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    Road block for Nuovo

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    So Nuovo was almost home free. After getting initial approval by the first reviewer, the thought was that the second and final round would be quick and painless and that it would be put up on the WordPress Theme directory relatively soon. Except that the second review brought up a few more issues that have…

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    Getting to the fun part of coding

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    So the long battle with JavaScript has finally ended after a few weeks.

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    Continuing the Giornalismo rebuild

    So there’s not too much of an update with the themes this week. I’ve continued to re-code everything in the Giornalismo theme. Over the weekend I knocked out the header template, staying close to how things are to be done in HTML5 and what not.

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  • Supporting the WordPress customizer decision

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    So last week the WordPress Theme Review Team made the decision that all themes hosted in the WordPress Theme Directory will have to use the Customizer to display theme options. The decision was expectedly met by resistance from many developers who had their own way of displaying theme options, which makes sense given how much…

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    Moving right along with Nuovo

    To say that the work with the rebuild of Nuovo has been quick might be an understatement. This time last week I was only a part way through the different templates. Now, seven days later, I’ve finished all of the template files and have put it up on the development site. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite…

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    Playing the waiting game

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    So this past week has been a pretty good week with the WordPress theme development. Since this time last week, I’ve submitted Giornalismo for the theme review to get into the WordPress Theme Directory as well as the Nuovo 2.0 update. That has gotten a lot off of my plate development-wise, but now comes the…

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    Slow work on Fotographia

    So it’s been a while since I posted an update on the work on Fotographia and there’s kind of a good reason for that. Not much has happened since the last update. Things have been really busy around here, particularly with Texas athletic director Steve Patterson resigning last week and a lot of schoolwork due…

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    Nearing the end for Fotographia and good news with Giornalismo

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    It’s been a busy and fun last couple of weeks of web development for me. Last week, Giornalismo was accepted into the WordPress Theme Directory and with it comes the end of just over a year’s worth of work on the theme. That has also led to really good development with Fotographia.

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    Getting set to submit Fotographia

    So this is it. After a couple of months of work, I’m just about ready to submit Fotographia to the WordPress Theme Directory for review.

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    The plan after a break from WordPress

    It’s been a long three-plus months. My final fall semester in college was everything that I could handle… and then some. But the semester is finally over for me and with it an opportunity to get back into developing in WordPress.

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  • The blessing and curse of using Foundation

    So it’s been a couple of weeks since I started the process of creating my new theme, Fotographia. Since the last update, I’ve finished the mockups and begun the process of creating and styling the templates themselves.

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