The Unholy Quatern (Building Killer WordPress sites)

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Morten Rand-HendriksenOwner / Creative DirectorPink & Yellow Media

Today I will bore you with:

General ramblings on WordPress

My love affair with Expression Web

Choice examples of some cool stuff

Live demos of some neat stuff

Some examples of new stuff in WP 3.0

How I build new sites from scratch in 2 hours

Maybe something completely unrelated

“WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.”

“WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.”

The Unholy Quatern**quatern n: the cardinal numberthat is the sum of three and one

Case study: Press Clippings Gallery

Client: Patterns by Figgy’sProject: Custom WP site

Hi Morten,We need a gallery for our press clippings that just has a thumbnail of the press clipping and the title that then goes to a full page with a bigger picture and more info.

Hi Morten,We need a gallery for our press clippings that just has a thumbnail of the press clipping and the title that then goes to a full page with a bigger picture and more info.

Case study: Press Clippings Gallery

Client: Patterns by Figgy’sProject: Custom WP site

Solution:Custom category template+ Featured Image function introduced in WP 2.9 and perfected in WP 3.0

Solution:Custom category template+ Featured Image function introduced in WP 2.9 and perfected in WP 3.0

Case study: Custom Menus

Client: Patterns by Figgy’sProject: Custom WP site

Hi Morten,We also need to be able to quickly change our menus, both at the top and the bottom of the page, to point to pages, posts and categories. Is that possible?

Hi Morten,We also need to be able to quickly change our menus, both at the top and the bottom of the page, to point to pages, posts and categories. Is that possible?

Case study: Custom Menus

Client: Patterns by Figgy’sProject: Custom WP site

Solution:WordPress 3.0 introduces a custom menu feature with a GUI where you can drag and drop menu items and change orders on the fly.

Solution:WordPress 3.0 introduces a custom menu feature with a GUI where you can drag and drop menu items and change orders on the fly.

Case study: A Quick Fix

Client: KylaRoma.comProject: Fix WP theme

Hi Morten,I found a theme that is exactly what I need but the sidebars have been done improperly. Can you make it so that the sidebar items don’t automatically appear as bullets?

Hi Morten,I found a theme that is exactly what I need but the sidebars have been done improperly. Can you make it so that the sidebar items don’t automatically appear as bullets?

WordPress Template Toolsfor Expression Web

http://gallery.expression.microsoft.com/

en-us/WordPressTools

The Unholy Quatern Links

Expression Webexpression.microsoft.com

Live Meshmesh.com

Web Platform Installermicrosoft.com/web

WordPresswordpress.org

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Morten Rand-HendriksenOwner & Creative Director

Pink & Yellow Media

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