The Topics

Developing with the user in mind. What you want versus what they want. Keeping content relevant. Information architecture. Content for a different medium.

Description for JavaScript Category.

Creating user-centric designs. Layout. Typography. Styles and trends. Challenges faced in an ever-changing medium. How users respond. Form and function.

Developing for the web. Creating content users want. Culture and trends in a world moving online. Standards and how they apply. What's next.

Tips, tricks, and tidbits of working with WordPress. Writing functions that work to extend the WP core and extend the user experience. Developing for needs vs. wants. Using WordPress as a CMS. Extending WordPress beyond.

Writing plugins that work to extend the WP core and extend the user experience. Developing for needs vs. wants. Plugin compatibility.

Developing themes for WordPress. Clean, simple, standards-compliant themes. The difference between a “skin” and a “theme”. Developing for the client.