et le plus facile de modifier le rendu d’un thème sans avoir à intervenir sur le thème d’origine.
Grace à cette méthode de travail, tous les élément personnalisés du thème restent intacts au moment d’une mise à jour du thème parent.
Mais pour que la personnalisation via « child-theme » soit possible et efficace, certaines règles de développement se doivent d’être respectées.
Découvrons ensemble le fonctionnement des thèmes WP et discutons des nécessaires et meilleures pratiques du développement d’un thème dans l’optique « child-theme ready ».

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January 23, 2015 — When first getting started with customizing the design and layout of a WordPress site there is a lot you need to know. This presentation covers all the important components of WordPress themes and describes how they work and what you need to know. In addition, examples are given of theme customization requests and the numerous options for fulfilling those requests with best practices being considered.

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December 14, 2014 — Änderungen an Themes machen ohne sie beim nächsten Update zu überschreiben, dazu sind Child-Themes das Mittel erster Wahl. Eine Einführung und Kurzanleitung zum Anlegen und Benutzen eines Child-Themes.

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November 8, 2014 — Introduction on how to create, set up, and use WordPress child themes
Outline
– What is a WordPress child theme?
– Why use a WordPress child Theme?
– WordPress Theme Files
– Best Practices and Demo: Creating a twentyfourteen child theme
– Resources
– Codex
– Development Tools & Compilers
– Tutorials & Docs
– Books
– Videos
– Online Classes

October 5, 2014 — Michael and David shows you some of their tips, tricks and best practices for developing custom themes for WordPress. Learn how to set-up a workflow that transitions a freelance methodology right to the collaborative environment of an Agency. They touch on how to use Git, local environments and how to master your own development workflow to run with the pros.

September 16, 2014 — What is a child theme and why should you care? WordPress themes make it easy to create a good-looking site fast but they’re not always exactly what we want out of the box. Child themes allow you to quickly and easily change things like link color, font, and content area dimensions while leaving the original theme untouched. This presentation walks you through the basics of setting up a child theme. Basic CSS and FTP knowledge are recommended but not required.

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August 21, 2014 — Michael teaches beginner and intermediate WordPress users where to find, how to select, and how to install the best WordPress theme for their blog or website. He has created a 5 point checklist that anyone can use to measure the quality of any WordPress theme.

August 21, 2014 — Ever wonder how to make that column just a little bit wider or change a font? Are you totally overwhelmed by files upon files of PHP? There are some simple and effective ways to tweak the design of a site without breaking anything. We cover ways to add custom CSS and the whys and hows of a basic child theme.

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