A small Medium experiment
Brian Krogsgard
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.
WordPress and the new European Union VAT (Value-Added Tax) rules
Brian Krogsgard
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.
GravityView raises the bar for WordPress video advertisements
Brian Krogsgard
Okay, maybe it doesn't raise the bar the way you think I mean. But this is worthwhile. I'm pretty busy building the new Post Status infrastructure, but not too busy to post this. GravityView is a WordPress plugin by Zack…
Yoast Google Analytics plugin introduces stats dashboards, with lessons learned along the way
Brian Krogsgard
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
Brian Krogsgard
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
Brian Krogsgard
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
Brian Krogsgard
Elto, formerly Tweaky, is a micro services provider, for lack of a better term. They started with $25 tweaks, which until they shut down services today, worked it's way to a $199 minimum. WordPress is a high focus vertical for…
WordPress 4.1, “Dinah”
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.1, "Dinah", has just been released. WordPress 4.1 is the result of months of work and includes a number of excellent new features. WordPress 4.1 was led by John Blackbourn, who did an outstanding job. Two hundred and eighty three…
WordPress is an army
Brian Krogsgard
I'm going to make an analogy and it isn't a perfect one. That's the thing with the vast majority of analogies. This is an overly long and perhaps unnecessary post to dissuade us from writing or caring about "top" lists…
Let’s WordSesh together
Brian Krogsgard
This weekend, WordSesh 3 will begin. WordSesh is 24 straight hours of live streamed presentations and discussions from a variety of intelligent folks in the WordPress world. It starts at 0:00 UTC Saturday, which really means 7:00 p.m. Eastern time…
Matt Mullenweg’s 2014 State of the Word
Brian Krogsgard
"Oh, my name is Matt Mullenweg by the way. Nice to meet you." After the WordPress co-founder welcomed the largest WordCamp San Francisco audience ever, he introduced himself and began this year's State of the Word -- the annual talk where…
Postmatic wants to revitalize your WordPress email, starting with comments
Brian Krogsgard
Postmatic is a new WordPress plugin that I think is quite promising. It's aim is to eventually change the way you utilize WordPress email in many ways, but its comment functionality is what intrigued me immediately. Postmatic currently allows users…
LoopConf: A new WordPress conference that’s only for developers
Brian Krogsgard
Early May 2015 will be the first ever LoopConf, a WordPress conference that's geared solely toward developers. Ryan Sullivan, the owner of WP Site Care, is hosting the conference that is to be held in Las Vegas. LoopConf describes…
5 years into business, Pagely is growing faster than ever
Brian Krogsgard
Pagely is celebrating their fifth year of business right now. They have just launched their newly designed website (note to early readers: it's in process of launching at this moment, so some links may not work until later today) to…
Is WordPress right for eCommerce?
Beka Rice
I'm going to take a leaf out of Chris Lema's book right now to answer whether WordPress should be used for eCommerce: It depends. There are camps of thought that think WordPress isn't right for eCommerce, and there are people…
Contribution as culture
Brian Krogsgard
This post spends a lot of time analyzing and referencing two other blog posts. Excuse me for that, but also be sure to read both, as they are relevant for this post and also interesting in their own right. Matt…
