I originally presented Tweaking Your Theme at WordCamp Louisville. I originally intended it to be more of an introduction as it was not to delve deep into code and was just a start. I hope some of the tips and information help you if you are newer to WordPress theme development. If you have any
[Continue Reading...]Branding And Design: Be Yourself, Not A Copycat
As an individual business, you want to stand out, right? Of course, it might be daunting to wade through the large crowd of other businesses in your niche to come out ahead, but how are you doing it? Is your business modeled after another, even your mentor or others in your niche that you admire?
[Continue Reading...]The Art of Blogging: Trends for Commenting
Blog commenting as strange as it sounds has become somewhat of a science. In the past few years alone there have been trends that still exist in order to help bloggers obtain the comments they want. If you give good comments, there are noticeable results. 1. Your blog receives comments back that may also be
[Continue Reading...]What You Should Know About Becoming A WordCamp Speaker
For those who have not heard of a WordCamp, it is a WordPress conference. In fact, WordCamps happen nearly every week in just about any major city in the world. The conferences are sometimes 1,2 or 3 days and are jam-packed with topics from using to designing and developing with WordPress. Becoming a speaker at
[Continue Reading...]Authenticity – Blog And Be Yourself
Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss on Twitter) had been at WordCamp Chicago (June 6-7, 2009) and talked about many basics behind blogging. However, it was one thing that I could not pass up to blog about and share. I am always finding time to pull up notes from presentations I have attended because there is a meaningful
[Continue Reading...]Is A WordPress Theme Framework For You?
A lot of people I have heard from like the idea of using a framework to use as a base to design their website. There are quite a few free and premium frameworks out there available that are great. However, it might not be for everyone. The pros for using these are that these frameworks
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