Stephanie Leary

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National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse

April 20, 2016 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s web team offers its services for hire among other state and federal agencies. Among their long-term federal contracts was a library of information related to road construction work zones. The site was approximately ten years old and … [Read more...]

Client: Texas Transportation InstituteType of work: Content Editing, Content Modeling, Content Strategy, Import and Migration, Plugin Development, Theme DevelopmentUses: Advanced Custom Fields, Child Themes, CSS3, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, Drupal, Genesis Framework, Gravity Forms, HTML5, jQuery, Relevanssi Premium, Responsive Design, User-Generated Content, WordPress, WP EngineIndustry: Government

Berkeley College of Engineering theme framework and content model

April 6, 2016 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

The University of California at Berkeley's College of Engineering had a huge demand for WordPress sites and not enough staff to handle each request individually. Their marketing team asked me to build a theme framework that would offer a few color scheme options in compliance … [Read more...]

Client: University of California at BerkeleyType of work: Content Strategy, Plugin Development, theme design, Theme DevelopmentUses: Advanced Custom Fields, Child Themes, CSS3, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, Genesis Framework, Gravity Forms, HTML5, jQuery, Responsive Design, WordPress, WP EngineIndustry: Education

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Search

November 17, 2015 Stephanie Leary

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is a small state agency that provides diagnostic testing services to veterinarians. The website includes a database of available tests, shipping instructions for biological samples, a reference library, an archive of news … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic LaboratoryType of work: Content Editing, Content Modeling, Content Strategy, Import and Migration, Plugin Development, Plugin Integration, Theme DevelopmentUses: Child Themes, CSS3, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, Genesis Framework, Gravity Forms, HTML5, jQuery, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Government

3D Symposium

November 20, 2014 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

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Client: Institute for Infectious Animal DiseasesType of work: Content Editing, Theme DevelopmentUses: Child Themes, CSS3, HTML5, Responsive DesignIndustry: Government

Scott Westerfeld, Afterworlds

November 20, 2014 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Scott's new book, Afterworlds, needed a very different look from his previous WWI-era steampunk trilogy. The change gave me the opportunity to rebuild the site from the ground up--including the SMF theme, something I'd never done before. It's now responsive, which makes everyone … [Read more...]

Client: Scott WesterfeldType of work: Design, Theme DevelopmentUses: CSS3, HTML5, Responsive Design, Simple Machines Forum, WordPressIndustry: Publishing

Justine Larbalestier, 2013

November 20, 2014 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Justine still loved the 2008 version of her site, but wanted to refresh and update it a little. We decided to keep the background, which had become a signature look for her, and give the main content more contrast. We rethought the navigation entirely and replaced some of the … [Read more...]

Client: Justine LarbalestierType of work: Design, Plugin Development, Plugin Integration, Theme DevelopmentUses: Child Themes, Craftory Framework, CSS3, Custom Fields, HTML5, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Publishing

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

FirstCall

June 26, 2014 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

FirstCall is the helpdesk site for the AgriLife division of the Texas A&M University System. I worked with the in-house team to rewrite the content, reorganize the home page and the site navigation, and design a WordPress theme that reflected the organization's new, … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M AgriLifeType of work: Content Editing, Content Strategy, Theme DevelopmentUses: Craftory Framework, CSS3, HTML5, Responsive Design, WordPress, WP EngineIndustry: Government

Cassie Alexander

December 30, 2013 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Cassie had been using WordPress with free themes for some time when she sold her first novel. As its release date approached, she needed a "more grown-up" look. I took advantage of the striking cover art and worked a little magic so the text of Cassie's blog posts wraps around … [Read more...]

Client: Cassie AlexanderType of work: Design, Maintenance, Theme DevelopmentUses: CSS3, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Publishing

Texas Transportation Institute

November 12, 2013 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

After I finished TTI's events site, the group asked me to make the main site's theme responsive. I reworked the slider plugin, rearranged content for mobile, and rewrote hard-coded home page elements as widgets. … [Read more...]

Client: Texas Transportation InstituteType of work: Theme ModificationsUses: Child Themes, CSS3, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, Genesis Framework, jQuery, Multisite, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Government

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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

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Content Modeling for WordPress series

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