I am thrilled just to be able to attend another WordCamp, let alone be asked to speak there as well. This will be my first speaking gig outside of Birmingham, and my first “business trip” as well, although I have traveled the US my whole life in family adventures. I am proud to be representing…
I am very proud to announce that one of my original WordPress themes has been accepted into the WordPress theme repository. I have been designing custom WordPress themes for over three years now, and I have done a couple free ones along the way, but this is my first time to have one in the…
WordPress 2.8 came out with a bang, offering some great new functions for using in your templates. One of these is called body_class. It’s a simple function you include in the body tag that will automatically add a class to the body tag that is specific to the page you are on. For instance, if…
Welcome to my new and improved site. Frequent redesigns aren’t always a good idea, but being a designer, and a self learner, I can’t help myself. When I look at the last design that I launched about a year ago, I see my knowledge and skill level from about a year ago. This overhaul reflects…
Because I specialize in doing very deep customizations, and every client site I build is from scratch, I have not had the opportunity to explore some of the most popular themes like Thesis, Thematic, WP Remix and such. I know they are all very popular, among others that are found at premium theme shops like…