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Gary Jones

Enterprise Engineer at WordPress VIP

Hey, I’m Gary. I’ll share what I know about Genesis Framework, WordPress, PHP, and running a small business.

Gary Jones, WordPress Engineer

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Press This Podcast Transcript

I was invited by David Vogelpohl to appear as a guest on the PressThis podcast, to talk about the Genesis Framework. Here is the transcript.

I’m joining Automattic

After 10 years of running my agency, Gamajo, I’m joining Automattic to become a VIP Developer.

Be Like Bill – How To Start The Engine Like A Genesis Expert

There’s a line in the Genesis Sample theme, commented with “Start the engine”. All of the child themes by StudioPress have it. So do most child themes in the community.

This article looks at the drawbacks of this start the engine approach while exploring some of the advantages an alternative setup function may provide.

The 5 Surprising Marketing Benefits of Answering Support Forums

Most themes, plugins, and tools have support forums. Some are run by the product team, and some are community-based. Either way, if you want to raise your profile with the members of that community, taking the time to answer questions can be useful for marketing yourself as a freelancer.

Develop Your Theme With Grunt – Raw Video

This is the raw video I did as a presentation for the Genesis Slack community. It looks at how you can use the Grunt task runner to help develop a theme by automating common and repetitive tasks.