A review of HappyForms for simple, custom lead management
Dan Knauss
HappyForms is a custom form builder that makes secure forms that get you leads, not spam.
Proposal for onboarding new contributors
Brian Krogsgard
Daniel James posted on the Make Community blog about a proposal for onboarding new contributors, including a mentorship program. Now, whilst the community team does a great job at the community side of things such as WordCamps and meetup eventsā¦
The WordPress product market is completely different now
Brian Krogsgard
Building a WordPress-based product business is a much different process than it used to be. People have to do something different and better than what has come before.
John Blackbourn shared a WordPress 4.9…
Brian Krogsgard
John Blackbourn shared a WordPress 4.9 feature on Twitter that I'm excited about: the ability to draft and schedule changes made in the customizer. For site changes and launches, this is a really awesome feature. It works pretty much theā¦
Ryan McCue was so tired of…
Brian Krogsgard
Ryan McCue was so tired of dealing with TracĀ that he wrote his own custom app with an improved UI that connects to WordPress.org's Trac instance via XML-RPC. The name of the app is "Not Trac", obviously. He's my favorite.
Contributing to Twenty Seventeen
Sami Keijonen
Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.
Helen Hou-SandĆĀ started a conversation in WordPress…
Brian Krogsgard
Helen Hou-SandĆĀ started a conversation in WordPress Trac that I'd love to see get more participants. It involves the roleĀ "dummy content" -- or demo content that would appear during live previews in the customizer --Ā could play to giveĀ users an idea ofā¦
The content in WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
One of Pippin Williamson's repeated concerns during his review of page builders was over data loss. He praised the plugins that, when deactivated, maintained HTML markup and content in the_content()Ā so the site owner could still use their content without theā¦
Twenty Seventeen is š„
Brian Krogsgard
I have not been stunned -- in a positive way -- about a default WordPress theme design preview since Twenty Twelve.Ā I haven't had aĀ major beef with any of the other default themes, but I haven't been really wowed. Twenty Tenā¦
WordPress 4.6, “Pepper”
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.6, "Pepper", has been released with shiny plugin management, system fonts, link syntax checking, resource hints, and more. This release post includes a special episode of the podcast.
WordPress 4.6 wishlist
Brian Krogsgard
No rest for the wicked. WordPress 4.6 development is officially underway. To start, 4.6 Release Lead Dominik Schilling (you may better know him as Ocean90) has followed the recent trend of opening up Make Core for an ideas "wishlist". Thereā¦
Other things you should read about the REST API
Brian Krogsgard
The REST API is a hot topic of conversation right now. I spent 3,000 words verbalizing my opinion on it, but there is a lot of good stuff that smart folks have written about the API and its current state.ā¦
The first WordPress REST API conference, in review
Brian Krogsgard
I had the privilege to attend and be the media partner at A Day of REST, the world's first conference devoted to the WordPress REST API. Here's my initial review, and some pictures, from the event.
All about the WordPress REST API and its current state — Draft podcast
Brian Krogsgard
Post Status Draft is a podcast about WordPress news and events hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week we discuss the WordPress REST API and the recent proposal for it to be merged into WordPress Core.
WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages
Brian Krogsgard
The much anticipated proposal for core inclusion of the WordPress REST API is here. Ryan McCue -- the project lead -- has proposed a draft for the inclusion process that recommends a two stage approach. He recommends that stage oneā¦
Consequences of bumping PHP minimums, from a Joomla lead that’s been there
Brian Krogsgard
There's a mega Trac ticket to, "strategize the updating ofĀ minimum PHP version." Joe and I talked about this on the latest podcast too (in the last segment), if you're curious. The Trac ticket goes every which way, as you'd expect.ā¦
