Aaron Powell shows off what CSS…
Dan Knauss
Aaron Powell shows off what CSS can do — most of us probably had no idea! Two examples: keylogger (a little bit scary) and user tracking (not very scary, but still interesting).
Chat with a WordPress skeptic
Brian Krogsgard
Kira Leigh works with WordPress, but in most instances she'd rather avoid it. I talk to her about why she's a WordPress skeptic.
Is Tumblr a social network?
Brian Krogsgard
Sharing without a strategy. Blogging without a plan. Connecting without an angle. Maybe that's how Tumblr shines?
Several proposals that appeared on Make…
Dan Knauss
Several proposals that appeared on Make WordPress over the past week have started some good discussions: Ian Dunn proposed a policy of support for the last six versions of WordPress with auto-updates that bring unsupported sites to the oldest supported…
Automattic — the maker of WordPress.com — has purchased Tumblr
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic has purchased Tumblr from Verizon, in a firesale move reported to be for less than $3 million. There is still value in the site, however, for Automattic.
Caldera has been acquired by Saturday…
Brian Krogsgard
Caldera has been acquired by Saturday Drive, the makers of Ninja Forms. Acquiring competitors can make sense in a consolidating market, but the Saturday Drive folks don't have plans to blend the two products. Instead, they see Caldera as a…
Sarah Gooding did a nice job…
Brian Krogsgard
Sarah Gooding did a nice job summarizing the changes Jetpack is testing for paid block upgrades. It is controversial in the community as it fits within the gray zone of what should or should not be allowed. I appreciated Jeremy…
John James Jacoby released the initial…
Brian Krogsgard
John James Jacoby released the initial version of BerlinDB, a "collection of PHP classes and functions that aims to provide an ORM-like experience and interface to WordPress database tables." John touched on these concepts in his talk at WordCamp Europe…
The New York Times explains how…
Brian Krogsgard
The New York Times explains how they built a proprietary "collaborative editing CMS" for their newsrooms. It's an impressive piece of software, but it's a shame how much cool engineering goes into closed systems. Would the Times sharing this effort…
Grzegorz Ziółkowski tweeted to announce that…
Brian Krogsgard
Grzegorz Ziółkowski tweeted to announce that "unifying text-based blocks" are in development for WordPress core. He also asked whether there is is a valid use case for centered or right-aligned lists in LTR languages.
Scott Bolinger rebuilt his WordPress blog…
Brian Krogsgard
Scott Bolinger rebuilt his WordPress blog in Gatsby and wrote about his experience, which was mostly positive. However, there was a learning curve with some challenges along the way, such as adding images to a page ("ridiculously difficult") and forms.…
In BuddyPress 5.0.0 you will be…
Brian Krogsgard
In BuddyPress 5.0.0 you will be able to tidy your BuddyPress blocks in a separate BuddyPress block category.
Carolina Nymark announced the theme review…
Brian Krogsgard
Carolina Nymark announced the theme review team will require all themes to implement keyboard navigation in "five weeks time." (This puts the deadline in early September.) This new requirement goes beyond navigation menus: "All functionality should work using a keyboard…
Dealing with dates in programming isn’t…
Brian Krogsgard
Dealing with dates in programming isn't always straightforward, which is why I appreciated this reminder on how to take a timestamp and convert it into a formatted date in JavaScript. 📅
Gary Pendergast announced a “baby step”…
Brian Krogsgard
Gary Pendergast announced a "baby step" toward a better contributor experience in WordPress Core. Custom Docker images are now available for running WordPress on PHP versions 5.2 to 7.3. These images aren’t intended for hosting Docker-based WordPress sites but instead…
WooCommerce vs Shopify: A battle for ecommerce platform dominance
Jonathan Wold
Shopify has a lot going for it. WooCommerce, though, is the better platform for ecommerce on the Open Web.
