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Consideration of the new user experience in WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard

Helen Hou-Sandí -- a Lead Developer of WordPress -- has some really good thoughts on the new user experience (NUX) for WordPress. She will be leading WordPress 4.7, and says that she'd like to tackle some of the NUX problems…

Many of us work with open…

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Brian Krogsgard

Many of us work with open source, but maybe we've forgotten that initial joy of how it affects our lives. If so then reading this post from Piotr Gankiewicz on open source being a "life changer" might help you remember.

Rian Rietveld shares a number of…

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Brian Krogsgard

Rian Rietveld shares a number of ways to make your website more accessible. We need to be using screen reader text, and in more ways than you may think. Those "read more" buttons and icons are particularly troublesome. This isn't a…

Jason Cosper created a Mac OS…

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Brian Krogsgard

Jason Cosper created a Mac OS X executable for just the WordPress slack channel. It's perfect for those who want to be in the channel but don't want to open it in the desktop Slack app, which gobbles up RAM.…

Tailor is a stunning example of…

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Brian Krogsgard
Tailor is a stunning example of a free WordPress page builder, using the foundations of the customizer. It's made by Andrew Worsfold, who interestingly also works at ZenDesk. I just saw this, and it's the most WordPress-looking builder I've seen…

Try the new plugin directory

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Brian Krogsgard

The redesigned plugin directory, which I've reported on before, is in an open beta now, viewable on WordPress.org. Konstantin Obenland announced on the Make Meta blog today that they are seeking feedback of all types. If you've ever created a plugin,…

WordPress 4.6 is in Beta, and it’s time to test

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Brian Krogsgard

WordPress 4.6 is rolling on, currently in Beta 2. The release includes a handful of new minor features, and you'll certainly want to test your products and important sites prior to the full release. Now is the time to do…

Pressmatic wants to be the new standard for local WordPress development

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Brian Krogsgard

Clay Griffiths -- co-founder of Headway Themes, which he's run since 2009 -- has a new unaffiliated venture, called Pressmatic. With Pressmatic, Clay hopes to set the new standard for local WordPress development. Pressmatic is a GUI-driven utility for creating…

The graphs on the WordPress.org stat…

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Brian Krogsgard

The graphs on the WordPress.org stat page have had a minor facelift, but more importantly a new chart was added that tracks languages used by WordPress installs. English has the most marketshare with 54%, and Japanese holds second place with 5.7%. Related:…

Cameron Moll makes the case that…

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Brian Krogsgard

Cameron Moll makes the case that progressive web apps are making the future less about "apps everywhere" and ensuring a future where the browser is just as important. While I use native apps on my mobile phone everyday, I don't…

Carl Alexander continues his streak of…

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Brian Krogsgard

Carl Alexander continues his streak of good development articles with this recent post showing how developers can manage many classes with a "main plugin class."

If you use placeholders in your…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you use placeholders in your HTML forms, then a quick look at why they can be problematic is worth a read. The author's main point is that you shouldn't replace labels with placeholders, but use them in a supplemental…

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