Stephanie Leary

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Month of Letters

February 28, 2012 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Month of Letters

I worked with Mary Robinette Kowal to set up the Achievements plugin for the Month of Letters BuddyPress site. Members earned badges for sending various kinds of mail, and cumulative points for the number of letters or packages they sent. These were reported via a Gravity Form … [Read more...]

Client: Mary Robinette KowalType of work: Plugin DevelopmentUses: BuddyPress, Custom Post Types, Gravity Forms, jQuery, WordPress, WP EngineIndustry: Publishing

VP Alumni

July 25, 2011 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

VP Alumni

This is an alumni network for graduates of the Viable Paradise writing workshop. It's a basic BuddyPress site with a few plugins (maps, extended profiles) and a Gravity Form to let users register for Paradise Lost, the alumni workshop. This was the site that spurred me to … [Read more...]

Client: VP AlumniType of work: Content Editing, Plugin Development, Theme ModificationsUses: BuddyPress, Gravity Forms, WordPressIndustry: Non-Profit, Publishing

South Central Writing Centers Association

July 25, 2010 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

South Central Writing Centers Association

This was one of the fastest migrations I've ever done. I was asked to see what I could do with the site without spending a lot of time on it. I ran its files through the HTML Import plugin, cleaned up and reorganized the content, and moved the new site to wordpress.com... all in … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M University Writing CenterType of work: Content Editing, Import and MigrationUses: WordPressIndustry: Education, Non-Profit

Cleopatra

October 27, 2009 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Cleopatra is the University Writing Center's scheduling system. Students log in to make appointments to get help with their writing. Writing Center consultants see their upcoming appointments (and other assignments), keep notes on what was discussed in each session, and request … [Read more...]

Client: Texas A&M University Writing CenterType of work: Application Interface Design, DesignUses: CSS3, HTML5, Responsive DesignIndustry: Education

Hungry Monkey

November 5, 2008 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Hungry Monkey

The author of this charming book asked me to do a simple promotional site. At first, in order to keep the cost of the project low, we planned to simply modify an existing theme. However, by the third iteration of changes, the design was so different that I simply wrote the theme … [Read more...]

Client: Matthew Amster-BurtonType of work: Design, Theme DevelopmentUses: WordPressIndustry: Publishing

Justine Larbalestier, 2008

October 28, 2008 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Justine Larbalestier, 2008

By the summer of 2008, Justine had been blogging in WordPress for some time, and wanted to use it to manage the 100 or so static pages that made up the rest of her site. She also wanted to update the look of the site and make it easier to maintain. The old design included … [Read more...]

Client: Justine LarbalestierType of work: Design, Import and Migration, Plugin Development, Theme DevelopmentUses: CSS3, Multisite, Responsive Design, WordPressIndustry: Publishing

Marsha Moyer

October 5, 2005 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Marsha Moyer

In 2004, I had a dream: WordPress could be used to manage "static" sites, not just blogs. This site was my proof. WordPress had just added its page feature, and the functions for dealing with it were somewhat rudimentary. Today, building this site would be a breeze. At the time, … [Read more...]

Client: Marsha MoyerType of work: Design, Theme DevelopmentUses: WordPressIndustry: Publishing

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Fascism Watch

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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.

WordPress for Web Developers is out now. See what's inside...

The best WordPress features you’ve never noticed

  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Bulk Edit
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Private Status
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Dashboard Feed Readers
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Options.php

Content Modeling for WordPress series

  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 1: analyze content
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 2: functional and organizational requirements
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 3: a sample content model

This is an excerpt from Content Strategy for WordPress.My latest books are Content Strategy for WordPress (2015) and WordPress for Web Developers (2013). Sign up to be notified when I have a new book for you.

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