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Four questions with Andy Wilkerson, on his UpThemes purchase

Brian Krogsgard

June 17, 2016

I did an email based interview with Andy Wilkerson -- owner of Parallelus and acquirer of UpThemes -- to learn more about the decision to purchase the small theme shop. Here it is (I added links where it helps): Why…

The new iThemes security dashboard looks…

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2016

DesignSecurity

The new iThemes security dashboard looks slick. It's nice that everything is one page. I'm always pleased when screens and user experiences are tweaked as products (and their features) get more numerous and more complex. The new design looks like it…

We have creative directors and design…

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2016

Design

We have creative directors and design directors, but seemingly no "front-end directors". Jeffrey Zeldman thinks that we maybe should, and proceeds to deliver his case.

Here’s a list of guidelines a…

Brian Krogsgard

May 2, 2016

Design

Here's a list of guidelines a designer needs to know about accessibility from Jesse Hausler. One of the points that stuck in my mind was that you should design for a "diverse set of users" who will interact with your…

A new “Get WordPress” landing page is in the works

Brian Krogsgard

May 2, 2016

DesignHosting

A couple of months ago, Mark Uraine described the thinking behind what is now likely to be a new landing page at WordPress.org/get: For quite a while now, the meta team has been interested in improving the download and mobile pages…

Alex Ivanovs has a detailed post…

Brian Krogsgard

April 28, 2016

Design

Alex Ivanovs has a detailed post on the Pagely blog on how to make your blog more searchable. Beyond installing your typical SEO plugin, Alex's suggestions touch on how to audit your site, making your design more mobile-friendly, and examining your…

If you’re someone who designs emails…

April 8, 2016

Design

If you're someone who designs emails or just appreciates a good email design when they see it, then you might want to check out the latest in a "best of email" post from Jason Rodriguez. I mean, who doesn't appreciate…

If you have grumbles about the…

April 8, 2016

Design

If you have grumbles about the WordPress.org plugin repo in terms of its design and user experience, you might want to check out some wireframes recently done by the plugin team. So far, I like the general way things are…

From “Feature Plugins” to “Feature Projects”

Brian Krogsgard

March 31, 2016

Design

I've been looking forward to a post like this. Helen Hou-Sandí has written about an evolution of the feature plugin model. Over the last two and a half years, we’ve had successful feature plugins that were merged into core, efforts…

The WordPress design team is looking…

March 21, 2016

Design

The WordPress design team is looking for feedback, which is part of the early exploratory research for revisions to the Plugin Directory. If you have ever used an app store or installed an extension in any major browser... they would…

A Canadian court has issued an opinion…

February 9, 2016

Design

A Canadian court has issued an opinion with a vomit inducing description of open source. A problem Chenier saw was that 21st Capital used "open source code" and made changes, sometimes on a weekly basis, to its program code without testing…

Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2016

BusinessDesign

The WordPress REST API is at a bit of a crossroads. There is a proposal on the table by the core team of four contributors — Ryan McCue, Rachel Baker, Daniel Bachhuber, and Joe Hoyle — to ship endpoints to WordPress core iteratively. There is a pushback on this proposal by WordPress Project Lead and co-founder Matt Mullenweg.

Themezilla acquired by Pixel Union

Brian Krogsgard

February 4, 2016

BusinessDesign

Pixel Union was originally a theme marketplace for Tumblr, that expanded to BigCommerce, Shopify, and WordPress. The founder of Pixel Union is Andrew Wilkinson, who also started Meta Lab and publishes Designer News. Meta Lab is well known for being the…

Effective internal critique for projects

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2016

Design

Tanner Christensen is a product designer at Facebook, and while his post describes what he's learned about effectively holding design critique sessions, it's quite applicable to other areas of work. If you are in a team environment, adopting a clear and…

Noel Tock has published his predictions…

January 12, 2016

Design

Noel Tock has published his predictions for WordPress in 2016. I like most of what he says, and just as importantly, I'm going to steal his theme design so hard for my personal blog, as soon as I get some time.

WordPress security release, and 4.5 development kicks off

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

DesignSecurity

It was the first truly busy day in WordPress core land since the release of WordPress 4.4. Two big things happened: A maintenance and security update was released in WordPress 4.4.1, and the security component affected all versions back that can…

Four questions with Andy Wilkerson, on his UpThemes purchase

The new iThemes security dashboard looks…

We have creative directors and design…

Here’s a list of guidelines a…

A new “Get WordPress” landing page is in the works

Alex Ivanovs has a detailed post…

If you’re someone who designs emails…

If you have grumbles about the…

From “Feature Plugins” to “Feature Projects”

The WordPress design team is looking…

A Canadian court has issued an opinion…

Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints

Themezilla acquired by Pixel Union

Effective internal critique for projects

Noel Tock has published his predictions…

WordPress security release, and 4.5 development kicks off

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