WordPress’ unhappiest user

ByBrian Krogsgard Posted onMarch 25, 2013January 31, 2015 Updated onJanuary 31, 2015

Here’s a fun story of a WordPress meetup where the author was a bit starstruck by Matt Mullenweg, and came away with a great quote that makes me happy about WordPress’ future.

Development

Synchronize WordPress uploads across environments

ByBrian Krogsgard March 21, 2014January 31, 2015

Iain Poulson has written a nice tutorial summarizing five different ways to sync uploads / media across WordPress environments. This is a common problem, and he approaches the solutions using different methodologies, including via FTP (least preferred), rsync, Migrate DB Pro, a clever .htaccess trick, and WordPress filters. I love seeing how people tackle problems differently,…

Hosting

New WordPress host, Flywheel, raises funding

ByBrian Krogsgard May 6, 2013January 31, 2015

In an interview on Silicon Prairie News, Flywheel hosting has announced that they received funding for their WordPress hosting startup. It’s worth noting that Silicon Prairie News and Flywheel share a co-founder, so the article seems very much like self-promotion. They didn’t even note how much they raised. Nevertheless, Flywheel is definitely targeting a specific…

Design | WordPress News

On WordPress themes and frameworks

ByBrian Krogsgard July 15, 2013August 14, 2022

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 make it premium at all. Nevertheless, the marketing term came and it stuck, and almost…

Design

Where style guides fit process

ByBrian Krogsgard April 23, 2015

If you’ve ever worked on a site that evolves over time or for one that has pre-existing brand guidelines, then you probably know a bit about style guides. Chris Coyier has kindly named some common style guide strategies, and talked about pros and cons for each: The Sidelines: The style guide is done after the…

Member Spotlights | WordPress News

Member Spotlight: Igor Ligay

ByMichelle Frechette November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

Igor Ligay is the founder of Stylemix. He’s looking for interesting connections, opportunities, and partners to grow business together.

WordPress News

UpThemes retires all old themes, sets clean slate for the future

ByBrian Krogsgard November 14, 2013January 31, 2015

UpThemes has retired all of their old themes, and released their first new theme. It’s part of an ongoing effort the better define who they are and what their goals are in their themes. According to my conversation with Chris Wallace, UpThemes founder, they didn’t want to support themes that didn’t follow the best practices…

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saddington says:

March 25, 2013 at 9:01 am

ah, just saw this one too come through my feed. love it!
1. Sarah Weeger says:
  
  March 25, 2013 at 10:52 am
  
  Wow, thanks! Glad you liked it. 🙂
Amanda says:

March 28, 2013 at 5:03 pm

Interesting. My AV software is blocking this site due to potential malware.

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