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Nick the owner has personally replied to a number of my emails or questions. The rate of new themes that have been released has slowed down since they became more popular though.

From my experience, their code […]

Check out http://mediaqueri.es self-described as ”A collection of inspirational websites using media queries and responsive web design. Curated by Eivind Uggedal (@uggedal).”

got it figured out. the /Ceartichild/style.css didnt need any import rules. That’s just used to trigger the child theme functionality.

all my new css rules should go in /Ceartichild/css/orange.css and I needed […]

here’s the header.php style info: http://pastebin.com/DnUnX4Pm

if i understand, i need to change that first import rule? if so, to what?

The import statements are in your header.php file… they need to be removed from there.

I’m a little confused. I think something got cutoff there, especially in the first bullet point.

bullet 1: remove the import statements from which file(s)? both my child styles?

bullet 2: add the last […]

It’s probably because your’re @importing the css.
-remove the import statements from
-add the last three import statements to style.css
-add whichever ones you want to the child style.css

I have been using their themes 2 years and they are getting better.

Here is a site that Iam working on for a client http://wp.carltontest.com/

this is the origin before my mods http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/Aggregate/

You rock, Steve. Thanks for the info. I see this MeetUp group started only five days ago. I will be checking them out. I have begun my homework, and while RD is well documented on-line, this site got my attention: http://trentwalton.com/2011/05/10/fit-to-scale/ . Because of the design, it has my immediate respect. I first found it [...]

Not sure if we’ll get to RD this year… we already have speakers booked to the end of 2011. But this meetup sounds promising: http://www.meetup.com/ResponsiveWebDesign/

I like your site design and look forward to seeing the next phase. My freelancer started talking about RD last week. He wants to use it on our next project that is still in the concept phase. It all sounds so positive and I am ready to dive in but thought WPNYC would be the [...]

I completely agree with you. Given the wide variety of device sizes that we have to consider, responsive themes are the best solution. Just a bit of a learning curve, and certain limitations to keep in mind. I am using TwentyEleven on http://72.47.210.126/ , http://72.47.209.96/ and http://theintuitivecompass.com/book/ , three closely related…[Read more]

Thanks Margarete. Have you used TwentyEleven on any sites? Have any thoughts on other solutions for sites to be viewed w laptop, ipad and smartphone? Responsive themes appeal to me because most of my client’s sites/budgets are smallish. Many are authors. They do not know they will want this. But they will.