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Paul McCann

Chicago

I'm a freelance web builder and have been for awhile. I still have an IE2 installer diskette, in case anyone needs to borrow that for testing. I'm old school - awesome at HTML email, but terrible at figuring out why my mouse doesn't work in Terminal.

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Installing Packages with npm

npm Basics (retiring)

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JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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DNS Basics

Technology Foundations

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Graphic Basics

Technology Foundations

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Custom Menu Fields in WordPress

Custom Menu Development in WordPress

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An Overview of Menus in WordPress

Custom Menu Development in WordPress

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Jun 29, 2016
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Understanding Flexbox

CSS Flexbox Layout

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Planning for Performance

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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JavaScript Conditional Statements

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Running an Ecommerce Site Long Term

Ecommerce with WordPress and WooCommerce

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Extending WooCommerce

Ecommerce with WordPress and WooCommerce

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Managing Orders in WooCommerce

Ecommerce with WordPress and WooCommerce

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Working with Media Queries

CSS - Beyond the Basics

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CSS Animation Basics

CSS - Beyond the Basics

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Understanding CSS Transitions and Transforms

CSS - Beyond the Basics

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Understanding Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout

CSS - Beyond the Basics

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Display Modes

CSS Layout Techniques

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Getting Started with PHP

Build a Simple PHP Application

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PHP Properties & Methods

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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PHP Objects and Classes

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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Customizing Drupal

Drupal Basics

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PHP Internal Functions

PHP Functions

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PHP Returns & Closures

PHP Functions

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PHP Functions Basics

PHP Functions

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Modules and Themes

Drupal Basics

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Site Building with the Drupal Interface

Drupal Basics

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Learn About Drupal

Drupal Basics

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Art Direction with the Picture Element

Responsive Images

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Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes

Responsive Images

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Speeding up Workflow With Sass

Sass Basics (retired)

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Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors

Sass Basics (retired)

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Getting Started with Sass

Sass Basics (retired)

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Refactoring with Sass

CSS to Sass

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Installing Sass and Setting up the Project

CSS to Sass

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Working With Remote Repositories

Git Basics

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Merging

Git Basics

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Branches

Git Basics

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Getting Started With Git

Git Basics

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Why Version Control Matters

Git Basics

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JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Using a jQuery Carousel

Using jQuery Plugins

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Using jQuery Plugins

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Introducing jQuery Plugins

Using jQuery Plugins

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JavaScript Variables

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Managing Products in WooCommerce

Ecommerce with WordPress and WooCommerce

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Setting Up WooCommerce

Ecommerce with WordPress and WooCommerce

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Jun 23, 2015
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Introduction to Ecommerce with WordPress

Ecommerce with WordPress and WooCommerce

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Building Page Templates in WordPress

WordPress Theme Development

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The WordPress Loop

WordPress Theme Development

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Moving from WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress.org

Moving from WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress.org

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More Advanced PHP for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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PHP Basics for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Introduction to PHP for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Setup a Bootstrap Theme

From Bootstrap to WordPress

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PHP Basics (Retired)

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PHP Basics (Retired)

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PHP Basics (Retired)

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The WordPress Codex

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Modern WordPress Workflow

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Responsive Layouts

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Responsive Layouts

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Responsive Layouts

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HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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JavaScript Foundations

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Introducing JavaScript

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Introduction Variables

JavaScript Foundations

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Creating a Simple Drawing Application

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Prototyping With Bootstrap

Framework Basics

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Introduction to Front-End Frameworks

Framework Basics

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Creating a Password Confirmation Form

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Building Out WordPress Navigation

WordPress Theme Development

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Custom Post Type Templates

WordPress Theme Development

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WordPress Header and Footer Templates

WordPress Theme Development

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Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes

WordPress Theme Development

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Starting a WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

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HTML Tables

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WordPress Community Management

WordPress for Website Owners

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WordPress Admin Settings

WordPress Admin Settings

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Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Creating a Simple Lightbox

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Creating a Spoiler Revealer

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Introduction to jQuery

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Archive Templates in WordPress

The WordPress Template Hierarchy

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Functions

Introduction to Programming

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Objects and Arrays

Introduction to Programming

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Control Structures

Introduction to Programming

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Page and Post Templates in WordPress

The WordPress Template Hierarchy

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Homepage Templates in WordPress

The WordPress Template Hierarchy

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Core WordPress Theme Files

The WordPress Template Hierarchy

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How WordPress Templates Work

The WordPress Template Hierarchy

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Extending WordPress Template Functionality

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Converting Static HTML into WordPress Templates

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Local WordPress Development

Local WordPress Development

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Owning a WordPress Site Long Term

WordPress for Website Owners

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WordPress Plugin Best Practices

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Widgets and Custom Menus

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Jan 28, 2014
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Custom Post Types and Fields

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Customizing WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Installing Wordpress

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Preparing to Code WordPress Templates

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Working with Media in WordPress

WordPress for Website Owners

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WordPress Theme Functions

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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WordPress Theme Templates

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Content Strategy with WordPress

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Basics

Introduction to Programming

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Adding and Editing Content

WordPress for Website Owners

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Getting a WordPress Site

WordPress for Website Owners

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Dec 23, 2013
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Going Mobile

HTML Email Design

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Designing Email with CSS

HTML Email Design

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Coding HTML Email

HTML Email Design

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Nov 24, 2013
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HTML Email Basics

HTML Email Design

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Selectors

CSS3

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Newbie

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