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The new News Corp runs on WordPress VIP

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
News Corp recently split their publishing and entertainment divisions into two companies. The new News Corp, the umbrella organization for their publishing arm, unveiled a new logo about a month ago, and now they've launched their new website on WordPress…

A seller’s decision to leave Code Canyon

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
Scott Evans shares why he decided to remove his plugins from Code Canyon. I'm sure each seller's mileage varies as far as their level of concern for the reasons Scott brings up, but I'm at least happy he'll be releasing…

Access external WordPress data

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Brian Krogsgard
Development
Zach Schnackel gives an example of an interesting use case for WordPress. He wants access to some WordPress functions, but doesn't really want to use the WordPress theming system or load most of WordPress itself.

Simple changes, big results

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Design is about much more than art. In this interesting case study from Visual Website Optimizer, they highlight an eCommerce store that achieved a 56.43% increase in revenue by removing a mega-dropdown menu and replaced it with a category landing…

What is the future of commercial plugins?

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
Every now and then there are discussions and debates that arise to the forefront of the WordPress community. One of these discussions caught our attention: paid products based in WordPress and how they are (or are not) promoted within the…

Teach yourself programming in ten years

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
Peter Norvig is the Director of Research at Google. Years ago, he wrote this essay on how to teach yourself programming in ten years. Somehow, I've just now read his excellent advice for the first time. I'm only a few…

WordCamp Europe tickets are on sale

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
WordCamp Europe tickets are on sale now. The tickets cost 60 Euros for the October 5th-7th conference. This event is still months away, but I can already tell from chatter that it's going to be epic, and that I will…

There are no small changes

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
"Scope grows in minutes, not months. Look after the minutes, and the months take care of themselves." Des Traynor gives an example account of a "small" change that probably feels familiar with any client services provider. I personally believe that…

The truth about building commercial WordPress plugins

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
It's not easy to make good, sustainable income selling commercial WordPress plugins. Tom McFarlin does a great job highlighting many things you should be considering if you are thinking about getting into the WordPress commercial product business.

Page.ly acquired BlogDroid

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Brian Krogsgard
HostingWordPress News
Page.ly, the oldest managed WordPress hosting provider, has acquired BlogDroid. BlogDroid is a newer player in the WordPress managed hosting market. According to Page.ly's blog post, it was an all cash deal for the acquisition.

Designing in the browser

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Designing in the browser has been talked about by many industry leading designers. Here are some tips on how to to make in-browser design a little bit easier.

Seriously awesome tutorial on Git branching

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Curtis McHale
Development
It's a given that you need to know SVN to work with WordPress, but more and more developers are starting to use Git. If you're just starting out then here is an awesome interactive tutorial on Git branching.

A/B Testing in WordPress

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Curtis McHale
Business
If you use WordPress for your business website or to run your business entirely, you should be split testing to improve your conversions on products, form entries, and even email lists. WP Lift has done a nice run-through with tips…
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