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Upcoming Events Spring 2011

Upcoming Events Spring 2011

With several items on my personal and business agenda this year, I’ve been trying to cut down as much as possible on travel where I can.  Last year, I think I took a dozen and a half trips to various WordCamps and other events, and this year, I’m trying to cut that in half.  On the personal side of life, our family is relocating from Wisconsin to Atlanta in late summer of this year, and …

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Interview: Building Your WordPress Business

Forgot to mention the interview I did with the lovely Siobhan Ambrose at WPMU.Org on Building Your WordPress Business – I always appreciate the folks over at WPMU.Org and their interest and coverage of the goings on in the WordPress community – thanks, guys (and gals!).

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Attending and Speaking at WordCamp Phoenix Jan. 29

Lisa Sabin-Wilson speaking at WordCamp Phoenix January 2011

I’m looking forward to attending WordCamp Phoenix this month. This marks my first, ever visit to Phoenix – I’m looking forward to visiting for 5 days. I will be in Phoenix January 27 – 31, most of that time will be spent involved with the festivities involved with WordCamp Phoenix, including speaking on Saturday, January 29th at 2:15 – 2:45 on the topic of customizing the 2010 (Twenty Ten) default WordPress theme by creating your own child theme, using Twenty Ten as the parent frame work. My session is called 2010 in 2011 – if you are attending WordCamp Phoenix, I hope to see you there!

WordPress 3.1 Post Formats Reference

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Adding theme support for Post Formats is not overly complicated – it’s a quick function added to your Theme Functions (functions.php) file, after you decide which types of formats you are planning on using. Currently, there are 9 available formats including: Aside, Link, Gallery, Image, Chat, Audio, Video, Status. You can add all, or just a few, of the formats using this example (note: this example assumes you are using all the available formats):