Tag Archives: themes

Session Spotlight: Building a WordPress Theme with Justin Tucker

June 6, 2015Sessions, Speakersdevelopment, Justin Tucker, themessarahwnyc

Don’t miss Justin Tucker in the Trabuco Trail room at 3:40 PM on Sunday, June 7 for his talk Building a WordPress Theme.

Justin’s talk will help get you started building your first theme. He will cover the necessary files to get started, key functions to know, as well as some other solutions to jump-start your development.

Session Spotlight: Themes – Starter vs. Framework vs. Parent with Ryan Kanner

June 5, 2015Sessions, SpeakersRyan Kanner, themessarahwnyc

Join us at 10:50 AM in the Salt Creek Trail room for Ryan Kanner’s talk about the difference between starter themes, theme frameworks, and parent themes.

Creating a custom WordPress theme from scratch is time consuming, but why start with a blank canvas every time? In this talk, Ryan will go through the differences between starter themes, frameworks, and parent themes; and which one is right for your needs.

Session Spotlight: Should it Go Into a Theme or Plugin with Russell Aaron

June 4, 2015Sessions, Speakersplugins, Russell Aaron, themessarahwnyc

Join Russell Aaron in the Trabuco Trail track at 3:40 PM on Saturday, June 6 to discuss whether certain features should go into a theme or plugin.

In this presentation, scenarios will be discussed along with whether the feature in question should go into the theme or into a plugin. Many times, many developers might say most features should go into a plugin – but most would be surprised why a plugin can be a bad idea.