In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Dusty Davidson, co-founder and CEO of Flywheel, a managed WordPress hosting company that caters to agencies and designers. Davidson last appeared on the show three years ago when the company had yet to launch to the public. In the interview, Davidson tells…
Earlier this year, a WordCamp incubator program was created to help three cities establish their first WordCamp. After receiving 182 applications, the three cities selected for the program were: Denpasar, Indonesia Harare, Zimbabwe Medellín, Colombia WordCamp Medellín is scheduled for November 5th and is the first of the three incubator events to take place. Andrea Middleton, Community Organizer for…
This past weekend, people from the web development and WordPress communities gathered in Los Angeles to attend Website Weekend LA. Organized by Alex Vasquez and Natalie MacLees, in association with the Los Angeles chapter of Girl Develop It, attendees helped non-profit organizations with their sites. .@alexjvasquez and @nataliemac wrapping up a great weekend of talented…
Lynda.com, a site that offers thousands of online training courses is giving everyone an opportunity to access any course they want for free. Dubbed the “Week of Learning“, starting today and ending on October 30th, visitors can take any course they want without any strings attached. The only thing that’s required is a LinkedIn account…
Wapuu is the unofficial mascot of the WordPress project and is quite the traveler appearing at WordCamps all over the world. While there is a variety of swag featuring Wapuu, outside of handmade items, there isn’t a way to obtain a plush toy. Peter Meth, a Senior PHP Consultant based in Toronto, Canada, is looking…
WordCamp Orlando which was originally scheduled for October 9-10 will now take place the weekend of November 12-13. The event was cancelled after the venue was ordered closed due to Hurricane Matthew. The event is being held at the UCF Rosen Campus and features a different schedule than the October event. Saturday will have a…
LoopConf, a conference geared towards WordPress developers has been rescheduled for February 6-8, 2017, and will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Florida but was cancelled due to Hurricane Matthew. Ryan Sullivan, lead organizer of the event who lives in Salt Lake City, says one…
Rebecca Gill, founder of Web-Savvy-Marketing, has published a postmortem of WordCamp WarmUp, an event that took place two days before WordCamp Ann Arbor aimed at breaking the ice for new WordCamp attendees. The event surpassed its goal of 50 attendees forcing Gill to close registration early. “Not only did most WarmUp guests arrive right on time, we…
If you noticed an update for Headway, it’s not your mind playing tricks. Late last week, Headway Themes released version 3.8.9 to patch a potential security vulnerability involving the license key field. The vulnerability was discovered and reported to Sucuri by Gary Bairéad, a former Headway Themes employee. At the time of writing, the company…
Last month, Kinsta announced it would give away one $1,500 travel scholarship to pay for an individual’s airfare, lodging, and admission ticket to WordCamp US. The company has announced on Twitter that Lizz Ehrenpreis, who resides in Portland, Oregon is the winner. Congratulations to Lizz of Portland OR on winning the #WCUS scholarship! Enjoy the…
Earlier this year, a number of people gathered in Sarasota, FL, to attend WPCampus, the first conference devoted to WordPress in higher education. As the organizers continue to accept applications to host the event in 2017, the team is also organizing a virtual conference called WPCampus Online. WPCampus Online is an all-day event planned for…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the latest stories making headlines in the WordPress community. We talk about the latest changes in the official AMP plugin and the second global WordPress translation day. We also discuss HeroPress obtaining its first financial sponsor and the not so happy side of WordPress.…
The general advice given to users who want to make simple edits to a theme without losing them is to create a child theme. This involves creating a directory, CSS file, a functions.php file, and uploading them to the webserver via WordPress or FTP. Users must also make sure the child theme references the parent theme correctly in…
HeroPress is a wonderful site where each week, someone from the community publishes an essay that describes how WordPress changed their life, made them a better person, or gave them a new perspective. Most of the stories have a happy ending and if you’re a regular reader of the site, it’s easy to assume that…
When Kim Parsell passed away in early 2015, the WordPress Foundation created a travel scholarship in her name not only to remember her, but to give a woman an opportunity to attend the largest WordCamp in the US who may not have the financial means to do so. WordCamp US is accepting applications for this year’s scholarship.…