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Schedule photos in bulk with Postbot, but why stop there?

Brian Krogsgard

April 22, 2014

Automattic has released an interesting new tool, called Postbot. Postbot is a webapp, at Postbot.co, which allows WordPress.com authenticated users to upload photos in bulk and schedule them as posts. There is, of course, a fun little gif. Once I…

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…

Press75, one of the oldest WordPress theme shops, is for sale

Brian Krogsgard

April 15, 2014

BusinessWordPress Community

Started in 2008, Press75 is one of the oldest WordPress theme shops. Jason Schuller has run the site for years, and according to the listing, it was once a half a million dollar per year business. Now it's for sale. Jason…

WordPress.com introduces a Portfolio content type

Brian Krogsgard

April 11, 2014

WordPress News

I'm honestly surprised it took this long, but WordPress.com has introduced a Portfolio custom content type for their platform. Current themes that support the new content type are Espied and Illustratr, however I think that many themes will begin introducing…

Severe Jetpack vulnerability disclosed, some sites being updated automatically

Brian Krogsgard

April 10, 2014

SecurityWordPress News

A severe Jetpack vulnerability has been disclosed and patched in Jetpack. The bug allows attackers to publish posts, and has existed since 2012. The Jetpack blog post states the following: During an internal security audit, we found a bug that allows an…

WordPress.com theme directory gets facelift, changes visible data

Brian Krogsgard

April 10, 2014

Design

The WordPress.com theme directory received a facelift yesterday, as well as some functionality changes. New design The new design isn't a big stretch from the previous one, but it is cleaner and more modern. One item to note is that…

Automattic acquires Longreads

Brian Krogsgard

April 9, 2014

WordPress News

Longreads is a popular term and hashtag for, well, long reads. Many publishers pride themselves in in-depth articles aimed to capture a reader for a significant period of time. Such stories are quite popular amongst journalistic and hyper-attentive-news-addict circles. The…

Pantheon for WordPress: a website hosting and management platform

Brian Krogsgard

March 26, 2014

BusinessDraft

Pantheon is a website development, deployment, and hosting platform. But they aren't just any host. They like to think of their product as a hosting killer, because in their mind, they do much more than just hosting. I heard about…

Creative Market acquired by AutoDesk

Brian Krogsgard

March 20, 2014

BusinessDesign

AutoDesk is an enormous company. Publicly traded on the Nasdaq, they have a market cap just under $12 Billion. You may have heard of AutoCAD, the thirty year old drafting software that's an absolute titan in a broad range of…

WordPress.com has opened applications for commercial themes

Brian Krogsgard

March 17, 2014

BusinessDesign

Automattic has added a new page on WordPress.com inviting theme makers to submit their theme shops to the platform. Historically, Automattic has invited particular theme makers to be a part of the WordPress.com commercial theme program. I have heard from some…

Where to learn WordPress development

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2014

WordPress News

I had the pleasure of being a guest on WPwatercooler today, where we talked about where to go to learn WordPress. I thought I'd share more in a post here. How I learned My perspective as a learner is centered…

Recommendations for improving WordPress comments

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2014

BusinessMake WordPress

There are a number of things that concern me in regard to WordPress comments. They are one of those features that I have a love hate relationship with. Comments are great for active, well moderated communities. I genuinely enjoy receiving…

Interview with Drew Strojny, Founder of The Theme Foundry

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2014

BusinessDesign

I had the pleasure to interview Drew Strojny, founder of The Theme Foundry, about their work at The Theme Foundry, their philosophies about themes, and their latest theme release, Oxford. [audio src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/PostStatus/DraftPodcast/Post-Status-Draft-3-Drew-Strojny-ThemeFoundry.mp3"] Direct Download Drew is a former Duke football…

WordPress.com adds partners to lower the barrier to eCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

February 25, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

WordPress.com has new eCommerce options available to its users. Back in March of 2013, they partnered with ShopLocket for their Enterprise and VIP customers to be able to use the eCommerce tools on their WordPress websites. Now, they've added Ecwid…

Two step authentication for WordPress.com, Jetpack, and WordPress mobile apps

Brian Krogsgard

February 20, 2014

WordPress News

A few months ago, I enabled two-factor authentication for WordPress.com. There are a number of reasons I did so. For one, at Range, we sometimes work on WordPress VIP projects, where two step authentication is recommended for about anything that…

Managing Jetpack enabled blogs on WordPress.com

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2014

WordPress News

I have tons of WordPress.com connected blogs. Some are connected to WordPress.org sites that are mine. Some are connected to WordPress.org sites of one-off clients and friends that I wasn't in the mood to explain Jetpack and WordPress.com too. Some…

Schedule photos in bulk with Postbot, but why stop there?

From ThemeForest to Array, the story of a theme business

Press75, one of the oldest WordPress theme shops, is for sale

WordPress.com introduces a Portfolio content type

Severe Jetpack vulnerability disclosed, some sites being updated automatically

WordPress.com theme directory gets facelift, changes visible data

Automattic acquires Longreads

Pantheon for WordPress: a website hosting and management platform

Creative Market acquired by AutoDesk

WordPress.com has opened applications for commercial themes

Where to learn WordPress development

Recommendations for improving WordPress comments

Interview with Drew Strojny, Founder of The Theme Foundry

WordPress.com adds partners to lower the barrier to eCommerce

Two step authentication for WordPress.com, Jetpack, and WordPress mobile apps

Managing Jetpack enabled blogs on WordPress.com

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