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Welcome Travis Northcutt as Contributing Editor

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Brian Krogsgard
I'm thrilled today to announce that the Post Status team is growing. Doubling, in fact! I'm very happy to announce that Travis Northcutt is going to be a Contributing Editor to Post Status. In this role, Travis will be able…

VelocityPage by Mark Jaquith

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Travis Northcutt
Mark Jaquith just announced a new plugin called VelocityPage. VelocityPage is a WordPress plugin that brings simple and intuitive page layout abilities to WordPress, on any theme. There's a short video that demonstrates the capabilities in the linked post; it's definitely…

The email line that’s client repellant

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Brian Krogsgard
I've had a lot of email correspondence lately. As a boutique agency, all of us at Range share duties like responding to leads, proposals, and project management. It's been incredibly fun to stretch my legs back into sales and project…

Woo: You too have woes

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ZĂ© Fontainhas
For developers, i18n isn't always obvious, not even for large, and well-established theme vendors. In this post, I've tried to outline some of the most obvious issues in some of WooThemes' themes.

How to customize the WordPress theme customizer defaults

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Brian Krogsgard
The theme customizer feature was introduced in WordPress 3.4, released June 2012. Since then, it's been a great tool that's allowed theme developers to move away from complex options managers to a simpler, more logical interface where many settings can…

A free documentation theme for WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard
Tareq Hasan has created a free theme called weDocs to help folks manage documentation within WordPress. The theme is on Github and the demo is quite nice. This could be a great boilerplate for those of you looking to integrate…

Support Dash is transitioning to be a HelpScout app

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Brian Krogsgard
Support Dash has announced they are transitioning from a standalone in-dashboard customer service app to a HelpScout app. Ben Sibley says the new app "will reduce the time you spend on support by providing you with key information inside every…

Rethinking the WordPress editor

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Brian Krogsgard
Jay Hoffman has some good thoughts over on Torque about what lies ahead for the WordPress content creation experience. Between content blocks and front-end editing, writing a post in WordPress two years from now will not be like it is…

A love letter on .pot

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Brian Krogsgard
Zé Fontainhas is an extraordinary wordsmith (in my own and many others' opinions) and a polyglots master. In this open love letter to Mike Jolley and his excellent WP Jobs Manager plugin, Zé eloquently highlights some of the finer points of…

Why we love $500 WordPress clients

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Brian Krogsgard
Ryan Sullivan shares excellent reasoning as to why he likes working with small budget clients. In short, with a smaller client the limits are better known and the surprises are fewer. Meanwhile, it's still quite possible to serve a client's…

Required reading for marketers and clients

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Brian Krogsgard
Ryan Holiday gives advice on how to market a "boring" business. He tells of the power of stories, and reminds us that all businesses have them. When we get stuck in a rut as web professionals, this is especially helpful.…

Cory Miller, Founder & CEO of iThemes

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Brian Krogsgard
I had the opportunity recently to talk to Cory Miller, the founder of iThemes. Cory started iThemes in January 2008, so they are currently celebrating their 6th anniversary. Cory is a really thoughtful businessman and leader, and I really enjoyed…

Crowd Favorite to acquire Pixel Jar and AdSanity plugin

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Brian Krogsgard
It's been only two months since it was announced that Crowd Favorite would be acquired by VeloMedia; and that deal is nearing completion. Those two brands will be one, under the Crowd Favorite name. Crowd Favorite has just announced another…

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