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Sometimes we need a reminder

Brian Krogsgard

June 3, 2013

John Hawkins reflects on his experience this last weekend at WordCamp Orange County, as someone he met was literally brought to tears because they finally found a solution to a problem they were having with a friend's website. John says…

If you’re serious

Brian Krogsgard

June 3, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

Matt, If you’re serious about forking b2 I would be interested in contributing. I’m sure there are one or two others in the community who would be too. Mike Little's fateful comment on Matt Mullenweg's blog. A short history of…

Ten good years and a preview of the WordPress history book

Brian Krogsgard

May 31, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

Matt Mullenweg posted a thoughtful tribute to the last 10 years of WordPress on the official .org blog. He gives a bit of history, highlights some moments from these years, and links to some other 10 year celebratory posts. He…

Nonces that are used only once

Brady Vercher

May 31, 2013

Development

The word nonce indicates a number used only once, but in WordPress nonces can be used multiple times within 24 hours, although they are unique to the user, action, and ideally an object. Usually, that's all that's necessary, but to…

Case study: Building a WordPress powered web app

Brian Krogsgard

May 30, 2013

BusinessDevelopment

Josh Kadis has written up a summary of his experience at Quartz (an excellent online business news magazine) using WordPress to build a web app. Their considerations for choosing to build their own API versus use Jetpack's, using the settings…

Notify users when they haven’t completed a form

Brian Krogsgard

May 30, 2013

Development

This tutorial goes through how to create a shortcode that allows you to create a notice for people who haven’t yet completed a specific Gravity Form on your site.

Redesigning the Template Hierarchy

Brian Krogsgard

May 30, 2013

WordPress News

The WordPress Codex has a very useful template hierarchy graphic to show which templates files display what info. However, it isn't the prettiest or easiest to follow. Luckily, Michelle from Marktime Media took on a personal project of redesigning it…

Without a plugin? The functions.php myth.

Brian Krogsgard

May 30, 2013

Development

There's a wide spread digital myth in the WordPress microverse about the functions.php file and that it's a code snippet container. This post tries to explain why people are misusing this file, shows alternatives and explains step by step how…

Programming and extending grace

Curtis McHale

May 28, 2013

WordPress News

Learning to become a programmer is a much more hostile environment than learning to become a writer on the web.

WordPress 10th anniversary roundup

Brian Krogsgard

May 28, 2013

WordPress News

WP Daily has a nice collection of WordPress 10th anniversary cakes and blog posts from this weekend. It's a tremendous achievement what WordPress has made possible in the last ten years, and I look forward to many years to come.…

Tiger Global invests $50 million in Automattic secondary stock

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

WordPress News

Automattic has been making pretty good money for some time. But in order to help early investors lock in returns, they've partnered with Tiger Global for an $50 million investment of Automattic secondary stock. It's not the same as raising…

The biggest WordPress events of the year are just around the corner

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

[caption id="attachment_3250" align="aligncenter" width="752"] Photo via WordCamp Denver[/caption] WordCamp San Francisco, WordCamp Europe, and Pressnomics are all gearing up. But even if you can't make one of these, don't be disappointed, there is likely an event near you as well.…

Logging wp_mail during development with WP_Logging

Curtis McHale

May 24, 2013

Development

It sucks when you accidentally email all your users from a development site. Well, let's get all output from wp_mail logged during development.

Plugin review: Spam Free WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

WordPress News

Some people were discussing Spam Free WordPress on Twitter. I took a look at the code and came to the conclusion that there are just too many red flags in the plugin for anyone to recommend it. Read the full…

Weekly pricing for web development

Curtis McHale

May 24, 2013

Business

Weekly pricing is a great way to keep an even cashflow for businesses, but it's also great for clients.

How to become the “Big Brother” of your own WordPress site with Activity Log

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

WordPress News

Do clients constantly let you down by deactivating plugins, removing crucial pages or installing new, half-shady plugins? This plugin will aid you with all you need to put the finger on the cause of the issue.

Sometimes we need a reminder

If you’re serious

Ten good years and a preview of the WordPress history book

Nonces that are used only once

Case study: Building a WordPress powered web app

Notify users when they haven’t completed a form

Redesigning the Template Hierarchy

Without a plugin? The functions.php myth.

Programming and extending grace

WordPress 10th anniversary roundup

Tiger Global invests $50 million in Automattic secondary stock

The biggest WordPress events of the year are just around the corner

Logging wp_mail during development with WP_Logging

Plugin review: Spam Free WordPress

Weekly pricing for web development

How to become the “Big Brother” of your own WordPress site with Activity Log

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