Talks given by us
As well as writing web design books, we talk at website and design conferences and events, too:
- May 2020: A WordPress Case Study – a talk and demonstration on Custom Post Types and the Advanced Custom Fields plugin, WordPress North East, (virtual), UK.
- January 2020: SEO basics for WordPress websites, WordPress North East, Gateshead, UK.
- February 2019: SEO basics for WordPress websites, WordPress North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- October 2017: Advanced Custom Fields for WordPress, WordPress North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- October 2017: Building a WordPress website for the NHS, WordCamp, Manchester, UK.
- September 2016: Introduction to BitCoin for Magento, Magento North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- April 2016: How To Smash Your Competition Online, DLExpo 2016, Darlington (County Durham), UK
- March 2016: Introduction to Magento 2, Magento York, York, UK
- February 2016: The Future of Ecommerce, Design Network North, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- October 2015: Building An Online Portfolio, Northumbria University Fashion & Communications course, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- October 2015: Introduction to Magento, Magento North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- September 2015: Introduction to Magento, Ecommerce North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- June 2015: Introduction to CSS Selectors, Frontend North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- March 2015: Improvements to WordPress Themes, WordPress North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- May 2014: Social Media Fails, Durham University Computer Science Society, Durham, UK.
- September 2013: A responsive workflow for WordPress, WordPress North East user group, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- August 2012: Upgrading Drupal, Drupal North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- July 2012: Upgrading Drupal, Drupal North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- April 2012: Designing A Different Type Of Website, DesignInterest, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- November 2011: Drupal Case Study, a presentation of a Drupal-based website we created for a client, Drupal North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- October 2011: Content Management System/Theme Integration, Front Row Conference, Krakow, Poland.
- July 2011: Design/CMS Integration, a talk on merging website design with various content management systems such as Drupal and WordPress, SuperMondays, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Books written by us
Richard Carter is a published author in web design, ecommerce and content management, with a total of seven titles to his name:
- MediaWiki Skins Design (Packt)
- Magento 1.3 Themes Design (Packt)
- Joomla! 1.5 Template Design Cookbook (Packt)
- Drupal Commerce Cookbook (Packt)
- Magento 1.4 Themes Design (Packt)
- Magento Responsive Theme Development (Packt)
- Learning Magento Theme Development (Packt)
Richard has also acted as a technical reviewer on a number of books and publications, including:
- Magento 2 Theme Design (Packt)
- Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 (Apress)
- Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers (Packt)
- MediaWiki 1.1 Beginners Guide (Packt)
- Drupal 7 Business Solutions (Packt)
- Drupal 7 Webforms Cookbook (Packt)