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So you’ve been developing in WordPress for quite a while, or maybe you’re just getting used to the paradigms. WordPress packs a powerful punch, but just how far have you ventured into the codebase? Let Otto and Nacin explain and … Continue reading Advanced Topics in WordPress Development →

Ever wonder how to put a giant porcupine photo at the top of your homepage – but a happy hippo in the header everywhere else? Want to know how to display a list of favourite sites on your blog – … Continue reading Take Control of Your Templates with WordPress Conditionals →

For seasoned developers approaching WordPress customization or development for the first time the biggest challenge is often not learning the API and method calls: it’s grasping the idiosyncrasies of the WordPress framework. In this 45-minute presentation aimed at web coders … Continue reading WordPress Development Paradigms, Idiosyncracies and Other Big Words →

Theme Frameworks come in all shapes and sizes ranging from complete WYSIWYG editors to blank starter templates. With over 50 theme frameworks out in the wild, you can imagine that there’s a theme framework out there that suits your needs. … Continue reading Custom Theme from Scratch Using a Theme Framework →

A summary of all the ways you can get your WordPress site ready for the mobile Web. I’ll cover online services that create a mobile version of your site, special WordPress themes and plugins, regular-mobile ready WordPress themes, and more. … Continue reading The Future Is Mobile →

For many WordPress users, even seasoned PHP developers, creating new plugins for WordPress seems like a daunting task. After talking about specific best practices in plugin development last year, this presentation will take a step back to show attendees how … Continue reading Plugin Development Demystified →

Ron and Andrea, multisite gurus and core contributors to WordPress, will field questions relating to the multisite (previously “MU”) setting in WP, which allows you to run many sites with only one installation. They’ll start by answering the most common … Continue reading Multisite basics and Q&A with The Experts →