Partnerships

The Pressware shop is open, and ready to cater to WordPress publishers

Brian Krogsgard

June 24, 2014

Tom McFarlin is a veteran of the WordPress product space. Today he's announced that his company, Pressware, has opened a shop for selling WordPress products. Pressware's first product has been out for a while now; the Mayer theme has been…

Automattic Senior Vice President Raanan Bar-Cohen moving to Resolute Ventures

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2014

WordPress News

After seven years with the company, Raanan Bar-Cohen is leaving Automattic for Resolute Ventures, he announced today on his blog. Raanan is a Senior Vice President of Commercial Services at Automattic, and one of its earliest employees. He seems to…

The cost of running a WordPress website

Brian Krogsgard

May 3, 2014

HostingSecurity

A WordPress website is very affordable to get up and running. You can do it for free, plus the cost of your average shared hosting account. However, running a more serious site can get considerably more expensive. Here's the list…

From ThemeForest to Array, the story of a theme business

Brian Krogsgard

April 22, 2014

BusinessDesign

Mike McAlister has been an active member of the commercial WordPress theme space since 2009. He started by selling themes on ThemeForest. He transitioned to the Okay Themes brand in December of 2011. And at the end of March of this year, Mike…

Barley for WordPress is a simple and effective inline editor

Brian Krogsgard

November 26, 2013

HostingWordPress News

I've had an opportunity to play with Barley for WordPress, an inline editor plugin. Barley is a two-sided product. Barley is a hosted, PHP based CMS, and Barley for WordPress is a WordPress plugin that extends the hosted Barley editing…

WP Weekend Phoenix details emerge

Brian Krogsgard

July 26, 2013

WordPress News

I guess we can call it a trend now. For the second time in as many weeks, a WordCamp has been "forked". WordCamp Phoenix has been a tremendously popular event in past years. I know at least one year they…

Jigoshop announces hosted “Pro” eCommerce partnership

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

Business

Jigoshop, a popular WordPress eCommerce plugin, has announced a partnership with Proxar IT Consulting, that offers a managed and hosted eCommerce platform for serious eCommerce customers. The plan levels are £300 for Silver, £500 per month for Gold, or a custom quote…