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How to Customize your WordPress Typography

Yorgo Nestoridis — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:49 +0000

Basic CSS3 to Customize your WordPress Theme

With the increasing browser compatibility of CSS3, additional customization of websites is in the reach of most anyone (Even a Monkey can do it, according to Nikos Advertizopoulos …). Tonight we will start with a series of calls to become familiar with the possibilities arising from the use of CSS3 on WordPress to improve typography and font styles.

You may follow the progress of the work at the Ycademy Demo Site which features the Semiomantics XO Theme.

Looking forward to seeing you on YorgoLive tonight.

Semiomantics XO Transparent WordPress Drafts

Yorgo Nestoridis — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:19:44 +0000

Transparent WordPress Custom Theme

Playing with the XO Theme Version 3.3.x from Semiomantics and CSS3, I notice how easy it is for most anyone to customize the XO Theme by adding transparencies and other CSS3 elements. Here below you find some drafts. You may visit the test site from : http://globalthebrand.com.

Transparent WordPress Gallery

Scripts and Plug-ins

On the test site we use the Semiomantics Widgets and Theme Handler plug-in as well as a modified Supersized plug-in; the latter needs some more work to make it more responsive. Also we use TubePress which behaves fine also on mobile.

The Theme is Semiomantics XO with 3 custom child-themes; any theme can be associated with any page, post, category, tag or sidebar.

Astir Beach Vouliagmeni

Yorgo Nestoridis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:19:50 +0000

Astir Beach Vouliagmeni
Sunset over Astir Beach by Yorgo Nestoridis

Astir Beach Framed in Photoshop

Yorgo Nestoridis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:17:59 +0000

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Astir Beach Framed in Photoshop

My by now famous Astir Beach Image which can also be found on Google Top 10 was the sample for last night’s Ycademy session where we were experimenting with frames and borders. Here some more results after yesterdays Session Preview:

Astir Beach – Vouliagmeni with Frames and Borders

astir16

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Glass Frame

astir5-backlight

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Backlight

astir5-blackglass

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Smokedglass

astir5-whiteglow2

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Whiteglow

astir5-whiteglow

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Whiteglow 2

astir5-steelripples

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Steel ripples

astir5-steelframe

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Steel frame

astir5-pits

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Pits

astir5-orangejuice

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Yellow

astir5-goldbevel

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Gold

astir5-dalimeltdrip

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Dali Melt and Drip

astir5-chrome

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Chrome

astir5-blackglass

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach, Black Glass

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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The 1001 Faces of Semiomantics XO

Yorgo Nestoridis — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:31:43 +0000

New Semiomantics XO Theme for WordPress

The above Screenshots represent just some of the pages, features and looks the 2012 Edition of the high performance XO Theme for WordPress has up its sleeves. The above site is the fruit of the 2 Days Ycademy Online Seminar for Semiomantics Developers and designers.

XO Theme Features

The 2012 Edition of XO is focused on even more flexibility in as much as editing, cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility are concerned.

The Site displays perfectly on Mobile devices, showing responsiveness also of the plugged in scripts chosen of which some have been adapted to satisfy the high standards of Semiomantics Publishing Scripts for Excellence.

The site elaborated at the Ycademy Online Seminar this past week-end features some smashing features, such as:

Background Slideshow, customizable for each page, post or archive
Built in Directory
Media Library for YouTube and Vimeo
Pro-sliders which can be deployed anywhere on the site
In addition to the responsive design, a separate light Mobile Version is available
Bold and Efficient Navigation
Built in Custom Fonts
Social Network connectivity and publishing
and much more.

XO for Developers

The XO script is well commented and offers designers a clean and straight forward environment for custom developments. XO uses best practices for WordPress development and makes the best use of the possibilities offered by the WP back-bone, assuring smooth integration and optimized conflict handling.

XO for Designers

XO is a great playground for designers. The DIY version allows anyone to adapt layout and colors to taste right from the back-office; there is no need to have any knowledge about coding or designing. The theme behaves like a Chameleon and adapts to specific needs with just a few clicks of the mouse: pre-configured layout elements transform your XO quickly into a Magazine, Newspaper, personal Author Blog, a Media Hub, a Shop, a Marketing Machine, a Social Media Publisher, a Product Promoter or a Fan Site or most anything your imagination dictates.

For the professional designer, XO offers a well commented environment. Custom code can be added right from the dashboard or, as I prefer using a child theme. XO is tuned for HTML5 and CSS3 use, making it a modern and inspiring framework for exceptional design effects.

XO out of the Box

Out of the box, the XO Theme for WordPress provides a stable and reliable, robust and optimized solution for common use. It provides built in features such a slider with multiple transitions and a one click selector for easy use.

Layouts can be easily adapted to needs and purpose of the site. In fact, most custom designers rely on the theme engine to format efficiently layouts.

Custom XO

The site featured in the above gallery uses a few pro plug-ins to add functionality in function of customer requirements. The integration of such add on scripts is a relatively simple process for designers and developers.

Customization of the XO Theme

XO has been developed for high performance, productivity, excellence in publishing and flexibility. For the professional users, the XO Theme constitues a solid base with a huge potential for customization and creative artistic expression.

Semiomantics XO 2012 Release

The release of XO Version 3.3.x is planned for the first week of February. The present Release Candidate has been thoroughly tested. A few minor issues will be taken care off before XO will be available to the public.

Upgrading existing XO installations

If your site is running on Semiomantics XO suing basic customization, the theme can just be overwritten. (Save your custom CSS beforehand.)

If you are using a custom version with custom developments or a child theme, some of your customization will need to be adapted to the enhancements of XO 2012. This concerns namely custom headers and footers as well as custom functions.

Support for developers and designers is available as usual at our Ycademy Online Calls and Seminars or through Semiomantics Pro Support.

Astir Beach Club Vouliagmeni

Yorgo Nestoridis — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:17:54 +0000

Astir Beach Club Vouliagmeni by Yorgo Nestoridis 2009.

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach

Yorgo Nestoridis — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:18:09 +0000

Vouliagmeni, Sunset on Astir Beach Club by Yorgo Nestoridis

Church

nestoridis — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:04:59 +0000

Original Article at Church.

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Greece Church

Leica

nestoridis — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:30:03 +0000

Original Article at Leica.

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Leica

Monastery

nestoridis — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:29:59 +0000

Original Article at Monastery.

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Monastery

Athens

nestoridis — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:29:49 +0000

Original Article at Athens.

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Athens

nestoridis — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:29:47 +0000

Original Article at Athens.

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Athens

nestoridis — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:28:55 +0000

Original Article at Athens.

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Athens

Digital Photography in Autumn

Yorgo Nestoridis — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:38:08 +0000

Original Article at Digital Photography in Autumn.

Digital Photography in Autumn with warm Light

Let’s profit from the warm Light and go out to take some shots. Nature is particularly beautiful now. Here in Vouliagmeni, we see again clouds once in a while after a beautiful summer.

The clouds as spectacular event namely at 8 p.m. The below picture was shot last night.

Vouliagmeni Sunset

This is for you Bianca, as you like the colors, shapes and atmosphere :-).

Please post links to your autumn pictures.

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Social Media Marketing Seminar

Yorgo Nestoridis — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:00:17 +0000

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Original Article at Social Media Marketing Seminar.

Ycademy Seminar: Social Media Marketing

The Ycademy September 2011 Seminar will take place this coming week-end as usual starting on Saturday at 1 pm London Time and closing on Sunday night at 9 pm.

The Goal of the Seminar is to understand the principles of social media marketing and to set up a social publishing and marketing network allowing for an efficient workflow.

Particular attention will be brought to privacy and security issues as well as to creating streamlined publishing accross networks and platforms.

Details to follow later.

Tickets are available as usual from HERE.

Discounts as usual for Ycademy Pros.

Google +

Yorgo Nestoridis — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:05:05 +0000

Original Article at Google +.

Are you already on Google+ ?

If you need a Google + just grab the link from here:

https://plus.google.com/i/SB5AsreMPRM:ZnUue1BxZeQ

Vouliagmeni Back to School

Yorgo Nestoridis — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:36:58 +0000

Original Article at Vouliagmeni Back to School.

Vouliagmeni: Back to School

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Paul Allen Provocative Image

Yorgo Nestoridis — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:00:25 +0000

Original Article at Paul Allen Provocative Image.

For Paul Allen

Amazing, Paul Allen’s Super Yacht Octopus! Yesterday I went to meet some friends here in Vouliagmeni at the main beach. Some 5000 people who obviously could not afford to go for the usual holiday break during the week-end of August 15 were hanging out in the Vouliagmeni bay with a direct view on the Super Yacht Octopus belonging to Paul Allen. Imagine the people here on the foreground being some 20 meters away from my camera while the yacht is about half a mile off the coast! With its over 126 meters its the 12th largest private yacht worldwide.

Bad Microsoft Image

Imagine now, 5000 people having paid some 150 Euros for their Windows in bankrupt Greece having the beautiful view polluted by Microsoft Co-Founders Yacht a whole Sunday in the immaculate bay of Vouliagmeni! 5000 people paying 150 Euros, thats 750 000 Euros or about 1 Million of Dollars contributing to Paul’s 200 Million Dollar Yacht. Back in 2003, when the Super Yacht Octopus was delivered, people had already bought Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000 and just started upgrading to Windows XP .… not to speak about Office! And while I was calculating and imagining Paul sipping Champagne on the Air Conditioned deck his Guests had fun with the Jet Skis and the ballet of the Helicopters polluted acoustically the place. Up to now, I was a Windows freak, may be also just because there is nothing better out there. But as I am sitting in front of Windows all day long, frankly, I don’t need to sit in front of Paul’s Yacht he has screwed out of my (and other’s) wallet when I am taking a day off at the beach! If this is the way Microsoft is building its image, then, believe me, there is no big future wherever Paul parks his Yacht. When a week ago I spotted the Super yacht for the first time here, I thought it was funny .… yesterday when sitting at the beach, I thought it was more of a provocation and my friends agreed.

Paul Allen’s Dream — our Nightmare

I know, Americans love to talk about The Dream and Americans have been kept dreaming into the biggest dept ever created on earth by People like Paul Allen who have raked in the Billions while the stupid crowd has been kept dreaming. Sure Greece is Bankrupt and in bad shape; the USA are not much better and the per capita debt may even be bigger than the Greek debt. The difference is however that the American Households are debt ridden as well while here in Greece, the households have a positive net value. Paul, your impressive Yacht is a beauty but it is the wrong time and the wrong place for it here. Take your boat and go back home to where you come from — Seattle may appreciate your show-off more than we do here. May be you should think of using your money in a more intelligent way than to screw up the summer break of Greeks who are happy to get away from Athens for the week-end of the 15th of August ( just for your educational shortfall: the 15th of August is the second most important religious holiday here — but I cannot expect that you care about other people’s culture and the places where you park and pollute the place with your provocative Octopus).

A Chance for Paul Allen’s Philanthropy

Like so many people having been able to accumulate big fortunes, Paul Allen is called a Philanthropist. A Greek term meaning etymologically someone who “loves Humanity”. Here is something you can do positively Paul: next time you park in Vouliagmeni, pick me up with one of your helicopters or tenders for a cool drink and a guided tour through your superb Yacht. May be at the same time we can discuss business as it is my business to publish better online. I will prove it to you, making sure that my views about your local Philanthropy here get to the top of Google. You can reach me by phone in Vouliagmeni at +30 210 8960637 — your time is mine :-).

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Super Yacht Octopus

Yorgo Nestoridis — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:48:46 +0000

Original Article at Super Yacht Octopus.

Paul G.Allen parking his Octopus in Vouliagmeni

This morning, Paul G.Allan’s Super Yacht, the Octopus was parked in the nice bay of Vouliagmeni. The Co-Founder of Microsoft obviously knows where the world is best! The 126.18 meter long Yacht looks quite impressive in the bay. Considering that the boat was the largest private Yacht when delivered in 2003 it still looks like the real thing ranking number 12. As you can see, there is only one of the two helicopters on board as I take the picture. The Yacht is equipped with it’s own submarine, a cinema, recording studio and about everything an average dude needs to live quietly and nicely off the hassle of these day’s financial markets. One more.…

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Vouliagmeni Kavouri Beach

Yorgo Nestoridis — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:23:36 +0000

The Garden Route » Vouliagmeni

How to Customize your WordPress Typography

Basic CSS3 to Customize your WordPress Theme

Semiomantics XO Transparent WordPress Drafts

Transparent WordPress Custom Theme

Transparent WordPress Gallery

Scripts and Plug-ins

Astir Beach Vouliagmeni

Astir Beach Framed in Photoshop

Contents

Astir Beach Framed in Photoshop

Astir Beach – Vouliagmeni with Frames and Borders

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The 1001 Faces of Semiomantics XO

New Semiomantics XO Theme for WordPress

XO Theme Features

XO for Developers

XO for Designers

XO out of the Box

Custom XO

Customization of the XO Theme

Semiomantics XO 2012 Release

Upgrading existing XO installations

Astir Beach Club Vouliagmeni

Vouliagmeni Astir Beach

Church

Leica

Monastery

Athens

Athens

Athens

Digital Photography in Autumn

Digital Photography in Autumn with warm Light

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Social Media Marketing Seminar

Ycademy Seminar: Social Media Marketing

Google +

Are you already on Google+ ?

Vouliagmeni Back to School

Vouliagmeni: Back to School

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Paul Allen Provocative Image

For Paul Allen

Bad Microsoft Image

Paul Allen’s Dream — our Nightmare

A Chance for Paul Allen’s Philanthropy

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Super Yacht Octopus

Paul G.Allen parking his Octopus in Vouliagmeni

QR Code Version of this page

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Vouliagmeni Kavouri Beach