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Introducing “Using WordPress”

October 8, 2010 By Jackie Leave a Comment

In conjunction with AIR Austin, a competition to build accessible websites sponsored by Knowbility, I have created a new website to help people learn WordPress.

The site, Using WordPress, is not meant as a step-by-step tutorial, but as a brief overview of WordPress, with the goal of demystifying some of the elements of the platform. There is also a brief introduction to the architecture of WordPress with discussion on how to develop custom themes.

Filed Under: About WordPress, How tos, Training Tagged With: accessibility, AIR, how-to, plugins, Themes, widgets, WordPress

The Irish invade Twenty Ten

August 4, 2010 By Jackie Leave a Comment

If you’ve downloaded the new 3.0 Thelonius version of WordPress, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the images included with the new default Twenty Ten theme. Did you know where they came from? Did you, like me, wonder why they picked those images to feature? Wonder no more. I just stumbled across the blog post Matt Mullenweg [...]

Filed Under: About WordPress, WordPress Themes Tagged With: design, Ireland, Themes, Twenty Ten, WordPress