Scott Hack has released a plugin called BracketPress that allows you to create your own tournament pools. With March Madness just around the corner, this is great! The obvious advantages of a tool like this is that you can make a bracket for anything, not just what ESPN or other sources offer. And, businesses or groups can use all of their own branding, and keep the traffic from the pool.
Tom McFarlin shares how he uses Github for managing his WP Audio Player plugin.
Get a sneak peek at WordPress 6.1 with Nick Diego. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 2 — and the Plugin Dependencies feature plugin. Be sure to browse the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates. WP-CLI 2.7.1 is available now.
Mel Choyce laid out a slew of customization opportunities for the next several months. Customization is one of three core focus areas, along with the editor and the REST API. She defines the goal for the customizer work as this: our goal is to help people accomplish the following: “I want to make a site…
This interview is with Jonathan Williamson, co-founder of CGCookie. He’s going to talk to us about running a real world membership website on WordPress. Jonathan is Pippin Williamson’s twin brother, and he has years of experience running membership websites. There is much that we can learn from him.
Mark Jaquith explains how he built “Have Baby. Need Stuff!”, a baby gear site built on WordPress and inspired by “The Wirecutter”
John Maeda is a well-known designer, who most recently hails from the extremely reputable VC firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Wired has a pretty good summation on his background and qualifications. At Automattic, he’s filling a role they advertised a while back for an overall head of design. The position, now removed from Automattic’s…
