On June 12, 2010 I gave a presentation at Reno-Tahoe WordCamp about using the theme framework, Thematic, for WordPress. These are my slides. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Thematic: The Cool Parent (theme)
1. thematic
the cool parent (theme)
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2. why use a theme
framework?
‣ stand on the shoulders of
professionals
‣ optimized for search
‣ don’t work harder than you need to
‣ it’s easier than you think
‣ child themes
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3. child theme primer
‣ customized versions of parent
themes (and theme frameworks)
‣ as simple as style.css
‣ inherit parent theme functionality
‣ child templates can override parent
templates
‣ better future-proofing
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4. why thematic?
‣ Ian Stewart > Chris Goßmann
‣ current version: 0.9.6.2
‣ awesome seo
‣ 13 widgetized areas
‣ 85 actions
‣ 71 filters
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5. actions
‣ placeholders for you to insert code
without hacking the framework
‣ in the framework:
do_action(‘before_thematic’);
‣ in your child theme (functions.php):
function before_child_theme() {
echo “thematic is awesome!”;
}
add_action(‘before_thematic’, ‘before_child_theme’);
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6. filters
‣ allow you to alter the output of
custom framework functions
‣ in the framework:
apply_filters( ‘thematic_content’, ‘child_content’ );
‣ in your child theme (functions.php):
function child_content( $content ) {
return ‘The best content ever: ’ . $content;
}
add_filter( ‘thematic_content’, ‘child_content’ );
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