Category Archives: WordPress

WordCamp Vancouver, Child Themes and WordPress 3.0: Frequently Asked Questions

By Catherine Winters | Published: June 25, 2010
With the release of WordPress 3.0, I thought it was fair time I actually posted my long-awaited WordCamp Vancouver recap. So I am. Justin Carlson has posted the 45-minute video of Tris Hussey and I speaking on WordPress 3.0 and child themes–check it out and listen to me nasally “um” and “uh” my way through the [...]
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WordCamp Vancouver 2010: Tris and Catherine tell you why your current WordPress theme sucks.

By Catherine Winters | Published: June 13, 2010
So! WordCamp Vancouver 2010, huh? That was pretty good, I thought. I particularly enjoyed the “Is WordPress a CMS?” panel featuring Dave, Christine and Cam. Consensus: Sort of! Maybe! As promised, Tris Hussey and I presented “WordPress 3.0 & Parent-Child Themes” Being a generally nice sort of person, I let Tris cover the whole, “check [...]
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Catherine is speaking at WordCamp Vancouver 2010

By Catherine Winters | Published: June 1, 2010
Happy news, Vancouver-area WordPress users! I’m pleased to confirm that, yes, I will be at WordCamp Vancouver 2010 on June 12. I’ll be speaking with Tris Hussey about the upcoming (Possibly just-released by then!) WordPress 3.0 and child themes. For more information about child themes, check out Tris’ blog. Personally, I’m excited about the new [...]
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Blogathon 2009: All in One SEO Pack must be configured.

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
So earlier today, I was informed by all-around nice guy and occasional WordPress-handholder Tris Hussey that I ought to be using the All in One SEO Pack on my WordPress blog. So I got it, only to discover that all the config fields were empty. Apparently version 1.6.4 has a bit of a problem with [...]
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Blogathon 2009: WordPress, WordPress, WordPress!

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
This is what happens when you spend all day at Blogathon: “Catherine, do you want anything?“ “No, I’ll get something upstairs at WordPress.“ ”…what?” “Raul, is that your phone?“ “No, it’s WordPress’–WordCamp–Work. Space. It’s Workspace’s phone.”
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Blogathon 2009: Catherine needs panniers!

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
So I was working on my next post here at Workspace, when who should arrive but noted fountain pen enthusiast and friend to WordPress themers everywhere, Tris Hussey![1] Which is good, because he very graciously tolerated my inadvertent inviting-myself-along-to-dinner last night, and answered my questions about categories and post visibility and things. And even more [...]
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Blogathon 2009: To WordTwit or not to WordTwit?

By Catherine Winters | Published: July 25, 2009
So I hadn’t tweeted announcements of my Blogathon blog posts for fear of totally spamming the hell out of my Twitter, but everyone else seems to be doing it — and in fact, are surprised that I’m not. So what the heck, let’s do this.   I’m told WordTwit is the “dear Twitter: I posted on [...]
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