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News and insights about WordPress and its ecosystem by Post Status staff and contributors for our members and the WordPress community.

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…

How to build websites your customers will love

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
I've really been enjoying Help Scout's blog the past few months. In a recent post, they give a bunch of good advice on tips for designing websites that appeal, achieve goals, and make your visitors happy. Be sure to check…

Lessons for plugin developers from Joost de Valk

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
Joost de Valk published to his blog this morning about a mistake he made with an update to his WordPress SEO plugin. He used a feature in PHP that isn't supported in PHP 5.2, and therefore his plugin didn't work…

A call to change WordPress widgets

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Brian Krogsgard
Make WordPressWordPress News
Jesse Friedman has written up how he thinks that WordPress widgets and widget areas should operate more like WordPress menus. I agree with him that currently, things like conditional sidebars can be a bit annoying. But I'd like to see…

WordPress theme for presentation slides

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress News
Otto Wood has created an initial version of a WordPress theme intended for use as presentation slides. It's called Slides. Hosting slides on the web makes complete sense, and making slide templates WordPress themes is just as logical. I can…

What’s your WordPress job title?

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Brian Krogsgard
DesignWordPress News
Job titles can be confusing. If you've ever tried to hire a WordPress consultant to build you a website, or you've had inquiries about your services, you've likely encountered some level of confusion trying to decipher what an individual (or…

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