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WordCamp Europe coming soon!

Japh Thomson

June 25, 2015

In case you weren't aware already, WordCamp Europe is kicking off this weekend. I'll be trying to select pieces of news and people that I think are of particular interest to share with you. You can also tune into the…

Growth in the French community

Jenny Beaumont

June 24, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Jenny Beaumont, a freelance web developer based in France, describes the recent growth boom in France's WordPress community and some of those who've helped it thrive.

WordCamp Europe 2015 – Live Streamed!

Japh Thomson

June 22, 2015

The third WordCamp catering to the entire European continent will be on this weekend, and there'll be a live stream! The live stream will be free, however the organisers do request that you register. So if you won't be joining…

O2 is finally out, but no longer a focus for Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

June 15, 2015

For so long, people wanted to get their hands on O2, the long promised successor to P2. Alas, O2 ran out of oxygen at Automattic, and is no longer a focus for the company. As noted by Sarah Gooding at…

WordCamp US needs some attention, like ASAP

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

WordCamp US is supposed to happen this year after a seven year run as WordCamp San Francisco. But it is June and there is no host city. There is no organizer. There is no WordCamp. And it's supposed to be…

Automattic to acquire WP Job Manager from Mike Jolley

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Mike Jolley has agreed to terms to sell WP Job Manager to Automattic. Mike is already joining Automattic after the WooThemes acquisition -- under his role as WooCommerce lead developer -- and the sale of WP Job Manager is in part due to Automattic's rules for employee side projects.

How to create better, more accessible WordPress themes

Sami Keijonen

May 7, 2015

DesignDevelopment

Accessibility is an important part of modern web development. It is our responsibility as creators of WordPress themes to make them accessible to all users, on any device. In this article, I'll offer some simple tips to create better, more accessible WordPress themes.

All about WordPress web addresses

Brian Krogsgard

April 17, 2015

Simon Wheatley has a really nice slidedeck that dissects WordPress URLs and shows you what they really mean, do, and how to play with them. The "URL to query" concepts in WordPress are really powerful to fully understand. You can…

Friendlier, safer admin areas

Brian Krogsgard

April 15, 2015

Cliff Seal's presentation at WordCamp Atlanta is now available, and in it he discusses creating "friendlier, safer admin areas." His talk is interesting because he highlights some of the scary "dragons" of the admin to those that aren't comfortable with…

Use your WordPress powers for good

Brian Krogsgard

March 30, 2015

Tom McFarlin reflects upon seeing young folks engaged at WordCamp Atlanta this last weekend: If there was ever any doubt in my mind that WordPress will be around for years to come, that doubt is stifled when I see younger people insatiably…

Version 1.2 of the WordPress REST API released

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2015

Version 1.2 of the WordPress REST API was released today. It's release follows nine months of work, and it will be the last pre-2.0 release for the API. Development on the 1.2 branch has been active, but was entirely on…

Cache Buddy and other caching notes from Mark Jaquith

Brian Krogsgard

March 23, 2015

Mark Jaquith did a session at WordCamp London on caching. He probably knows as much as anyone in the world on the topic. Fortunately, Duncan Stuart took some really helpful notes on his session. Included in the notes is a…

Micro and niche conferences abound

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2015

Hosting

There have been many announcements of late for micro and niche conferences. This is a steady occurrence these days, which I'm happy to see, but it's not easy to keep up with it all. I'm even considering a calendar of…

How the new Wired is wired

Brian Krogsgard

March 2, 2015

Wired has been around a long, long time. They just launched a major redesign and build of the website. Wired was already on WordPress, but they made major structural changes over the last couple of years and today's launch is…

The WordPress REST API

Brian Krogsgard

February 11, 2015

DevelopmentMake WordPress

The WordPress REST API is a huge initiative and feature plugin being developed for the core WordPress project. But it can be a bit confusing if you don't know much about it yet. Let's discuss what this project is, why it's important, and how to get involved.

Intentional networking

Brian Krogsgard

February 5, 2015

A lot of people find networking and getting to know people at events quite difficult. It can be a challenge, especially in an event venue where there are hundreds of new faces all around. My lawyer -- yes, my lawyer…

WordCamp Europe coming soon!

Growth in the French community

WordCamp Europe 2015 – Live Streamed!

O2 is finally out, but no longer a focus for Automattic

WordCamp US needs some attention, like ASAP

Automattic to acquire WP Job Manager from Mike Jolley

How to create better, more accessible WordPress themes

All about WordPress web addresses

Friendlier, safer admin areas

Use your WordPress powers for good

Version 1.2 of the WordPress REST API released

Cache Buddy and other caching notes from Mark Jaquith

Micro and niche conferences abound

How the new Wired is wired

The WordPress REST API

Intentional networking

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