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WordPress shortcodes are simple but powerful tools in your WordPress toolbox yet they get very little attention. Shortcodes were added in WordPress 2.5 as an easy way to create macros for use in your content. WordPress.com has a wide array … Continue reading Creating Content With Shortcodes →

From Panda to Penguin, you may be forgiven to thinking there is an SEO jungle out there. SEO is (fast) changing and contrary to popular belief, I do believe it is for the better. In this complex relationship of content … Continue reading Future of SEO →

Make it yours! This talk is about my favorite display hacks to make a great-looking custom business website in a child theme. Image logo, better page layout, change placement of menus, add extra menus and homepage widget areas… things can … Continue reading My Favorite Twenty Eleven Display Hacks →

Editing a WordPress site on a live server is quick and simple. It’s also one step away from disaster. The goal of this talk is to give you all the knowledge and tools you need to develop WordPress on a … Continue reading Avoiding Disaster: Setting Up Your Local Development Environment →

If you want to design your first custom WordPress theme, this talk is for you. You’ve been venturing out little by little, changing some CSS here and HTML there. You’ve even created a child theme or two. But now it’s … Continue reading From PSD to WordPress Theme: Bringing designs to life →