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OptinMonster aims to be the dominant WordPress conversion plugin

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2013

WordPress lead generation or conversion plugins are not typically my type of thing. In fact, I've hated every instance I've ever seen of them. But Syed Balkhi and Thomas Griffin have created OptinMonster, their take on a WordPress conversion plugin…

WordPress security tips for your website

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2013

Security

Brad Williams and Brian Messenlehner are co-founders of WebDevStudios and last week they teamed up with SiteGround to do a security presentation. They offer some scary statistics on security, go over an example hack, cover ways to secure your website,…

How WordPress evolves without breaking everything

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2013

DevelopmentMake WordPress

This is a great flash talk by Andrew Nacin, where he discusses the decision making process for evolving WordPress while maintaining backward compatibility. Included are some explanations of the struggles with terms, term meta, and more. This was part of…

What fold?

Brian Krogsgard

September 27, 2013

Design

It doesn't matter how many times we explain it, clients are still concerned with the fold. The fold does not exist on the web, especially when we do our jobs as web designers and developers. The fold is a print…

Behind churchthemes.com

Brian Krogsgard

September 26, 2013

BusinessHosting

I've written a non-traditional "launch post" for churchthemes.com, telling the story of how this theme shop came together in the last year. Included are thoughts and experiences relating to business, development philosophy, pricing models, web hosting and marketing.

Automattic to acquire unnamed service

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

BusinessSecurity

Automattic is acquiring a security firm that has yet to be named or officially announced. The acquisition is said to be Automattic's largest yet. Matt Mullenweg spoke to TechWeekEurope about security within WordPress and a bit about this acquisition. Well,…

Tips for handling icon fonts

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

Design

Joen Asmussen is a designer for Automattic, and in addition to many things, he works on the Genericons project. In this post, he gives some great advice for using icon fonts in your projects. If you're doing client work or…

The WordPress mobile app is ready for iOS7

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

DesignWordPress News

The WordPress Mobile team has been working hard to get the WordPress iOS app ready for iOS7, which is to be released today. Design was led by Hugo Baeta, but eight contributors took part in the design and development for…

WordPress 3.6.1 security release is out

Brian Krogsgard

September 11, 2013

Make WordPressSecurity

WordPress 3.6.1 is out as a security release. Three security fixes were made, plus an additional security hardening measure. The security fixes affect all previous versions of WordPress. Check out the release details, and go update your sites.

Nginx is taking over the internet, and Automattic helped make it happen

Brian Krogsgard

September 6, 2013

Hosting

This is a nice backstory from Wired on the rise of Nginx, with a focus on how Automattic got involved in the project when they started using it for WordPress.com. Now, Nginx is powering 15 percent of all websites. I especially…

Sustainable value in WordPress products

Brian Krogsgard

September 5, 2013

Development

Matty Cohen has written a very nice post in Torque Mag about sustaining value in WordPress products. I especially like what he notes on debunking the myth that features are equivalent to value. And as he notes, harmony between two…

WordPress responsive navigation options

Brian Krogsgard

August 30, 2013

DesignDevelopment

Navigation is one of the most challenging battles for doing responsive design well. To preface this article, I highly recommend you study Brad Frost's collections of responsive navigation patterns and complex responsive navigation patterns. In this post, I'll cover two…

Wordless brings Haml, Sass, Compass, and Coffeescript to WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

August 26, 2013

Development

All the buzzwords, right? Wordless is a plugin and theme structure to help you integrate Haml, Sass, Compass, and Coffeescript into your WordPress web development workflow. Check out the Github for more info. (h/t David Bisset)

WordPress and JavaScript with Backbone

Brian Krogsgard

August 22, 2013

Development

I recently ran across this excellent slide deck from K. Adam White on evolving your JavaScript with BackBone.js. It's a really great deck that I highly recommend you fully digest. It's simple enough for people not yet well versed in…

Flagged by Google in style(.css)

Brian Krogsgard

August 20, 2013

SecurityWordPress News

My apologies for the headline. I couldn't resist. Yesterday, Jeff at WP Tavern covered yet another new A/B testing service. With dreadful timing, the site was also flagged by Google as malware for some users. As a commenter points out…

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

August 19, 2013

BusinessDesign

Philip Arthur Moore is the Premium Theme team lead at Automattic. I'm thrilled to have been able to ask Philip some questions about WordPress.com premium themes, their processes, and working at Automattic. His answers are thorough and very insightful, and…

OptinMonster aims to be the dominant WordPress conversion plugin

WordPress security tips for your website

How WordPress evolves without breaking everything

What fold?

Behind churchthemes.com

Automattic to acquire unnamed service

Tips for handling icon fonts

The WordPress mobile app is ready for iOS7

WordPress 3.6.1 security release is out

Nginx is taking over the internet, and Automattic helped make it happen

Sustainable value in WordPress products

WordPress responsive navigation options

Wordless brings Haml, Sass, Compass, and Coffeescript to WordPress

WordPress and JavaScript with Backbone

Flagged by Google in style(.css)

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

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