March WordPress Developers Meetup

This month Ian Dunn will be talking about theme development. Usually targets more at plugin developers, this month will be of great interest also to designers looking to learn more about developing themes for WordPress. Come one and all

Quick overview of different strategies for building a WordPress site (custom theme from scratch, stock premium theme, child theme to customize stock theme). Pros/cons for different projects. Picking a good parent theme - what to look for, what to avoid. Why build a child theme instead of just modifying the parent theme directly? Functionality plugins vs child themes - what belongs in the child theme and what should be separated into a functionality plugin Basics of setting up a child theme Examples of common tweaks/changes done in child themes

Note: this is a breakout group of the Seattle WordPress Meetup and is not the monthly general meeting.