WordPress News

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his…

Brian Krogsgard

July 28, 2018

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his company WP Site Care, shares his feelings about the way a growing business can potentially interfere with your passion and get you sidetracked from the things that made you start a business in the…

Why the makers of Ninja Forms are getting into eCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, I talk with James and Kevin -- cofounders of the Ninja Forms product -- to discuss why their next leg of their business is in the competitive landscape of eCommerce.

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton,…

Brian Krogsgard

July 10, 2018

Business

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton, a senior developer, documents his experience of using the internet with nothing but a keyboard. Many designers and developers are taught to make sure their work is accessible through the keyboard and nothing else, so…

The BBC News has transitioned to HTTPS,…

Brian Krogsgard

July 10, 2018

Security

The BBC News has transitioned to HTTPS, as everyone should. James Donohue, a software engineer working with a team on the transition, briefly explains the problems that needed to be addressed and why security is so important to journalism: "In a…

Working on your own website — Draft Podcast

Katie Richards

July 9, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, the Brians discuss the challenges of working on your own business website, when your company offers services or makes products for websites.

4.9.7 Security Release

Brian Krogsgard

July 6, 2018

Security

WordPress 4.9.7 is a security release that fixes 17 bugs in WordPress, as announced by Aaron Campbell. The release caused some confusion from a naming perspective, as blog posts had been written scheduling 4.9.7, which are now bumped to 4.9.8…

Pagely has introduced PressThumb, a solution…

Brian Krogsgard

July 6, 2018

Hosting

Pagely has introduced PressThumb, a solution for image optimization and on-the-fly thumbnail generation. It is powered by Thumbor and integrated with Pagely’s hosting stack using a combination of custom NGINX rules and an MU plugin.

Over at the Easy Digital Downloads…

Brian Krogsgard

July 6, 2018

Security

Over at the Easy Digital Downloads blog, Mandy Jones explains how to create customer confidence for digital products in an era of hackers, fraud, and online theft. Mandy stresses how transparency means honesty and stressing how your customers' information is readily…

An Abundance of Acquisitions — Draft Podcast

Brian Krogsgard

June 29, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss several acquisitions that have occurred in the WordPress space in recent weeks.

On June 21st the US Supreme…

Brian Krogsgard

June 25, 2018

Business

On June 21st the US Supreme Court has ruled that online sellers must collect state sales taxes on consumer purchases, which will effect every business that sells on the web in the United States. This will likely impact small businesses…

Notes from WordCamp Europe, 2018

David Bisset

June 25, 2018

Design

Another successful WordCamp Europe 2018 just wrapped up a few days ago. The event had 54 organizers, 170 volunteers, 65 speakers (from 17 countries), and 37 sponsors (with 44 micro-sponsors). Out of 2,368 tickets sold, 2,085 attendees (from 76 countries)…

Matt on Gutenberg at WordCamp Europe

David Bisset

June 15, 2018

SecurityWordPress News

The sixth WordCamp Europe is happening now on June 15-16 (it was preceded by Contributor Day on the 14th) in Belgrade, Serbia. As you would expect from a large WordCamp, the lineup is full of great talks given by a diverse group of…

Productizing your service business, with Brian Casel

Brian Krogsgard

June 15, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, I interview Brian Casel, the owner of Audience Ops, a productized content service he's built to employ 30 people. He also runs a podcast and course on helping others productize their services.

Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2018

Business

Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress is a great tool "most small business website owners are not having wonderful experiences with it." This is due to a wide range of problems, like a lack of developer ethics, unclear communication, slow…

If you’re a developer, then i…

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2018

Design

If you're a developer, then i highly recommend reading this "Cult of the Complex" post from Jeffrey Zeldman on A List Apart. Zeldman covers the trend in the tech industry to make things (such as front end development) far more…

By now I’m sure you’ve all…

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2018

Business

By now I'm sure you've all heard of Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. This is a hugely successful exit for GitHub, and another interesting pickup for Microsoft. Unfortunately I can't find the tweet anymore, but I…