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Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…

Dan Knauss

October 25, 2019

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform founded by John O'Nolan, was released this week. The headline feature is a "new business model," which aims to help writers use memberships and subscriptions to make a "sustainable living" as "independent publisher[s] in…

WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address…

Dan Knauss

October 21, 2019

Security

WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address at least six security issues. 🔒 The first release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is available now, as well. 🏁 Remember, this release includes and fully supports PHP 7.4! More information about 5.3 continues to…

As soon as I heard about…

Dan Knauss

October 16, 2019

Hosting

As soon as I heard about WP FeedBack, I was wondering which hosting company would take advantage of it first. The answer came quickly as GoDaddy Pro announced a partnership with them this week. Their members can get WP Feedback…

WordCamp US will have a WordPress-themed…

Dan Knauss

October 16, 2019

Hosting

WordCamp US will have a WordPress-themed game show Saturday morning (November 2nd). If you are attending WordCamp US, join the fun and help support the young people who are hosting it. It will be fun! 🎉

Dave Whitley outlines a proposal to…

Dan Knauss

October 16, 2019

Design

Dave Whitley outlines a proposal to standardize a type scale for WordPress: "By including other attributes like font weight and line height, we can create a reusable set of predefined styles for design and development."

According to a recent post on…

Dan Knauss

October 16, 2019

Security

According to a recent post on Google's official security blog, Chrome is being prepared to start blocking all mixed content. As of Chrome 79, the browser "will gradually move to block all mixed content by default." It will auto-upgrade mixed…

One theme to rule them all?

Dan Knauss

October 15, 2019

BusinessDesign

What does the future hold for WordPress themes, for theme developers and end users? Are we ready for a single master parent theme?

Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2019

BusinessDraft

Matt Medeiros talks to me about fear and uncertainty for WordPress. It's a wide ranging and casual conversation about various concerns present to many in the WordPress economy.

Ashley Rich compares Digital Ocean, Google…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

Hosting

Ashley Rich compares Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, and AWS for hosting WordPress sites way you might with SpinupWP or ServerPilot and their forthcoming HostLaunch platform. Digital Ocean won the matchup, but all three platforms were are pretty close, and the…

If you have heard the term…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

BusinessHosting

If you have heard the term "serverless," but not much else, then John Demian's brief guide will help you get up to speed. John describes serverless hosting as "an event-based system for running code." In other words, services "create business…

Rachel Andrew at Smashing Magazine explores…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

Design

Rachel Andrew at Smashing Magazine explores the use cases where you might encounter overflow in your web designs. Rachel explains how CSS has evolved to create better ways to manage and design around unknown amounts of content.

Joe Watkins cuts right to the…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

Business

Joe Watkins cuts right to the point about the importance of funding open source projects your company relies on: Making monetary contributions or approaching your employer with a request to make monetary contributions to projects that your income or business…

Marc-Alexandre Montpas at posted an excellent…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

Security

Marc-Alexandre Montpas at posted an excellent and detailed dissection of the WordPress 5.2.3 security release on the Sucuri blog. 🔒

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

Brian Krogsgard

September 19, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic's Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.

There is a discussion unfolding at…

Dan Knauss

September 11, 2019

Design

There is a discussion unfolding at Make WordPress about the future design of the WordPress "About" page. Initial discussion points posted by Tammie Lister ask some good focusing, "what if" questions: What if the CSS system was rebuilt from the…

WordPress 5.2.3 is out. It’s a…

Dan Knauss

September 11, 2019

Security

WordPress 5.2.3 is out. It's a security and maintenance release that includes 29 fixes and enhancements, including an update of jQuery for older versions of WordPress. ✨

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…

WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address…

As soon as I heard about…

WordCamp US will have a WordPress-themed…

Dave Whitley outlines a proposal to…

According to a recent post on…

Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros

Ashley Rich compares Digital Ocean, Google…

If you have heard the term…

Rachel Andrew at Smashing Magazine explores…

Joe Watkins cuts right to the…

Marc-Alexandre Montpas at posted an excellent…

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

There is a discussion unfolding at…

WordPress 5.2.3 is out. It’s a…

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