WordPress News

How Groove grew their subscriber list to 5,000 in five weeks

Brian Krogsgard

November 1, 2013

Groove has another excellent case study out on their blog, where they tell the story about how they gained 5,000 subscribers on their blog in only 5 weeks. I was a pretty big fan of a previous post of theirs…

Houston, a pretty P2 child theme

Brian Krogsgard

November 1, 2013

WordPress News

James Koster, of WooThemes, has designed a nice little child theme for P2 called Houston. I like it. It's much more pleasant to look at than the default P2 theme.

How big can a WooCommerce store be?

Brian Krogsgard

October 31, 2013

WordPress News

The folks at MarketPress did a poll to see how big of shops people have built and managed with WooCommerce. 29% of respondents said they'd built a shop with 250-1000 products, and 11% said they'd built one with "1000+" products.…

The Events Calendar to get more ticketing support with new EDD add-on

Brian Krogsgard

October 30, 2013

WordPress News

The Events Calendar is a popular events solution from Modern Tribe. It's my personal favorite events calendar that I believe well balances features and simplicity. It could perhaps be simpler than it is, but it's not near as complex as…

Half ski getaway, half mini conference for WordPress business owners

Brian Krogsgard

October 30, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

It's called Big Snow Tiny Conf, and it's happening at Sugarbush, VT in January. Spots are limited so act now if you want in!

WordPress 3.7.1 is out

Brian Krogsgard

October 29, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

WordPress 3.7.1 is out with eleven bug fixes. If you are already on WordPress 3.7 and you are eligible for auto-updates, they will start rolling out soon. If you want to find out if you're eligible for auto-updates, you can…

Explicit browser support

Brian Krogsgard

October 29, 2013

BusinessDesign

Browser support is not a minor thing to consider when building web projects. Whether developing a website for a client or building a product, one of the most important things to clarify right away is what level of browser support…

Lessons learned building and supporting a WordPress theme

Brian Krogsgard

October 28, 2013

WordPress News

Konstantin Kovshenin shares the lessons he's learned from building and supporting his free Expound WordPress theme. The theme has over 100,000 downloads, and it's pretty interesting to see how he prepared for the release and the common support requests that…

WordPress is one of the best decisions you can make

Brian Krogsgard

October 26, 2013

WordPress News

A recent article on Long Beach Post suggested the decision to use WordPress in an enterprise or mission-critical environment is a mistake. I disagree. Strongly. Using WordPress is the best decision I've ever made.

Get to know the new functions in WordPress 3.7

Brian Krogsgard

October 25, 2013

WordPress News

The fabulous documentation site, QueryPosts, has you covered with the new functions added to WordPress 3.7. Take a look around and jump right to the source to get familiar with the new things to play with in your next project.…

Disable automatic upgrades in WordPress, the right way

Brian Krogsgard

October 25, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

The number one point of concern since yesterday's release of WordPress 3.7 is about auto-updates and the proper way to disable them or enable them for non-default situations. Andrew Nacin gives a clear pathway for doing so, with all the…

What’s new in WordPress 3.7, “Basie”

Brian Krogsgard

October 24, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

WordPress 3.7, "Basie", has just been released. It's been named in honor of Count Basie. The WordPress 3.7 development cycle is the quickest turnaround between major versions of WordPress ever. You may not notice a whole lot of sexy new…

You’re using transients wrong

Brian Krogsgard

October 24, 2013

Development

Ryan McCue has written an insightful post about caching data in WordPress with the Transients API. Most interesting to me is how he describes expiration in transients as a "maximum age" versus a "guaranteed expiration". He also makes a worthwhile…

Why didn’t the government use WordPress for HealthCare.gov?

Brian Krogsgard

October 24, 2013

WordPress News

Oh man, my worlds are colliding. Dylan Byers writes in Politico, asking why the White House didn't choose to use WordPress for building HealthCare.gov. Byers notes that some of the states did, and highlights the benefits of WordPress' (and other…

AppPresser: A foundation for using WordPress to make mobile apps

Brian Krogsgard

October 23, 2013

DesignWordPress News

AppPresser is a foundation for people to use WordPress based tools to build mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms. AppPresser is a collaborative effort between Scott Bolinger, Brad Williams, Brian Messenlehner, and Lisa Sabin-Wilson. You may notice that…

Why remote teams are the future, and how to make them work

Brian Krogsgard

October 23, 2013

WordPress News

Help Scout is one of my favorite blogs. In this post, they go in depth about remote and virtual teams, and give tips on tools to use and procedures for making them work. I would recommend a book for them…