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The Audry Theme for Thematic
Design Notes has released a really striking looking Thematic Child Theme with tons of interesting texture called, Audry. If you’re interested in learning how they made Audry, there’s also a two part tutorial on Thematic Child Theme Development at Design Notes. Make sure you check it out. How I Made a WordPress Child Theme With…
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How To Design A Popular WordPress Theme: Chris Pearson’s Secret
Want to design a popular WordPress Theme? Then you better take a look at what Chris Pearson is doing. He knows the secret of designing a popular theme. Chris is arguably the most popular and successful WordPress Theme designer in the short history of blogging. Press Row, Cutline, The Copyblogger Theme, Neo-Classical, and now Thesis,…
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Wpazo: The Best WordPress Stuff
I’ve got a new project I’m really excited to share with you. In fact, it’s all about sharing. It’s my new home for all the best WordPress stuff—Plugins, Tutorials, Themes, Good ideas—the stuff I find on my crawls through the WordPress-flavored web. It’s easy to spell and it’s fun to say. It’s Wpazo. Check it…
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The Gallery Theme for Thematic by Chris Wallace
Wow. Just, wow. Chris Wallace has outdone himself with the advanced Thematic Child Theme he’s released through Smashing Magazine. It’s called Gallery and it’s amazing. Like every theme released through Smashing Magazine, Gallery is just packed with loads of cool features.
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Using Filter Hooks in WordPress Child Themes
In this post you’ll learn to take advantage of Filter Hooks in your WordPress Child Themes. Filter Hooks are an essential weapon in your WordPress Theming arsenal. With them you’ll have almost complete control over the HTML created by your WordPress Theme—without touching any template files. Warning: things will get a little technical on this…
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Modular CSS in WordPress Child Themes
In this post you’ll learn how to leverage modular CSS in your WordPress Child Themes by looking into another directory with @import or the tag. We’ll be making a Child Theme called Chiron that will use the modular CSS of the Thematic Theme. A theme you can use as the basis for further customization—and for…
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WordPress Child Theme Basics
In this post you’ll learn all the basics of WordPress Child Themes: WordPress Child Theme file structure, how to make any WordPress Theme a blank framework, how to import Parent Theme CSS styles, how to override Parent Theme styles, and how to override Parent Theme Template files. You’ll also learn that all of this is…
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ThemeShaper Redesigned and Reloaded
ThemeShaper’s been redesigned. If you haven’t seen it yet, or want a tour of the design, click on over from your feed-reader, or empty your browser cache. Let me tell you what all the fuss is about. The last redesign was, a little hasty. It introduced a lot of good things to this site and…
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Simple Realty: A Real Estate Theme for Thematic
The ibsTeam Real Estate Directory has released a monster of a WordPress Child Theme for Thematic. It’s a “basic 3-column, fixed width theme with 13 widget-ready areas that allows you to turn a simple blog into a fully functional real estate web site.” And it’s called Simple Realty.
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Commune: A Thematic Magazine Theme
Cristi at Cozmoslabs has just released a Thematic’s first magazine theme—one of the most popular flavors of WordPress themes around. It’s clean, and it’s green, and it’s called Commune
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WordPress Menu Tricks
In this post I’m going to show you how to take WordPress Menu Editing to the next level. You’re going to learn how to use Primary and Secondary menus in your WordPress theme; Add descriptive sub-title links to your menu items like some popular WordPress themes and sites; Filter the menu of a WordPress theme;…
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Power Up Thematic With The Power Blog Theme
Want to get started developing the perfect WordPress theme for your blog? Want to do it with Thematic? And don’t know where to begin? You’re not alone. That’s why I’ve starting something I’m calling the Thematic Development Series. A series of Thematic Child Themes that show you how I would get it done. First up,…
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