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Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a staff author at lynda.com specializing in WordPress and web design and development and an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. He is a popular speaker and educator on all things design, web standards and open source. As the owner and Web Head at Pink & Yellow Media, a boutique style digital media company in Burnaby, BC, Canada, he has created WordPress-based web solutions for multi-national companies, political parties, banks, and small businesses and bloggers alike. He also contributes to the local WordPress community by organizing Meetups and WordCamps.
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WordPress
Challenges with the new method for inheriting parent styles in WordPress child themes
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The new recommended code for inheriting parent theme styles in WordPress child themes have uncovered several issues with the concept of child themes. What follows is a rundown of how things work, what problems are caused by the status quo, and finally some proposed solutions.
WordCamp
Video: Future Responsive Today – responsive images and flexbox
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Watch Morten talk responsive images and flexbox in this video from WordCamp Vancouver 2014.
Responsive Design
Why Android Fragmentation is Irrelevant to Web Designers
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We’ve all seen them: Pictures of an array of hundreds of Android devices accompanied by some snide remark about how “Android Fragmentation” is making it impossible to build and test anything for the mobile web. I’m here to tell you that’s not true. You content doesn’t care about the size of the visiting browser. Neither should [...]
WordPress Themes
Help translate Simone to your language
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Help translate the free WordPress theme Simone into new languages.
Speaking Engagements
Building Themes from Scratch with Underscores: My WordCamp Montreal 2014 Talk
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Below are the slides from my WordCamp Montreal 2014 talk Building Themes from Scratch with Underscores.
WordPress
A Sneak Peek at WordPress 4.0 with Morten Rand-Hendriksen (recorded)
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Earlier today I did a live Hangout for lynda.com about WordPress 4.0 and WordPress in general. Check out the video above and go to the Hangouts page to join the conversation.
Web Standards
Removing White Space Below Image Elements, or Why Inline Elements Have Descenders
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The white space displayed below image elements in HTML is often cause for confusion, but there is a logical explanation: Images are inline elements, and inline elements have descenders.
Image Editing, WordPress
Building a New Image Editing Experience for WordPress
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The WordPress image editor is due for an overhaul. Here are my thoughts on what the new image editing experience could look like and a call for your input.
Speaking Engagements, WordCamp
See you at WordCamp
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Attending a WordCamp may be the wisest decision anyone working with WordPress can make. I’m attending and speaking at several this year. See you there!
WordCamp
Web Design is a Process – Supporting Links for my WordCamp Seattle 2014 Talk
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At WordCamp Seattle 2014 I did a talk titled Web Design is a Process in which I refer to a number of different services and sources. Below are all the links for easy retrieval.
