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WordCamp Presentation Slides: From Photoshop PSD to WordPress Theme

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Here are my slides for my WordCamp Atlanta presentation, From PSD to WordPress Theme: Under the skin: PSD to WP on Prezi [UPDATE] I’m updating this post that originally just contained my slides with the meat of the presentation as well. I don’t think a presentation is expressed well at all with slides. So I’m [...]

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Speaker at WordCamp Atlanta 2012

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I’m proud to announce that I’ve been asked to speak at WordCamp Atlanta this year! WordCamp will be held this weekend and hosted at SCAD Atlanta! My session is titled: From PSD to WordPress Theme: Under the skin. Obviously, I’ll be focusing on themes. We’ll look at what they are, what they can do, how [...]

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Adding a header widget in your Thematic child-theme

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I’ve been building lots of wordpress sites lately and have been loving the thematic framework. I install the theme and then make my edits in a custom child theme. I’ve begun seeing a few things I end up doing in nearly every site and I wanted to share them because finding out exactly how to [...]

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Cornerstone Media Group | Atlanta Web Design

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I’ve joined Cornerstone Media Group of Atlanta as the Senior Web Designer and Front-End coder! A bit stale as far as news goes, I’m going on 6 months already. The reason I bring it up now is that we’ve just relaunched our website. This new look is not just about new appearances and aesthetics, it [...]

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    Bruce Brownlee

    Bruce Brownlee

    Ah IE6. I'd have 2 more years of sleep without IE6. Margin doubling, no properties,...
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    versaena

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    Matt Fasick

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    Nico

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