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Sponsored Comments on Disqus

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Travis Northcutt
Update: although the announcement post didn't mention it, apparently Sponsored Comments are optional: https://twitter.com/DisqusAmanda/status/453272621023391744 As if you needed another reason to own your content, Disqus announced today that they're launching what they call "Sponsored Comments", a.k.a. ads at the top of…

DevPress sold for $14,000 on Flippa

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Brian Krogsgard
Update: Devin Price is the new owner. DevPress has a storied four year history, and today it's been sold on Flippa for a mere $14,000. What started as a partnership between four well known WordPress community members was eventually reduced…

Theme composition vs frameworks

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Travis Northcutt
Tom J Nowell published a great post today on theme composition vs frameworks. He points out a problem with theme frameworks: what you need or want to do doesn't always fit the way the framework is laid out. The problem…

Introducing Dictator

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Travis Northcutt
Daniel Bachhuber just announced Dictator, a "provisioning system for WordPress." One key idea Dictator adopted from provisioning systems: environments are ephemeral. WordPress no longer doing what you want it to? You should be able to destroy it and provision a…

Redis object cache for WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress has long had a Memcached backend available for object caching. Over the past several weeks, Eric Mann and Erick Hitter have built out a Redis-based alternative for object caching. Updated Source: https://ethitter.com/2014/04/redis-object-cache-plugin-available-for-download/

Jigoshop gets passed on to new owners

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Brian Krogsgard
Jigowatt, the company who develops the Jigoshop eCommerce plugin for WordPress has transferred ownership of the plugin over to Proxar IT Consulting, enabling Jigowatt to concentrate on the website design and development side of their business.

Performance benchmarks for managed WordPress hosts compared

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Brian Krogsgard
Kevin Ohashi has put together a very thorough comparison of performance benchmarks for a number of managed WordPress hosts on Review Signal. Included in his review: A Small Orange Pressable WP Engine WebSynthesis SiteGround Godaddy (managed) Digital Ocean (VPS) Pagely A…

How to market your first WordPress product

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Brian Krogsgard
Oli Dale has put together a nice post outlining methods he's found to be effective for marketing his WordPress themes and plugins. I wrote tips for marketing WordPress products last year, but my list was more focused on what I…

Creators and lurkers: the power of blog commenting

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Brian Krogsgard
AJ Kohn talks about participation inequality online in his defense of comments, using a number of level-headed metrics, as part of his argument that comments are good for blogs. A small amount of creators are responsible for the vast majority of…

The Church of WordPress

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Travis Northcutt
Mike Jordan wrote an excellent post on the future of the WordPress community. The natural evolution of community  is exclusivity. The WordPress community is still so young, that this has not yet become a problem- but it is a looming…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Spring 2014 edition)

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Brian Krogsgard
This is the fifth “Who’s hiring” post, and previous ones were very encouraging. I have seen multiple people start conversations that led to full time jobs and contract work from those posts. I consistently find people looking for WordPress developers…

Tips for clients hiring a web consultant

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Brian Krogsgard
Chris Lema has dropped some excellent tips for clients looking to hire a web developer / consultant. My favorite part was his description of why clients should know their budget: Sure, low prices exist, but in parts of town that…

Blog like a tortoise

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Travis Northcutt
This post by Brian Krogsgard on his personal blog is a great reminder that blogging isn't all about the stats (although the stats are a nice motivator). It's also a great peek at Brian's strategy and plans for Post Status; he's…

Synchronize WordPress uploads across environments

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Brian Krogsgard
Iain Poulson has written a nice tutorial summarizing five different ways to sync uploads / media across WordPress environments. This is a common problem, and he approaches the solutions using different methodologies, including via FTP (least preferred), rsync, Migrate DB Pro,…
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