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Managing Jetpack enabled blogs on WordPress.com

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Brian Krogsgard
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…

Business theme highlight: Forefront

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessWordPress News
I discovered a new WordPress theme today, thanks to a tweet from Ian Stewart, called Forefront. Forefront is a business theme by Automattic that is available on both WordPress.com and on Creative Market for WordPress.org users. Forefront has its own…

Google releases an official plugin for publishers

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
Google has released an official plugin called Google Publisher on the WordPress.org repository. Currently, the plugin is in beta and allows you to easily hook up your website to Webmaster tools and also create and manage Adsense, all from within…

Free theme highlight: Hueman

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Brian Krogsgard
DesignWordPress News
In terms of free themes, Hueman sure is a knockout. I'm not even much for magazine themes, but if you have a photo-heavy site with plenty of content, I really love the design and feel of this theme. Built by Alexander…

Matt Mullenweg is now Automattic’s CEO

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessWordPress News
Matt Mullenweg and Toni Schneider are switching jobs at Automattic. After joining Automattic eight years ago, Toni Schneider is moving into a product-focused role within Automattic, and Matt Mullenweg is the new CEO. Both Matt and Toni blogged about the…

Meet WordPress 3.8, Parker

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Brian Krogsgard
DesignMake WordPress
WordPress 3.8, "Parker", has just been released. WordPress 3.8 is the result of four months of hard work by 188 core contributors. Named after Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist and bepob innovator. WordPress 3.8's development was led by WordPress co-founder, Matt…

WordPress, .com vs .org

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
There's a new post on The Daily Post of WordPress.com that does a nice job explaining the differences between WordPress.org and WordPress.com, and gives some advice on when someone may want to use each. It's a good one to keep…

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessDraft
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting WooThemes HQ in Cape Town, South Africa. Throughout the week I had the opportunity to interact with WooThemes' co-founders Mark Forrester and Magnus Jepson, as well as the rest of the Cape…

WordPress job board gets a redesign

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Brian Krogsgard
CareersWordPress News
The jobs.wordpress.net website has received a redesign, bringing it in sync with the branding of most of the other WordPress.org facilities. The website was acquired by Matt Mullenweg at the same time as Weblog Tools Collection. It's mostly unrelated to…

WordPress.com introduces Connect, a “login with” API

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
WordPress.com has introduced a new API today called WordPress.com Connect. It's an API to allow websites and applications to offer login capability for WordPress.com users. It's not surprising Automattic has introduced this feature. After all, they have tons of services that…

All plugins are (not) created equal

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Sarah Pressler
DesignSecurity
Plugins are the new black in WordPress site development, and picking out the perfect plugins for your site can quickly become overwhelming. The WordPress.org plugin repository hosts over 26,000 plugins and the plugin forum contains over 1.3 million posts. Check…

Five minutes with Dave Martin

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
Dave Martin is an Automattician that worked full time on WordPress.org projects for a pretty considerable amount of time last year (and I think early this year). In this interview on WordPress.com, he talks what he's doing now, how he…

On WordPress themes and frameworks

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Brian Krogsgard
DesignWordPress News
Let's pull the bandaid off real quick, and it won't hurt as bad: Theme Framework has turned into a marketing term. I lean more every day to giving theme framework the premium treatment. Just because a product costs money doesn't…

New WordPress.org status blog

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Brian Krogsgard
Make WordPressWordPress News
Andrew Nacin announced this morning that they've launched a new "status" blog for WordPress.org that is not hosted in the same environment as the rest of WordPress.org. This is common practice for high-scale websites, and I'm happy to see it…
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