Stephanie Leary

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Texas A&M University at Qatar conference network

November 20, 2014 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

I had worked with Texas A&M University at Qatar before to set up last-minute sites for events. We agreed that this was not the ideal process, and they set aside some time for me to create a better solution. We set up a new multisite network and created a sample site with … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M University at QatarType of work: Multisite Configuration, Plugin Development, Plugin IntegrationUses: Child Themes, CSS3, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, Events Calendar Pro, Genesis Framework, Gravity Forms, HTML5, Multisite, Responsive Design, WordPress, WP EngineIndustry: Education

Technology in Higher Education Conference

March 19, 2013 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

This group needed a site for their conference, and they needed it done in a hurry. They had a Photoshop comp from their designer, but it was a fixed width design, and they wanted a mobile-friendly site. I decided to make it responsive, and I worked with them to determine content … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M University at QatarType of work: Content Editing, Theme DevelopmentUses: Child Themes, Genesis Framework, Gravity Forms, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Education

Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering

March 19, 2013 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

This project came along just a week or two after the Technology in Higher Education conference, and the situation was similar: a short deadline and a design in hand that wasn't planned with responsive layouts in mind. Again, I used Genesis to get things going quickly. … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M University at QatarType of work: Theme DevelopmentUses: Child Themes, Genesis Framework, Gravity Forms, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Education

Texas A&M University at Qatar

July 25, 2012 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

The Texas A&M campus at Qatar had been up and running with WordPress for a while, but they needed a review of their custom theme. Its developers had, as it turned out, done a lot of things on the checklist of what not to do. The theme included the complete source code of four … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M University at QatarType of work: Code Audit, Plugin Development, Theme Modifications, TrainingUses: CSS3, jQuery, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Education

Latest WordPress Book

Content Strategy for WordPress

A short book for content strategists and managers on implementing a complete content strategy in WordPress: evaluation, analysis, content modeling, editing and workflows, and long-term planning and maintenance.

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WordPress for Web Developers

WordPress for Web Developers (9781430258667)

This is a book for professional web designers and developers who already know HTML and CSS, and want to learn to build sites with WordPress. The book begins with a detailed tour of the administration screens and settings, then digs into server-side topics like performance and security. The second half of the book is devoted to development: learning to build WordPress themes and plugins.

This is the second, much-revised and updated edition of Beginning WordPress 3, with a more accurate title. Everything’s been updated for WordPress 3.6.

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The best WordPress features you’ve never noticed

  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
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Content Modeling for WordPress series

  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 1: analyze content
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