All of this information is great! I think we need to have a Web Standards
meeting devoted to the discussion.
I am happy to speak as the newcomer with some basic sites and why/how we
are adding WP to our toolbox.
I am instilled with the confidence now to improve my modified theme and
call it my own... or maybe Wilbur, that is a good name.
Web Standards rocks!
-Jeff
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Tim Beaufoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We did build the new Advances site for the School of Public Health using
> Wordpress. http://www.advances.umn.edu/
>
> I usually build all of my themes from the ground up for the most part. Or
> I'll take an existing theme if it's necessary and strip the life out of it
> so it's a complete custom build. For the Advances site, the default index
> file (page) is a custom page mainly static PHP that pulls many of our feeds
> in from other sites we host. I have created a few custom loops that pull
> news content in from the actual WP database. Additionally, we created a
> fully customized mobile version of this site too.
>
> I don't believe WP looks for broken divs in the code to my knowledge, I
> usually use the developer tool bar or firebug to check for errors like
> that. The only issues I've noticed is our feeds and YouTube embeds throw
> some validation errors, but we need our videos to work on the mobile
> platform for all devices. Which has proven to be a challenge being that
> YouTube hasn't supplied good "embed" fix for this yet to our knowledge,
> other than the new html5 iframe embed.
>
> I've never run into a version upgrade that has yet to affect the themes,
> but then again 3.3 is out now and that will have to be monitored when we
> make the upgrade. If we ever need to use a similar theme for our other site
> brands, I'll keep the same structure created, then tweak or apply changes
> once integrated. We originally were going to go with the multisite setup,
> but realized it was still a bit too quarky for our needs. I hope WP will
> focus more on the multisite development in the near future. I think there's
> a lot of potential there.
>
> Wordpress is fantastic and I've yet to find something I can't do with it
> yet. If there ever is a group discussion, I'd love to be a part of it.
>
> --
>
> Tim Beaufoy
> Web Developer/Designer
>
> School of Public Health
> University of Minnesota
> 612-625-3218
>
> Room A-302 Mayo MMC 197
> 420 Delaware Street SE
> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>
> www.sph.umn.edu
>
>
> On 12/14/2011 8:34 AM, Jeffrey Abuzzahab wrote:
>
> Nice and clean! I like your sites much better than my Twenty Ten mod.
>
> Did you build the theme from the ground up? If yes:
>
> Did you run into any problems using your own HTML? Did WP ever try looking
> for a div that was missing, or if you get the PHP in the right place you
> are good to go!
>
> Do version upgrades to WP impact your theme?
>
> Is the same theme used for all three sites? Is a parent-child theme method
> used.
>
> This is great inspiration! I think WP is going to be a seamless part of
> our web systems. Thanks for sharing!
>
> -Jeff
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Rachel Lam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I've made a variation of the UofM template that we're using in CFANS.
>> a couple live sites:
>> http://canolaresearch.horticulture.umn.edu/
>> http://enology.umn.edu/
>> http://fpmdi.bbe.umn.edu/
>>
>> I'm happy to talk about it with anyone who is interested.
>>
>> - Rachel
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Jeffrey Abuzzahab <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey!
>> >
>> > We are using Wordpress for some academic projects here, some of which
>> will
>> > be public facing.
>> >
>> > I modified a copy of the Twenty Ten theme to include the UofM header and
>> > footer and it seems to be working alright.
>> >
>> > Before I finalize this for production I wondered if anyone else is
>> working
>> > in Wordpress and would be up for discussing lessons learned making a
>> UofM
>> > theme.
>> >
>> > Keep the css separate, unique ways to make a parent theme... etc.
>> >
>> > I think it will be a fun discussion!
>> >
>> > -Jeff
>> --
>> Rachel Lam
>> Information Technology Professional
>> College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
>> 101 Coffey Hall
>> 1420 Eckles Ave
>> University of Minnesota
>> St. Paul, MN 55108
>> Phone: 612-624-3619
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jeffrey Faruk Abuzzahab
> Web and Multimedia Lead
> College of Education & Human Development
> Tel: 612-624-6034 | E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Can't get a hold of me?
> Contact the web team at [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Tim Beaufoy
> Web Developer/Designer
>
> School of Public Health
> University of Minnesota
> 612-625-3218
>
> Room A-302 Mayo MMC 197
> 420 Delaware Street SE
> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>
> www.sph.umn.edu
>
--
Jeffrey Faruk Abuzzahab
Web and Multimedia Lead
College of Education & Human Development
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