‘WordPress’ Category

« Older Entries

First Ever WP on Tour a Success

No
responses
by
on
February 10th, 2012
in
WordPress

After being in the planning stage for a few months, the first ever WP on Tour was a huge success. The goal of WP on Tour was to bring WordPress fans from around the world for a solid week of fun and co-working, and this first WP on Tour brought ten WordPress fans and developers to Sitges, Spain. The crew worked together on a few client and personal projects, and some of the biggest releases of the week were major updates to WP Stripe and YouTube DJ. As for the fun aspect, they were kind enough to snap several photos throughout the week. Does this look like fun to you? If so, you might want to host a WP on Tour event in your home town.

[Continue Reading...]

Printed WordPress Magazine to be Released Shortly

3
responses
by
on
February 8th, 2012
in
WordPress, WordPress News

WPCandy Quarterly, a WordPress related quarterly print magazine from the folks at WPCandy, is just about to be mailed out to the lucky readers who either pre-ordered or subscribed. To my knowledge, or at least about half an hour of searching, this may very well be the first ever printed WordPress magazine publication. The first issue will feature articles from 11 well-known contributors, and due to demand from the pre-orders, 2,000 copies are making their way through the printers as you read this. A lot of thought went into the design of this magazine, and you can see a video blazing through the various drafts below. It’s not too late to reserve your copy, so if you want to be a part of this historical launch, you should place your order soon before they’re shipped.

[Continue Reading...]

PressTrends Releases Plugin for WordPress Blogs

2
responses
by
on
January 27th, 2012
in
WordPress, WordPress Plugins

PressTrends has released a rather fascinating plugin for WordPress blogs. The plugin will allow you to measure various metrics for your posts, comments, and plugin usage, and compare these to averages across the entire PressTrends community. The feature list may be just a bit basic now, but there are more features on the way, the design is very clean-cut, and if you’re interested to see how you’re doing versus “the status quo,” this is definitely the way to do it. If you’re a theme designer, you might also be interested in their core product, which provides metrics for theme usage.

[Continue Reading...]

iThemes Launches Web Designer’s Toolkit for Students

5
responses
by
on
January 23rd, 2012
in
WordPress, WordPress News

iThemes has now added a huge student discount to their popular Web Designer’s Toolkit. The new Student Edition offers full-time students in the US and Canada access to over 150 themes, over 20 plugins, and over 300 hours of training for only $97 ($880 less than the original). Folks with a strong memory may notice the similarity to iThemes’s Educator Program. While the Student Edition of the toolkit is not free, the $880 discount is something that can’t be beat, especially if you’re busy spending money on your tuition. If you have plans to launch a WordPress-focused career in design, consulting, maintenance, and other such things, this is a great way to get a head start. Disclaimer: iThemes is one of our advertisers.

[Continue Reading...]

WP-Snippets Gets an Upgrade

4
responses
by
on
January 13th, 2012
in
WordPress, WordPress Tools

Since its launch well over a year ago, WP-Snippets has quickly grown into the most popular one-stop-shop for useful WordPress code snippets. WP-Snippets has finally received a major upgrade, making it even easier for you to find the code you’re looking for. The various snippets have now been broken up into categories, and more words can be filtered to narrow down the choices to just the snippet you need. If you find one that you’re particularly fond of, you can now favorite a snippet to leave it on the front page when you come back to the site. Speaking of the site, it now has a fully responsive design, so it looks great on your mobile phone when gathering snippets on the go. If you’re a fan of WordPress and have a few snippets to share on WP-Snippets, there is also a new contribute page to satisfy your urge to [...]

[Continue Reading...]

Move from Splinder to WordPress

3
responses
by
on
January 11th, 2012
in
Blogging News, WordPress, WordPress News

Splinder, a popular Italian blogging service, will be closing its doors on January 31st. If you’re Splinder user in need of a new home, fear not! Moving to WordPress is super-easy. If you want to try a similar hosted blogging service, WordPress.com has you covered with a new importer, a handy guide, and free support if something goes wrong. If you think it’s time to host your own blog, you might be interested in running a self-hosted WordPress.org blog. There are no Splinder importers for WordPress.org yet, but you can import to a WordPress.com blog, then export the resulting blog to any WordPress.org installation. Before you choose between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, make sure that you review the differences between the two. Having been through two similar service closures myself, I recommend moving your Splinder blog as soon as possible. When those doors shut, they tend to shut for good, and you [...]

[Continue Reading...]

WordPress 3.3.1 Released

3
responses
by
on
January 3rd, 2012
in
WordPress, WordPress News

WordPress 3.3.1 has been released. This is the first minor update since the release of WordPress 3.3 and contains 15 fixes, as well as an important security vulnerability fix. This update is recommended for all users, and can be done from the Dashboard -> Updates section of your blog’s Dashboard.

[Continue Reading...]

Add a Custom Header to Your Plugin Page

8
responses
by
on
December 28th, 2011
in
WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins

If you have a WordPress plugin in the official directory, you can now add some pizzaz to your listing with a custom header image. To add a custom header image to your plugin listing, you’ll need to have a 772 × 250 pixel jpeg or png checked in to your plugin’s SVN directory at assets/banner-772×250.(jpg|png). After a few refreshes, the image should appear for everyone. For some examples of the new header image at work, see Akismet, bbPress, BuddyPress, and Jetpack. This is still an experimental feature, so there is always a possibility that the dimensions, placement, and other aspects may change in the near future.

[Continue Reading...]

WooThemes Survey Results

2
responses
by
on
December 24th, 2011
in
WordPress

The results are in from the WooThemes survey. Presented in a handy infographic, this year’s survey brought to life some interesting facts from the 2,000+ WordPress users who took it. Among those surveyed, 90% feel that WordPress has graduated from blog publishing tool to full-fledged CMS, 68% use WordPress for sites requiring extensive CMS functionality, 77% make money from WordPress while 31% make their living from it, and 76% find responsive web design to be an important factor in their theme choice. While we’re on the subject of surveys, you may want to take this short 5-question survey to help improve the quality of the main WordPress.org site.

[Continue Reading...]

« PREVIOUS POSTS


Obviously Powered by WordPress. © 2003-2010 MidOut LLC

page counter