WordPress News

New WordPress host, Flywheel, raises funding

Brian Krogsgard

May 6, 2013

In an interview on Silicon Prairie News, Flywheel hosting has announced that they received funding for their WordPress hosting startup. It's worth noting that Silicon Prairie News and Flywheel share a co-founder, so the article seems very much like self-promotion.…

Working with WordPress and Vagrant – Basics

Curtis McHale

May 3, 2013

Development

An overview of using Varrying Vagrant Vagrants as your local development environment.

Level up your WordPress development skills

Curtis McHale

May 3, 2013

Development

Great talk by Tom about how to take your WordPress development skills to the next level.

How to Programmatically Populate a WordPress Template

Curtis McHale

May 2, 2013

Development

I haven't had to do this yet, but seems to be a pretty easy thing to do with Tom's code.

Wizards are busy people

Brian Krogsgard

May 1, 2013

WordPress News

Curtis McHale wins today's award for the most creative post title. He shares a valuable lesson for freelancers, service providers, and even clients. The best ones are busy, because a lot of people need their help. Expect to wait.

Questions for WordPress Calendar Users

Brian Krogsgard

April 30, 2013

WordPress News

I'm part of the team behind The Events Calendar and we would love to learn a bit more about how people use a WordPress calendar and who our own users are. Events 3.0 is getting close to launch and my…

Only 24 hours left to submit a talk to WordCamp Milwaukee

Brian Krogsgard

April 30, 2013

WordPress News

WordCamp Milwaukee is looking for speakers and the deadline is looming. Submit your talk today for a great opportunity to speak and learn about WordPress. Also, Beer.

Why you should join the theme review team

Brian Krogsgard

April 30, 2013

WordPress News

Fränk Klein makes a case for why it's advantageous for theme developers to join the theme review team.

Towards a partial page templating system in WordPress

Curtis McHale

April 30, 2013

Development

Here's a great article by Zack Tollman exploring ideas around caching parts of pages for views in WordPress.

Validation and sanitization in the theme customizer

Brian Krogsgard

April 30, 2013

WordPress News

Konstantin Obenland has posted some tips for proper validation and sanitization on the Themeshaper blog. For those that recall Otto's definitive post on the subject, this one adds a couple of tips in addition that have been added to core…

WordPress 3.6 Beta 2 released, post formats stay in

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

WordPress 3.6 Beta 2 was released this evening. After the debate on whether post formats should be punted to 3.7, it appears they are here to stay in 3.6. They have been iterated on, and I like them much, much…

Ghost reaches funding goal in twelve hours

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2013

WordPress News

John O'Nolan's Ghost Kickstarter has reached (more than) full funding in just under twelve hours. I just posted about Ghost this morning, and while I'm impressed it funded so damn quick, I'm not at all surprised by the interest. It's…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Spring edition)

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2013

Careers

This is the second "Who's hiring" post, and the last one was very successful. I know of a few people that got full time jobs and contract work based on conversations started from that post. I consistently find people looking…

The future of the New York Times’ WordPress blogs under question

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2013

WordPress News

I read an article this morning that questions the future of the blog format at The New York Times. According to a source in the story, having the more relaxed blog atmosphere along with the content that makes its way to the paper ends…

Ghost hits Kickstarter, seeks £25,000

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2013

WordPress News

John O'Nolan's Ghost project, a re-think of WordPress, is now a Kickstarter project. O'Nolan gives a good deal of detail about Ghost's longer term plans, licensing, etc. on the Kickstarter page. The funding goal for the project is £25,000, which…