WordPress News

Learn WordPress from Bob Dunn

Brian Krogsgard

February 20, 2014

Bob Dunn has released his latest project, many months in the making. BobWPTutorials is a tutorial and course website powered by WooCommerce, and offers tutorials on general WordPress usage, as well as Genesis and WooThemes products. He already boasts 48 published…

Why post formats should be plugin territory

Travis Northcutt

February 19, 2014

WordPress News

A thought-provoking piece by Morten Rand-Hendriksen on why post formats belong in a plugin, rather than in WordPress core. Currently Post Formats themselves remain as a core feature and there is sporadic talk of restarting work on the Post Formats UI.…

Don’t use template_redirect to load an alternative template file

Travis Northcutt

February 19, 2014

WordPress News

A short post by Mark Jaquith explaining why you should use the template_include hook instead of template_redirect for loading an alternative template file. template_redirect is a popular WordPress hook, for good reason. When it runs, WordPress has made its main…

Aesop, a Medium-esque “story engine” for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2014

BusinessDesign

Aesop is a self-described "story engine" for WordPress. The plugin boasts "components designed for rich storytelling experiences." Basically, it creates an admin interface that allows a site owner to create interactive stories, similar to those popularized by projects like Medium…

On selling a WordPress agency

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2014

Business

It was announced in November that VeloMedia was going to acquire Crowd Favorite. The deal closed on Friday, and Crowd Favorite CEO (and now VeloMedia CTO) Alex King wrote about why and how he sold his agency -- the oldest…

Client resource: beginner’s guide to SEO

Brian Krogsgard

February 17, 2014

WordPress News

If you're like me, you've been frustrated before when a client asks you if you are "SEO proficient". SEO is one of those terms that's so mainstream, many prospective clients ask about it without knowing too much about what they…

The ins and outs of code blocks in WordPress content

Brian Krogsgard

February 17, 2014

WordPress News

Chris Coyier has done a nice job going through the various considerations to make when posting code in WordPress content. He covers using <pre> and <code> tags in the WordPress editor directly, using Markdown and Github flavored Markdown, and third…

Managing Jetpack enabled blogs on WordPress.com

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2014

WordPress News

I have tons of WordPress.com connected blogs. Some are connected to WordPress.org sites that are mine. Some are connected to WordPress.org sites of one-off clients and friends that I wasn't in the mood to explain Jetpack and WordPress.com too. Some…

Business theme highlight: Forefront

Brian Krogsgard

February 14, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

I discovered a new WordPress theme today, thanks to a tweet from Ian Stewart, called Forefront. Forefront is a business theme by Automattic that is available on both WordPress.com and on Creative Market for WordPress.org users. Forefront has its own…

Why I’m done with social media buttons

Brian Krogsgard

February 14, 2014

WordPress News

I get asked at least once a month to put sharing buttons on Post Status. Yesterday, I read Sam Solomon's reasoning about why he's done using them in his designs. Also, the comments from Hacker News had some good insight,…

Automattic should acquire Editorially

Brian Krogsgard

February 13, 2014

Business

http://vimeo.com/73479976 Watch the video above. See the beautiful and collaborative writing experience that Editorially built? And now it's gone. Only, why? This seems like a perfect opportunity for Automattic to be able to keep a great project afloat. And it…

Meet Joshua Benton, Director of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab

Brian Krogsgard

February 13, 2014

BusinessDraft

Joshua Benton runs a small newsroom of four full time staff. They publish around fifteen items a week on Nieman Lab, their WordPress based website. Their newsroom is different than most newsrooms though, because they mostly publish about other newsrooms.…

WordPress Core Proposal: Offline Editor

Brian Krogsgard

February 12, 2014

WordPress News

WordPress has a lot of killer features already, and more on the roadmap for future versions. One feature I'd really like to see would be an offline editor: create and manage posts in the browser without a network connection (then…

Yoast enters the WordPress theme market

Travis Northcutt

February 11, 2014

WordPress News

Joost de Valk has announced his company (Yoast) have released three Genesis Child Themes, with more on the way. We’re releasing 3 themes today, all of them very different but all of them share a lot of functionality too. They’re…

The rise of WordPress maintenance services

Brian Krogsgard

February 11, 2014

Business

WordPress maintenance services seem to be all the rage. As people are using WordPress to do more, more maintenance is sometimes required. Also, having a seasoned development team on hand for when things go wrong can be quite valuable. There…

WordPress capabilities magic with map_meta_cap

Brian Krogsgard

February 10, 2014

Development

Mannie Schumpert has done a nice job offering some practical examples using map_meta_cap. Mannie also took all of the examples from Andrew Nacin's excellent WCSF talk from last year. If you are dealing with roles and permissions, the things from…