Houston, a pretty P2 child theme
Brian Krogsgard
James Koster, of WooThemes, has designed a nice little child theme for P2 called Houston. I like it. It's much more pleasant to look at than the default P2 theme.
WordPress responsive navigation options
Brian Krogsgard
Navigation is one of the most challenging battles for doing responsive design well. To preface this article, I highly recommend you study Brad Frost's collections of responsive navigation patterns and complex responsive navigation patterns. In this post, I'll cover two…
StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness
Brian Krogsgard
The StudioPress team has announced the launch of Genesis 2.0. This is a huge update for them, and they've been working on it for months. Genesis 2.0 is responsive, and all child theme updates and future child themes will also…
WordPress Multisite versus “Minisite”
Brian Krogsgard
I work a decent amount with Multisite. Not a ton, but maybe on about 10% of the websites I build. There's sometimes confusion at work as to what's a good use for Multisite and what is not. I also see…
On WordPress themes and frameworks
Brian Krogsgard
Let's pull the bandaid off real quick, and it won't hurt as bad: Theme Framework has turned into a marketing term. I lean more every day to giving theme framework the premium treatment. Just because a product costs money doesn't…
Yoast… themes?
Brian Krogsgard
Joost de Valk posted this morning that they are trying ditch their clients, and want to focus on their own products more. This includes plans to start selling WordPress themes. They are focusing on the Genesis child theme market. It'll…
Blue twenty thirteen
Brian Krogsgard
As much as it sounds like something Peyton Manning would say before hiking the ball, in fact I'm referencing the blue version of the new default twenty thirteen theme that Otto made as a child theme to the standard orange.
Child theme support in theme guidelines
Brian Krogsgard
Chip Bennett has been working on a section of the theme review guidelines to cover child theme support.
Grandchild themes – solving a problem to a bad architecture
Brian Krogsgard
Little bit of an opinionated title, I know. Mark Barnes does a nice job describing how to create grandchild themes by way of a plugin, in order to alter child theme functionality in themes like Genesis. The problem is Genesis…
