Month: November 2014

  • WordPress 4.1 Beta 1 Now Available for Testing

    WordPress 4.1 Beta 1 Now Available for Testing

    WordPress 4.1 beta 1 was released into the hands of eager testers today, just in time for the weekend. John Blackbourn announced the beta and outlined a list of features and improvements that you’ll want to put through the paces. The most visible items include the following: The new Twenty Fifteen default theme New distraction-free…

  • DevriX and Emil Uzelac Team Up to Produce Masonry, A Free WordPress Theme

    DevriX and Emil Uzelac Team Up to Produce Masonry, A Free WordPress Theme

    Masonry is a new free WordPress theme with an elegant 1-column design. You’d be hard-pressed to find a theme that is easier to set up. It offers just a handful of options built into the native customizer, including the ability to customize the header colors and header background image. The theme is mobile-friendly, with a…

  • Flynn O’Connor on Organizing and Marketing a WordCamp for Developers

    Flynn O’Connor on Organizing and Marketing a WordCamp for Developers

    One topic to come out of the discussion surrounding the cost to attend LoopConf is the idea that WordCamps can’t be developer focused. One of the most exciting aspects of LoopConf is the chance to dive deep into technical discussions. WordCamps generally cater to a wide range of skill levels, which some feel prevent these…

  • WPWeekly Episode 170 – I’ve Got Your Drama Right Here

    WPWeekly Episode 170 – I’ve Got Your Drama Right Here

    Since our guest couldn’t make it due to illness, Marcus Couch and I took the opportunity to thank all of the wonderful listeners who responded to our call to action in episode 169. I followed up the first segment with a 10-15 minute rant beginning at 13:25 on WP Drama. Marcus and I agree that…

  • Get Jetpack’s Markdown Module Without Using Jetpack

    Get Jetpack’s Markdown Module Without Using Jetpack

    Anas H. Sulaiman is a WordPress plugin developer who has created several extensions that extract modules from Jetpack so that they can be used independently. He recently renamed his WordPress.org profile to “JP Bot” and is gradually adding to his collection of Jetpack-extractions: One of his most popular plugins is JP Markdown, which essentially duplicates…

  • Taxonomy Filter: A Simple Plugin to Filter Taxonomies in the WordPress Admin

    Taxonomy Filter: A Simple Plugin to Filter Taxonomies in the WordPress Admin

    When WordPress is used heavily as a content management system, taxonomies play a very important role for grouping information. While your standard blog might only have a handful of categories, more content-heavy sites can include hundreds of terms within custom taxonomies. Scrolling through an impossibly long list of categories or terms can be a clunky…

  • Focus Project and Session UI Approved for Merge Into WordPress 4.1

    Focus Project and Session UI Approved for Merge Into WordPress 4.1

    John Blackbourn announced this afternoon that he will be merging the Focus Project into WordPress core ahead of the upcoming 4.1 release. Last week Jeff Chandler explored how the Focus Project plans to enhance distraction-free writing in WordPress. If you haven’t been following the project, it’s essentially a complete re-think of the way WordPress has…

  • bbPress Slack Integration: Send New Topics and Replies to a Slack Channel

    bbPress Slack Integration: Send New Topics and Replies to a Slack Channel

    WordPress recently adopted Slack as its primary communication tool for contributor teams, largely replacing IRC. When trac tickets are mentioned in Slack, they are automatically linked up, which helps contributors reference and connect discussions. So far, the app has been enthusiastically received, especially since it offers a far more mobile-friendly option for asynchronous communication. WordPress-related…

  • Happy Joe Uses WordPress to Train and Help Veterans Find Careers in Web Technology

    Happy Joe Uses WordPress to Train and Help Veterans Find Careers in Web Technology

    One of the toughest battles a U.S. military veteran faces after returning from active duty is finding a job and reentering the work force. The battle is so tough that in 2011, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden came together to launch Joining Forces. Joining Forces is a nationwide initiative calling all Americans…

  • Note by Slocum Studio is a Real-Time Customizable Text Widget

    Note by Slocum Studio is a Real-Time Customizable Text Widget

    Note is a simple and easy to use widget for editing bits of text, within the widget via the customizer developed by Slocum Studio. Although you can edit text widgets in the customizer, it’s a boring experience and requires HTML knowledge to format text. Note enables you to add and edit content live from within…

  • Shortcake: A UI for WordPress Shortcodes

    Shortcake: A UI for WordPress Shortcodes

    The Shortcode API was introduced in 2008 when WordPress 2.5 was released. Over the past six years, the UI for adding shortcodes has changed very little, despite the fact that they remain a big part of how many WordPress users structure complex content. Shortcake is a new project created by the folks at Fusion with…

  • LoopConf Sparks Controversy with Tickets Priced at $800

    LoopConf Sparks Controversy with Tickets Priced at $800

    Last week LoopConf announced that early bird tickets will go on sale November 20th. The conference is aimed at developers and organizers are planning for 700 – 1,000 attendees in Las Vegas on the weekend of May 7-8, 2015. A bit of controversy has surfaced regarding the ticket pricing, as LoopConf emerges as one of…

  • Why WordPress Doesn’t Need to Fear Ghost, Yet

    Why WordPress Doesn’t Need to Fear Ghost, Yet

    Mark Gibbs, who writes for NetworkWorld, published an article on how Ghost may one day scare WordPress off as the top publishing platform. Gibbs has some valid complaints with WordPress such as, plugins that don’t integrate with the menu system in a consistent way, incompatible themes, and the post editor. Although Ghost doesn’t have many…

  • WooConf, The First Ever Conference Dedicated to WooCommerce Deemed a Success

    WooConf, The First Ever Conference Dedicated to WooCommerce Deemed a Success

    Earlier this week, the first conference dedicated to WooCommerce took place and from all accounts, it was a success. Held at 969 Market in San Francisco, CA, over 300 people attended WooConf to learn about WooCommerce and eCommerce in general. While I didn’t attend the event, there are several people who have published their experience…

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