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What WordPress.org support forum tools can be made better?

Brian Krogsgard

January 25, 2013

There's some very healthy discussion going on in the Make WordPress Support blog, where Mike Epstein (Ipstenu) asks: What support forum tools can be made better? Be sure to see her list of known ideas (like reply-by-email), check out the…

Custom Post Types in WordPress themes: Best practice?

Tom McFarlin

January 25, 2013

Development

Matt explores the various ways to include various custom post types in themes and asks what's considered the best practice and why. Great opportunity for discussion in the comments.

Advanced Custom Fields Add-Ons: Important Announcement

Brian Krogsgard

January 25, 2013

WordPress News

WordPress sent an email to Elliot Condon asking to "remove all ‘license-key features’ from the repository immediately." The post outlines what will happen to ACF plugins over the next few weeks.

Backbone.js, Underscore.js and why they matter for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

January 25, 2013

Development

WordPress is transforming and you may not even know it. The project's largely been a PHP driven framework. According to Github, the code itself is around 85% PHP and 15% JS in WordPress 3.5. In the future, JavaScript is likely to make up a majority of the project's code. And Backbone.js and Underscore.js have a big part of that shift. We should get ready for the change, and learn how to use these new tools.

Ugh. The “advanced” guide to SEO for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

January 25, 2013

WordPress News

I know these kinds of tutorials are everywhere. But I saw this one tonight, on a website that (I think) is held in fairly high regard in SEO / marketing land. And I just wanted to cry reading this chapter…

WordPress 3.5.1

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Make WordPressSecurity

WordPress 3.5.1 is out. Some bug fixes, security fixes, and even a couple usability tweaks of the media manager. Go update. No reason not to do so immediately for minor updates.

We need better abstraction in programming with WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Development

Tom McFarlin is always blogging fantastic things. This is another great one. He calls for developers to be more abstract in their WordPress code; in other words, to separate what goes where in a more logical, easier to repeat manner.…

Simperium joins Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

WordPress News

Simperium, makers of iOS note app Simplenote as well as a fairly powerful syncing API, has been acquired by WordPress.com parent company Automattic.

Create Better Code with GenerateWP

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Development

A quick and easy way to generate the required code for Sidebars, Menus, Custom Post Types, and a few other elements you'll likely need for your theme and/or plugin. With the visual tips/help, it makes coding these areas a breeze!

A Comprehensive Guide to Yoast’s WordPress SEO Plugin

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

WordPress News

A thorough guide to the many features of Yoast's SEO plugin for WordPress.

Akismet now requires a WordPress.com account

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

WordPress News

The Akismet blog announced this morning that Akismet accounts will now require a WordPress.com sign-in. They already required an Akismet login, but now it's integrated directly with WordPress.com. There are some checks Akistmet is doing for people that didn't have…

Test your kerning skills with the Kern Type game

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

Design

This is just for fun. My coworker introduced it to me yesterday. A great practice for anyone that toys with the frontend, and a good opportunity to showoff for experienced typography nerds. Move the letters left and right to properly…

Underscores meets Sass with sassy_s

Brian Krogsgard

January 24, 2013

DesignWordPress News

Amy Hendrix has released a nice integration of Sass for the Underscores theme by Automattic. Underscores, or _s, has gotten a lot of traction as an easy to fork base theme, and it's maintained by some truly great theme wranglers…

Eve.io – Is 8Bit getting into hosting?

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

Hosting

I was reading the new WP Daily site earlier today and noticed in their footer that they're hosted by "Eve." Intrigued, I clicked it to see a simple landing page, but it's clearly branded as a future 8Bit product. I…

wpXtreme 1.0.0 beta 3 is here!

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

WordPress News

Today wpXtreme 1.0.0 beta3, a plugin to enhance WordPress user experience, was released. More then 250 fixes, lots of improvements and 3 new fundamental features.

How to lose money as a freelancer

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

Business

Here's a nice post from WordPress community member James Dalman. He give you all the right tips on how to fail as a freelancer. He's right too, people are doing it every day. If you're struggling as a freelancer, or thinking…

What WordPress.org support forum tools can be made better?

Custom Post Types in WordPress themes: Best practice?

Advanced Custom Fields Add-Ons: Important Announcement

Backbone.js, Underscore.js and why they matter for WordPress

Ugh. The “advanced” guide to SEO for WordPress

WordPress 3.5.1

We need better abstraction in programming with WordPress

Simperium joins Automattic

Create Better Code with GenerateWP

A Comprehensive Guide to Yoast’s WordPress SEO Plugin

Akismet now requires a WordPress.com account

Test your kerning skills with the Kern Type game

Underscores meets Sass with sassy_s

Eve.io – Is 8Bit getting into hosting?

wpXtreme 1.0.0 beta 3 is here!

How to lose money as a freelancer

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