A recommendation engine for independent WordPress blogs
The story I wrote this morning on Medium (see details of my experiment) has … Read more
Dashicons in SVG
Dashicons are shipped with WordPress and made available to developers looking to use custom … Read more
What’s your WordPress wishlist?
The good fellas over at WP Shout are doing a survey: they want to … Read more
It looks like WordPress.com has completed the move to HTTPS only
WordPress.com announced in June of last year that they were going to move all … Read more
A small Medium experiment
I wrote my first post on Medium today. I wanted to see what the hype is about (late to the party, I know), and compare it to what I know and love about publishing with WordPress.
How to find WordPress.com third party themes, now that they don’t blog them
Did you know that WordPress.com doesn’t blog about third party themes any more? It’s … Read more
A WordCamp scholarship in honor of Kim Parsell
Kim Parsell passed away a couple of weeks ago. There have been some excellent … Read more
WordPress and the new European Union VAT (Value-Added Tax) rules
The new European VAT rules rolled out at the beginning of January, and they really complicate selling digital goods to Europeans. I have done a ton of research and reading, and this is the most straightforward post I could make from it to try and wrap up the state of the EU VAT rules for WordPress business owners and eCommerce shops.
The value of niche content
Brad Williams put together a list of the recommended WordPress sites from the three … Read more
WordPress allows for more rapid innovation of local news
TheĀ Charlotte ObserverĀ has created anĀ experimental site, adjacent to their main web property, called the Charlotte … Read more
Should we ditch the WordPress file editor?
Ryan Sullivan makes a pretty compelling argument to ditch the file editors built into … Read more
GravityView raises the bar for WordPress video advertisements
Okay, maybe it doesn’t raise the bar the way you think I mean. But … Read more
Yoast Google Analytics plugin introduces stats dashboards, with lessons learned along the way
Yoast updated their popular Google Analytics plugin in December to include new stats dashboards that pull in Google Analytics data to your site. The stats are pretty fancy and give a nice quick glance at your stats without leaving your WordPress dashboard. They’ve learned some lessons about building a plugin feature at scale along the way too.
The ABCs of the web
We like to say it’s easy to build a website, and to build it on top of WordPress. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But for just about anyone, it can be intimidating when you’re just digging in. You’ve got to learn your ABCs before you can tell a great story. On the web — especially as it gets more complicated — there’s a lot to learn to build and maintain a modern website.
A new look and a new domain
The new Post Status design is an alpha, but I wanted to show readers as soon as I could. Also, the site has a new domain and utilizes HTTPS everywhere. A lot has gone into it so far, and there is much left to do.
Website micro services provider, Elto, is shutting down for now
Elto, formerly Tweaky, is a micro services provider, for lack of a better term. … Read more
