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  • WordCamp SLC 2011 presentation video

    The video for my presentation at WordCamp SLC this year has now been posted on WordPress.tv. Check it out here or head over to WordPress.tv and vote on how great the presentation is.

  • How to upload a plugin from the WordPress dashboard [VIDEO]

    The second video in our screencast series, this shows you how to upload a plugin from a zip file with the WordPress Add New Plugin installer.

  • How to Update WordPress Plugins [VIDEO]

    We created a YouTube page where we’ll be hosting video tutorials on doing various different things — both beginner and advanced — in WordPress. In our first video, we walk you through keeping your WordPress installation up-to-date wi…

  • WordPress Theme Development 101 – Test Run

    WordCamp SLC is in one week, and I am speaking.  In order to prepare myself, I have been talking to myself (which I refer to as “preparing my presentation”) and decided that filming myself might also be helpful.  For the sake of anyone in…

  • Free September Calendar Wallpaper: Bean Hollow

    Bean Hollow is a rocky beach on the California coast near Pescadero.  It’s an awesome place for climbing on rocks and checking out tidepools that isn’t overrun with people.  We didn’t post a new wallpaper last month, because we wer…

  • July 2011 Calendar Wallpaper: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Every month, we give you a free calendar wallpaper for your computer, tablet or phone.  This month, we present A Midsummer Night’s Dream — a little surreal, a little dusky and a little summer-y.  This wallpaper is free to use under the C…

  • Free June Calendar Wallpaper: Spacecat!

    I was working on an esoteric website design when I stumbled across this awesome cat.  So, obviously we needed to put this cat in space, right?  Am I right? This wallpaper has a little bit of everything for texture lovers, sci-fi geeks and fans of su…

  • Free Calendar Wallpaper: May Flowers

    The weather here in Salt Lake City has been a little crazy.  We’ll have sun for a few days, then — suddenly — it snows.  In the morning, the snow from the previous night melts slowly off the new flowers as the birds sing and make n…

  • Free April Calendar Wallpaper: Look to the Sky

    This is a grungy spring wallpaper to warm your monitor on rainy days.  The bright oranges, yellows and blues provide an interesting counterpoint to the grungy textures and typography.  Our April 2011 wallpaper is ready for your standard or widescree…

  • Free Facebook Fan Box Widget PSD Template

    As designers, we often find ourselves spending exorbitant amounts of time working on fake content.  It’s hard to describe something to some people without being able to show it to them.  Facebook fan page widgets are something you see everywhere, and yet, how do you incorporate them into a mockup without using someone else’s box…