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It’s hard to believe Smashing Magazine…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

It's hard to believe Smashing Magazine has been online for 10 years. I enjoyed a recent reveal on their editorial process, workflow details and other behind the scenes information -- like the fact their editorial costs are $17,300 per month.

Here’s a nice video interview with…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Here's a nice video interview with Petya Raykovska (one of the organizers of WordCamp Europe and the most recent Global WordPress Translation Day). Just today, Petya gave me a 15 minute crash course to further my very limited knowledge of…

If you aren’t familiar, WordSesh is…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

If you aren't familiar, WordSesh is a 24 hour conference live on Google Hangout, founded by Scott Basgaard. And WordSesh 4 is happening Saturday August 20th, 2016. You might still have time to submit your ideas if you want to…

Daniele Procida is calling for Django…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Daniele Procida is calling for Django CMS to be as easy to install as WordPress. For someone not involved with WordPress (or PHP) he gives WordPress a fair shake. It's nice to see people outside the WordPress bubble acknowledge its…

Tate Barber has written how to…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Tate Barber has written how to get Docker setup in, "three easy steps." As its kinks have been worked out, more developers are showing interest in it. But I'm not prepared to called the process Tate outlines as "easy" quite…

Jeremey DuVall — a support team…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Jeremey DuVall -- a support team lead and Happiness Engineer at Automattic -- shares how to manage negativity with your customers on the HelpScout blog.

Software is terrible. That’s what John…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Software is terrible. That's what John Jacoby writes about, and as you would expect it's a well written vent that all users of the web can relate too, not to mention an audience of web professionals. Some of the ways…

Tables can be boring, but if…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Design

Tables can be boring, but if they aren't designed well they are painful to look at even on the best websites. Matthew Ström has some great tips on font, layout, and other aspects of table design to make tables easier…

Justin Sternberg shows how you can…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Justin Sternberg shows how you can add multiple products to the WooCommerce cart via the add-to-cart query string.

Mozilla recently launched a clever (if…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Mozilla recently launched a clever (if not 100% original) add-on called No More 404s, which provides Firefox users with options to read an earlier version of a 404 or deleted web page via the Wayback Machine.

The hardest parts of the Web…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

The hardest parts of the Web are the invisible parts, as Dave Rupert writes. I agree, especially in the areas of accessibility, security, web performance, and empathy, which he covers well in his post. The last paragraph is a good…

Aaron Rutley and Ben Pearson have…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

Aaron Rutley and Ben Pearson have released a plugin that automatically generates the code needed to implement Advanced Custom Fields in WordPress themes.

One of Devin Price’s consulting clients…

David Bisset

August 10, 2016

One of Devin Price's consulting clients was considering the move from WordPress to Shopify, so Devin writes about his thoughts on the two platforms, offering the best and most thorough comparison I've ever read between the two. Devin's review covers…

Private equity is getting closer to the hosting business

Brian Krogsgard

August 10, 2016

Hosting

Last year, private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners bought Liquid Web. This week, it was announced that Rackspace -- rumored to also be on the verge of full-out purchase by private equity -- sold their "cloud" division to Liquid Web.…

Ulysses: A Mac writing app that doesn’t suck, and integrates with WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

August 9, 2016

I learned about Ulysses from a TechCrunch article, and decided to test it out for myself. I’m about thirty minutes into the process, and so far I’m pretty impressed. It’s sort of a Markdown editor, but they call it “plain text…