Trailer for New Treehouse Course: How to Build Websites with WordPress

I'm excited to announce the release of our latest Treehouse WordPress course: How to Make Websites with WordPress. We cover all the basics you need to get up and running with WordPress: How to Install WordPress Working with WordPress Themes Customizing WordPress Themes Working with Custom Post Types and Fields Adding Widget Areas Adding Custom … Continue reading Trailer for New Treehouse Course: How to Build Websites with WordPress →

I’m Speaking at WordCamp Phoenix 2014!!!

I'm excited to kick the 2014 year off with a talk at WordCamp Phoenix (Jan 17-19) on learning web design via WordPress. I'll be talking about how to get into learning HTML, CSS, PHP other related skills simply by expanding going deeper into WordPress customization. The talk is aimed towards anyone wanting to learn more … Continue reading I’m Speaking at WordCamp Phoenix 2014!!! →

A Sexy Refresh of the WordPress Widgets Admin Area from the Folks at Web Dev Studios

If you're in the WP community, then you've heard of the folks at WebDev Studios. Now, you have one more reason to love them. Check out the Widget Area UI Redesign they're working on for WordPress. Go check out the full article over on the company's blog.

Video From State of the Word 2013

Pretty self explanatory:

My Thoughts on Now Running wp.zacgordon.com on WordPress 3.6

I've been anticipating the release of WordPress 3.6 for a while. Primarily for two reasons: 1) I have to record my new How to Build a Plugin Project for Treehouse and have been waiting for the latest version to drop, and 2) I was expecting the new admin theme based on the MP6 plugin (although … Continue reading My Thoughts on Now Running wp.zacgordon.com on WordPress 3.6 →

WordPress 3.6 Release Candidate Is Out

If you're into testing that sort of thing check out the WordPress.org blog post on the WordPress 3.6 Release Candidate

New Category Icons Replace Post Format Icons on WP Zac

A while back I decided to shift from using post type icons next to each blog post, in a tumblr style fashion, and instead switch to using icons for each of the four categories on the site. The icons are actually the Font Awesome typeface. WordPress Tips WordPress Updates Theme Reviews Plugin Reviews Maybe as … Continue reading New Category Icons Replace Post Format Icons on WP Zac →

So Cool That I Have My Own WordPress Trading Cards!

At WordCamp Miami, the organizers introduced a game where you got a number of cards in your bag at registration and over the course of the conference had to find as many unique cards as you could, one for each speaker. It was fun in my opinion and broke the ice, but what was even … Continue reading So Cool That I Have My Own WordPress Trading Cards! →

New WordPress Theme Functions Video Tutorials on Treehouse

I'm very excited to announce that my latest WordPress videos are up on Treehouse for the How to Build a WordPress Theme project. The latest stage is called WordPress Theme Functions. Here are some of the things we cover: WordPress Variables, Tags and Functions An overview of the WordPress Loop How to code the WordPress … Continue reading New WordPress Theme Functions Video Tutorials on Treehouse →

WordPress.org Redesigned Header

A couple weeks ago WordPress.org redesigned their header, with a black background. Interesting choice. I feel this goes along with the MP6 WordPress UI Plugin, that shifts to using black as the background color for the menu.