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.

September 26, 2009 — Eric Amundson teaches quick, free, and effective ways to make WordPress installations more usable, accessible, secure, and satisfying—all in one five minute session.

Slides for this presentation are available here.

Video production by Joe Christensen of Blaze Streaming Media.

January 23, 2009 — In this final part of his three part series on designing for WordPress, Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks.com walks you through putting the finishing touches to your WordPress theme, including adding dynamic social media content, such as Twitter updates, to your theme. You can find additional content links and downloadable video at the original CSS-Tricks post

January 23, 2009 — In this second of three tutorials Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks.com talks you through the process of getting your WordPress blog set up before going into detail on the design of your custom theme.

For links to additional files and downloadable video, visit the original post at CSS-Tricks

January 23, 2009 — In this first of a three part series on designing for WordPress, Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks.com walks you through downloading and installing WordPress, and laying the foundations for creating a theme.

For links to downloadable files and video, visit the original CSS-Tricks post