Year: 2014

  • JustWrite: A Free WordPress Magazine Theme With a Bold Design

    JustWrite: A Free WordPress Magazine Theme With a Bold Design

    Most of the free WordPress themes out there are geared toward single-author blogs. It’s rare to find a decent option for magazines, because these types of themes take a little more effort to design and build, given the massive amount of content typically included on the homepage. JustWrite is a new magazine theme on WordPress.org…

  • Spotlight On GavickPro: Unique BuddyPress Themes With Support For Third-Party Plugins

    Spotlight On GavickPro: Unique BuddyPress Themes With Support For Third-Party Plugins

    BuddyPress themes are still few and far between, despite the popularity of the social networking plugin for WordPress. After theme compatibility was introduced, effectively making BuddyPress able to work with nearly any WordPress theme, the market slowed its production of new products tailored specifically for BuddyPress. When you see a theme that highlights BuddyPress features…

  • WordPress.com Developer Site Gets a Fresh Look and Updated Documentation

    WordPress.com Developer Site Gets a Fresh Look and Updated Documentation

    WordPress.com has relaunched its Developer Site with a new focus on making information easier to find for third-party developers. The site is now sporting a modernized design with a call to action that goes straight to the newly updated documentation, outlining how to get started creating apps for WordPress.com. I spoke with Automattic employee Joey…

  • How To Bulk Install All Your Favorite WordPress Plugins

    How To Bulk Install All Your Favorite WordPress Plugins

    Not every WordPress website is the same. But if you build with WordPress often enough, you might find that you prefer using the same set of plugins to provide basic functionality like contact forms, sharing buttons, SEO, caching, etc. It’s handy to have a set list of plugins that you can bulk-install whenever necessary. A…

  • Better WP Security To Be Renamed, Undergoes Major Changes

    Better WP Security To Be Renamed, Undergoes Major Changes

    If you use the Better WP Security plugin, keep an eye out for an important update next week. According to iThemes, the plugin will be renamed to iThemes Security to be more in line with the other products in the iThemes family. Because of the name change, users will need to re-activate the plugin after…

  • Akismet Update Adds Security and Anti-Spam Improvements

    Akismet Update Adds Security and Anti-Spam Improvements

    Last week, we wrote about a report published by Sucuri that explained how 162,000 clean WordPress sites were used in a DDoS attack through the pingback functionality of XML-RPC. Alex Shiels who works on Akismet mentioned on Twitter the security team was working on a solution. An update to Akismet is now available containing bug…

  • Video Explains Open Source Using LEGO Blocks

    Video Explains Open Source Using LEGO Blocks

    WordPress has benefited greatly from being Open Source software licensed under the GPL. But what does Open Source actually mean? The folks over at Bit Blueprint in partnership with Moving Monday released a video using LEGO bricks and toys to explain the subject. While the video is not 100% accurate since Free Software and Open…

  • Guide To Starting And Maintaining A WordPress Meetup

    Guide To Starting And Maintaining A WordPress Meetup

    One of my favorites things to do every month is attend my local WordPress meetup. I’ve helped put the meeting together since 2009. Usually, we’ll have 10-25 people show up depending on the weather or if the event is on a holiday. Meetups are like a smaller version of WordCamps where individuals present on specific…

  • Treehouse Expands WordPress Education to Include BuddyPress Beginners Course

    Treehouse Expands WordPress Education to Include BuddyPress Beginners Course

    Just one month after launching its WordPress beginner’s course, Treehouse has added BuddyPress education to its collection of interactive learning resources. The “Learn BuddyPress” course is geared toward BuddyPress beginners and covers all the basics of setup, user management, and core social components. After reviewing the course, I was impressed by how quickly Gordon is…

  • 10up Hires CEO To Help Take Company To The Next Level

    10up Hires CEO To Help Take Company To The Next Level

    WordPress development agency 10up has hired John Eckman to take on the role of CEO. Eckman will work closely with Goldman and team leaders on the day-to-day operations of the company. Jake Goldman will remain as president and will focus on the products, strategic investments, and business development side of the company. Eckman has spent…

  • How to Restrict a WordPress Author to Posting in One Category

    How to Restrict a WordPress Author to Posting in One Category

    Multi-author WordPress blogs often have many authors working together to push out content, but not every author needs access to post to all categories on the site. In fact, there may be times when you want to limit an author to posting in just one assigned category for contributions. Restrict Author Posting is a new…

  • WPWeekly Episode 141 – One Million WordCamps In Ohio

    WPWeekly Episode 141 – One Million WordCamps In Ohio

    We’ve kept this weeks edition of WordPress Weekly short and sweet. We talked about the news of week and I shared my experience attending the first ever WordCamp Dayton, Ohio. We discussed why there are so many WordCamps happening in the state of Ohio and how some of them came to fruition. We also, congratulated…

  • Tickets On Sale For WordCamp North Canton, Ohio

    Tickets On Sale For WordCamp North Canton, Ohio

    Tickets have gone on sale for the 2nd annual WordCamp North Canton, Ohio. This years event takes place on May 2nd and 3rd. Friday is dedicated to a marketing bootcamp while Saturday will feature speakers discussing a variety of topics. Organizers are in the process of sifting through topic submissions and will announce speakers soon.…

  • WordPress Tip: How to Load Google Fonts Over SSL and Non-SSL

    WordPress Tip: How to Load Google Fonts Over SSL and Non-SSL

    Here’s a quick tip for when you load Google fonts in WordPress. If you want the fonts to work over both SSL and non-SSL, you need to use the protocol relative link. For example, if you’re loading Google fonts from your theme’s functions.php file, you might do it like this: [php light=”true”]function mytheme_enqueue_styles() { wp_register_style(‘googleFonts’,…

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