Alex Denning: A New Contributor to WordPress Hacks

Alex Denning — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:49:02 +0000

Editor’s Note: Although Alex has published a few posts here in the past, he is going to ramp up his submissions over the coming weeks, so we decided he would do an introduction post. If you’d like to write for WordPress Hacks, you can get more information here, then contact us.

After Kyle announced in his last post that he would not be able to resume WPHacks’ regular posting schedule for awhile, I volunteered to step up to the plate; for the next fortnight I’ll be taking Kyle’s place and plan to be posting at least once every other day!

Me.

For those of you who don’t know, I’m Alex Denning. I’ve written the odd post here on WordPress Hacks, as well as occasionally writing posts for CatsWhoCode and ProBlogDesign. Recently I started my own WordPress blog, WPShout.com, and I also am the editor of Nometet.com. I’m on Twitter too!

What I’ll be posting

As I said, I’ll be posting at least once every other day with a bit of discussion, some nice WordPress hacks, some WordPress news, etc. However, I haven’t got enough post ideas for the entire two weeks; any suggestions for posts would be greatly appreciated in the comments.

A quick plug

As with everything in life, my posting here does too have an ulterior motive; I’ve briefly mentioned my blog already, but I’ll expand: my blog has just (I say just, ie today!) changed its name from Nometech.com to WPShout.com and it has also got an exciting new design. As you’re reading WordPress Hacks, that implies you’re a WordPress fan, so I’ll make a quick prod in the direction of the WPShout RSS feed; a couple of times a week I publish in depth posts related to WordPress. I’d hope the content speaks for itself, so go take a look!

Wrapping up

I think that’s everything! As I said, any post suggestions or questions? Please do leave a comment below, and here’s to an excellent next two weeks!

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New Screencast Series: Designing for WordPress

Alex Denning — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:19:22 +0000

Designing for WordPress is something that, if you’re reading this, you (probably) either a) want to be able to do or b) can do. If you answered “a”, I’ve got the perfect screencast series for you!

I launched my blog, Nometech.com just over a month ago where I have really placed a strong focus on my screencasts. My latest screencast focuses specifically on learning how to design for WordPress.

WordPress design can get fairly complicated, but it doesn’t have to be: in the first episode of the series, the basics are covered: taking an HTML theme and converting it to WordPress. No posts or pages yet, just getting to grips with how WordPress file system works and then expanding on from there.

So…want to learn how to design for WordPress? Head over to Nometech.com and watch the video.

This post was submitted by Alex Denning, a Twitter fan and WordPress blogger on Nometech.com.