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Synchronize WordPress uploads across environments

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Brian Krogsgard
Development
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,…

PhpStorm IDE gets official WordPress support in version 8

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Brian Krogsgard
Development
PhpStorm is a full-featured IDE that has somewhat of a cult following amongst the WordPress developers I follow. Made by JetBrains, it's notable for being lighter weight than most IDEs, web development specific (though not just PHP as the name…

Using the magnifying glass icon for search

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
I love reading user studies like this recent one from Nielsen Norman Group, where they talk about the user experience for using the magnifying glass icon for search. All in all, they say it works quite well. Users tend to…

Creative Market acquired by AutoDesk

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessDesign
AutoDesk is an enormous company. Publicly traded on the Nasdaq, they have a market cap just under $12 Billion. You may have heard of AutoCAD, the thirty year old drafting software that's an absolute titan in a broad range of…

WordPress core proposal: portability

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Brian Krogsgard
Make WordPressWordPress News
The biggest feature lacking in WordPress is portability. We have an exporter for post content, but this exporter omits settings, widgets, theme options, and a large swath of data necessary for truly moving a site from server A to server…

Akismet releases update to address pingback vulnerability reports

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Brian Krogsgard
Security
Akismet, the popular WordPress spam prevention plugin by Automattic, has released an update with a number of fixes, including two to address recent reports of DDOS risks in WordPress related to pingbacks. The post describes the two points that address…

WordPress.com has opened applications for commercial themes

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessDesign
Automattic has added a new page on WordPress.com inviting theme makers to submit their theme shops to the platform. Historically, Automattic has invited particular theme makers to be a part of the WordPress.com commercial theme program. I have heard from some…

The evolution of 10up

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessDesign
The ecosystem of businesses that have been built around WordPress is huge, but shallow. Few companies are both large (relatively speaking) and central to a broad WordPress community. With 60+ employees, some of which are very well-known WordPress developers, 10up…

Everything I know about the news business

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessWordPress News
I thoroughly enjoyed a recent Medium post by Sean Blanda, where he discusses the news business. I have a lot of interest in publishing and news, something WordPress is core to. Sean highlights a number of challenges for the news…

Quick tip: Freelance toolkit by Modern Tribe

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
I found the Freelance Toolkit landing page on Modern Tribe's website today thanks to a Tweet from Tom Willmot: https://twitter.com/tomwillmot/status/444143641569660928 It's apparently been around for a while, but this was the first time I've seen it. The toolkit is a…

WordPress core needs a writing style guide

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
Does WordPress core have a voice and tone problem with its automated messages? That's the argument from Fred Meyer on WP Shout. He gives a compelling argument: One of WordPress’s greatest and most fixable weaknesses is its own use of…

WordPress 3.9 Beta 1 released

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Brian Krogsgard
Make WordPressWordPress News
WordPress 3.9 Beta 1 is out and ready for you to test. There are loads of enhancements that you can see a basic description of and hop into the tickets on Trac where they were hashed out. I'll be covering…

Where to learn WordPress development

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
I had the pleasure of being a guest on WPwatercooler today, where we talked about where to go to learn WordPress. I thought I'd share more in a post here. How I learned My perspective as a learner is centered…
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