In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by the founder of PostStatus, Brian Krogsgard. He explains how his experience writing for WPCandy provided the foundation to launch PostStatus. We find out how well the PostStatus club is doing since launching two weeks ago. Last but not least, we discuss whether…
Over the years, GoDaddy has become a company people love to hate. Whether it’s poor server performance or the actions of former CEO, Bob Parsons, the company has garnered a negative reputation. Within the last two years however, GoDaddy has implemented several changes to turn the company around. In this episode, Marcus Couch and I…
jMonkeyEngine is a game engine made for developers who want to create 3D games following modern technology standards. The framework is programmed entirely in Java aimed at wide accessibility and quick deployment to desktop, web, and mobile platforms. Established in 2003, the jMonkeyEngine community forum has gone through at least four migrations. phpBB → SMF → BuddyPress…
In this weeks show, Marcus Couch and I are joined by the founder of BruteProtect, Sam Hotchkiss. We learn the circumstances which lead to the birth of BruteProtect and how it operates. Hotchkiss explains the details of the acquisition with Automattic and how it will be rolled into Jetpack. While some people are not happy…
Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of conversing with a lot of smart people in the WordPress community. John James Jacoby is one of those people I can talk to for hours on end. Not only does he care about online communities and forums as much as I do, but he’s incredibly…
Managed WordPress hosting company Pagely, will be hosting a BuddyPress hangout tomorrow at 11AM Pacific, 2PM Eastern. Pagely’s CTO Josh Eichorn will be interviewing BuddyPress lead developer Boone Gorges. The pair will discuss the differences between BuddyPress 1.9 and 2.0 as well as details surrounding the major performance improvements. Pagely CEO Joshua Strebel will moderate…
Sarah Gooding and I debated whether or not smilies are content and what the true focus of debate should be concerning the emoticons. I shared my experience upgrading to WordPress For iOS 4.0 and the problems it solved. Last but not least, we discussed the dangers of downloading plugins from untrusted sources. Stories Discussed: WordPress…
Similar to BuddyPress, bbPress has announced its own survey to help decide features and which direction bbPress development will go in 2014. The survey is three pages long and contains a mix of generalized questions. It doesn’t take long to complete and it’s nice to be able to have a say in which direction the…
All three contributing writers to WPTavern were able to be part of the first episode of WordPress Weekly for 2014. In this episode, we get you caught up on the headlines and give you our New Years resolutions. We had a great conversation about the launch of AppPresser and the Aesop story engine. Near the…
In this information packed episode of WordPress Weekly, we were joined by Chris Lema. We discussed a number of topics on the show including the headlines of the week, WordPress in the enterprise, contributing to WordPress, approachable WordPress, and last but not least, whether Chris was actually the Kris Kringle of WordPress. We had a…
In this episode, we did something a little different. Instead of reviewing the headlines by ourselves, Tom McFarlin chimed in sharing his opinions on the headlines of the week. After going through the news, we spent some time getting to know Tom while finding out what happened at 8bit, what he’s doing with Pressware, updates…
In this edition of WordPress Weekly, we covered the headlines of the week such as what features will be in WordPress 3.8, the default BuddyPress theme being retired in 1.9, and when to expect 3.8 to be released. During the second half of the show, we were joined by Lorelle VanFossen. We found out what…
For the first time since returning to the airwaves, we had all three contributing authors to WordPress Tavern on the show at once. While we originally scheduled Alex Denning for this episode, we needed to reschedule him for October 25th. So in this episode, we each took turns discussing this weeks headlines. As a bonus,…
There were no spooky ghosts or constant howling noises in this episode but we did manage to go in-depth with John James Jacoby to discuss bbPress and BuddyPress. During the show, we find out why he left Automattic for 10UP, what is was like to jump into the project lead position for bbPress after so…
On Friday September 13th, John James Jacoby will be our special guest on WordPress Weekly. This will be the first time JJJ has been on the show. We’ll have a ton to talk about such as his recent job change from Automattic to 10UP, his passion for community, and of course, what’s happening with the…