Mel Choyce is now one of…
Mel Choyce is now one of five females with commit access to WordPress, and she shares her experience learning about the privilege on her blog. Another great thing about her and Michael Arestad getting commit? It's a big and needed…
Envato is introducing a hosted website platform
Brian Krogsgard
It's easy to see some parallels between ThemeCloud and Envato Sites in terms of goals, but they are vastly different in execution. The basic goals for each is to make making websites easier. Envato has chosen to go with a fully…
How to design a commercial WordPress theme — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
This week’s Post Status Draft podcast is hosted by Brian Krogsgard, and he interviews WordPress theme designer Mike McAlister. Brian also talks about the value of attending events.
The website for A Day of…
The website for A Day of REST is now powered by the REST API, and uses React. Better yet, it's available on Github! Happy exploring. Nice work by my podcast co-host Joe Hoyle, with design by Noel Tock.
Orion is ManageWP’s new dashboard design…
Orion is ManageWP's new dashboard design and complete rebuild. They've set it up as a toggle-able environment from the old one, so you can adjust at your own pace. It looks quite nice. I'd be interested in feedback from ManageWP…
Organizational decentralization and web governance
Brian Krogsgard
Big organizations have many different strategies -- or sometimes lackthereof -- for managing their web presence. One of the biggest decisions to make organizationally is whether or not to centralize or decentralize website management and decisions across departments. The concepts…
Facebook has enabled search that allows…
Facebook has enabled search that allows you to search all public posts. This means you might finally be able to see where those Facebook referrals are coming from, if not from a group. TechCrunch has the full story. They had…
Playing with type
Brian Krogsgard
Good typography choices and practices can be elusive to non-designers. But choosing a great typeface is possible, even if you're not an expert. There are many great tools, resources, and tips available to help us make the right decisions.
Restrict Content Pro has a dedicated…
Restrict Content Pro has a dedicated site now. It's the smallest of Pippin William's three primary projects, but it has a lot of potential. I imagine he knows that, and is giving it the real estate it deserves. The design…
Features as plugins hit core for 4.4
Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress 4.4 train is rolling and rolling fast still. oEmbed, Responsive Images, and the REST API infrastructure have all been committed to core. The links for the merge tickets are as follows: oEmbed, #32522 Responsive Images, #33641 REST API…
18F and the United States Digital Service…
Brian Krogsgard
18F and the United States Digital Service (they are different, here's a description) are doing amazing things to advance government web properties. I think it's a pretty non-political statement to say their work could be a lasting legacy item for President…
Gravity Flow makes custom form administrative workflows simple
Brian Krogsgard
"RE: RE: RE: RE: Needs input." Gravity Flow helps organizations get rid of this nonsense, by extending Gravity Forms to make custom form-based workflows for administrative approval and user input processes.
A Day of REST — a conference devoted to the WordPress REST API
Brian Krogsgard
A Day of REST is an event devoted to the WordPress REST API. It'll happen on January 28th 2016, with a follow-on hack day on the 29th, in London. It's an exciting opportunity for developers to learn how to interact with the new WordPress REST API, and Post Status will be an official partner.
Twenty Sixteen is open for hacking
Brian Krogsgard
Twenty Sixteen is already on Github and WordPress.org. It's not meant for production, but it's available for hacking. It's much further along than I would've anticipated. I'm not sure if it was under development by someone during the design phase…
Showing up at a gold rush with a shovel and a pan
Brian Krogsgard
I'm a pretty big fan of Dave Pell's NextDraft newsletter (subscribe and read my interview with him and Andrew Norcross!). It's a mix of tech and current events, and today he talked about the bubble in tech. I'll show the quote…
