TwentyTwelve

Despite it’s name, the 2012 theme for WordPress remains a fully responsive HTML5 theme that looks great on any device. It is an excellent starter foundation for child themes, based on _Underscores.

Sit down. Plug in. Change the world.

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Bike Works retail website

Seattle GiveCamp Project: Static HTML to WordPress CMS website conversion
Team: Scott Marlow, Andrea Salkey, Stephanie Datu, Don Lawson, and Naomi Musgrave

GiveCamp was an amazing opportunity for Bike Works to get a new website. In 72 hours over an October weekend on the Microsoft Campus, GiveCamp volunteers cranked out code and design – and we walked away on Sunday with a new website. We are thrilled with the functionality, usability, look and feel of our new site www.bikeworks.org.

Thanks to Scott Marlow and all the volunteers for helping us to better communicate our mission to the public. Scott has been a wealth of knowledge and has continued to help us during the launch phase of our website post GiveCamp. Thanks to all the volunteers for the great wisdom, work and support of Bike Works!
Deb Salls
Executive Director

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The Pros of WordPress Child Themes

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screenshot Childhaven Positive Parenting Program

Graphic Design: David Owen Hastings
Copywriting: Jen Goetze
WordPress Mobile Responsive Development: Scott Marlow

Childhaven’s new Triple P: Positive Parenting Program website uses a WordPress Child Theme.

A WordPress child theme inherits the functionality of its parent theme. A child theme is the safest and easiest way to modify a theme, whether you want to make small changes or extensive changes.

Benefits of Child Themes

  • With a child theme, you can update the parent theme and retain any theme changes. If you modify an existing theme and it is updated, your changes will be lost.
  • It can speed up development time, saving you money.
  • Child Themes are simpler and easier to understand than custom themes.