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WordPress security whitepaper

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Brian Krogsgard
Security
The WordPress.org website now includes a WordPress security whitepaper, donated by WordPress.com VIP. It's sparse in its current form, but it's a great start. Why does this matter? Well, a whitepaper from the official project is a great tool for…

Find WordPress themes for a business

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
This is one of those articles that's just good to have for referencing friends, family, or under-budget leads to. Clay Teller gives a nice intro at WP Site Care to small business owners that need to get a website up…

Adii Pienaar is making a WordPress comeback with stake in Obox

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessPlanet
Adii Pienaar is making a WordPress comeback after over a year away from the community. The WooThemes co-founder has made a strategic investment into Obox, the team behind the newly launched Layers product. In return, he's received a 30% stake in the company to complement Receiptful, his new eCommerce product.

A case for the front-end editor

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Brian Krogsgard
Hosting
On WP Shout, Fred Meyer makes an impassioned case for the front-end editor, and why he believes it deserves a renewed effort as a WordPress feature plugin and eventual WordPress core inclusion. It's a really thoughtful post, and at well…

The big business of fashion blogging

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
This is a bit offbeat for me, but I found a story shared by Longreads this weekend that I really enjoyed. It's about how Amber Venz created rewardStyle, a (now) huge player in fashion affiliate marketing. In three years the…

The most popular WordPress plugins

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessPlanet
WordPress plugin popularity has always been pretty tough to figure out. We only had download counts or independent, third party website scrapers to tell us anything. Now, WordPress.org itself has more data that's being tested and launched to give us real insight into the popularity of WordPress plugins.

Theme design for developers

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Yes! This is important. I get really worked up when I see basic concepts of design ignored by developers. I mean, I'm not a great designer by any means, but we can all learn a few things. Here are some…

The problem of link rot and data loss

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Brian Krogsgard
Planet
Link rot is a serious issue on the web, as many links of the past are going away. We lose that data for good if we don't back it up somewhere. It may seem insignificant now, but we simply don't know what is being published today that we'll wish we'd kept in the future. But we can solve this issue.

Cedaro

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Keep an eye on Cedaro, the general purpose "playground" by the folks of Blazer Six. I discovered Cedaro last week using magic tricks, and asked Brady Vercher about the project. We enjoy the technical aspects of design and development, so…

Layers, by Obox, introduces a beautiful page building interface

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Brian Krogsgard
DesignPlanet
Layers is the latest WordPress theme with page building as the core feature. Obox has made a heck of an effort to ship 1.0, and while I have some issues, I'm incredibly impressed with the overall user experience. I think Obox has created something that's worth checking out, though I think this market has plenty of maturing to do yet.

Wikimedia, Automattic, and others file amicus in Twitter privacy case

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Brian Krogsgard
Security
Automattic joined Wikimedia, Medium, and other organizations in filing an amicus brief regarding Twitter's National Security Letters lawsuit against the US government. https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/567857616006676480 This is all a bit confusing, but the brief opens in this way: We are small Internet companies…

Pickle is another WordPress restaurant solution

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Pickle is a project by Jason Schuller that offers both a hosted and self-hosted solution for WordPress restaurants. It's heavily focused on design and simplicity. I can't help but wonder why there is so much focus on restaurants in this space.…

The commoditized state of web design

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessDesign
There has been a great deal of talk in general web design circles regarding what some call the commoditization of web design. I have many opinions on this, but they boil down to the part where I feel some agencies…

Selling a lifestyle and getting personal

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
I'm always intrigued by how companies market themselves, both to clients and potential employers. Envato has put a good bit of effort into their marketing videos, and they are definitely selling a lifestyle -- both to sellers and employees. They recently…
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