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 Tel: 612-624-6034 | E-mail: [log in to unmask] Can't get a hold of me? 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