Monthly Archive for September, 2008

Explaining BarCamp at BlogOrlando

Here’s a video of me explaining BarCamp to the folks at The Orlando Scene session at BlogOrlando 3.
Video after the jump.

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SVN add with AWK

Want to quickly add all missing files to an SVN repository from the command line? Here’s a recipe to do just that:

svn st | awk '{print "svn add "$2 }' | bash

Perform a check in, so that all modified files, and other file statuses are cleared, then you just pipe svn status into awk, which will prepare the svn add statements, and then pipe those into your shell to actually fire off the commands. Leave off the | bash part at first to make sure everything looks good to you, and then fire away.

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Advanced WordPress Theming with K2 at Blog Orlando

Come Hear Me Speak

Building a custom theme for WordPress can be hard. Sure you get full control over ever square inch of your markup, but there are lots of variables and little tricks you have to remember to implement in order for your theme to support all of the WordPress features. Enter K2, a fantastic theme framework that you can use to CSS your way to a beautiful custom theme while providing a clean upgrade path so you can keep your WordPress installation secure and up to date. This presentation will show you how you can create the blog design of your dreams, using a single style sheet, and will be off interest to technical and non-technical users alike.

Register for Blog Orlando and let me show you how to CSS your way to a custom Word Press theme in K2.

A Disturbance in The Force

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Code Review

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