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How to Harness the Subtle Powers of Typography

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May 9, 2014

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Try to think of the most attractive website you’ve recently visited. Now, try to recall the characteristics that made it so appealing. Perhaps it’s the content, or maybe it’s the stunning photography. Whatever your reason, it’s likely that typography has in some way influenced your opinion. Words can harness the artistic power of thought, and typography provides the visual component to this art. Typography is the process of displaying and setting different typefaces, and it plays an important role in WordPress website design. Font selection and style can create personality, change connotation, and set the mood for your website or blog. It […]

DradCast Episode 043: A Whole Lot of Tacos

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May 8, 2014

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; Show Notes Host Vladimir Prelovac manages, directs, and innovates at ManageWP. When he isn’t flying, swimming, travelling, or playing the guitar, he’s inventing game-changing technologies for the WordPress community at large. You can contact Vladimir on Linkedin. Sippin’ On Dre-Starbucks (bold blend) Brad-Water (no ice) Vladimir-Orange Juice Pressing Topics Automattic Joins the Billion-Dollar Club Automattic raises $160 million in venture funding. The company is now valued at 1.16 billion dollars! Summary of Dev Chat  Helen Hou-Sandi, release lead for 4.0,  has provided a summary of the dev chat on 4/30. It discusses some of the issues going to be addressed […]

If It’s a Man’s World, Who Cares? TechCrunch Disrupt, Day 3

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May 8, 2014

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Day 3 didn’t disappoint, the organizers saving some exciting speakers for the big finale. While there was so much to cover from Day 3—from the Startup Battlefield final, to Matt Mullenweg’s surprise appearance—I’ve decided to focus on one of the things I particularly appreciated about Day 3. Girl Power. Why Are There No Women Partners in Any of Your Firms? During a session entitled Is Winter Coming? Investing While Valuations Soar, TechCrunch’s Leena Rao asked 3 male investors—John Lilly of Greylock Partners, Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital, and Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital—why there are no women partners at any […]

The Thriving World Of Open-Source eCommerce

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May 8, 2014

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The success of WordPress is, at least in part, accredited to its adoption of the open-source software model. Quite simply, the term “open source” refers to something that can be freely modified and used under The GNU General Public License, or GPL. For the WordPress community, it’s part of what brings everyone together. It’s what allows anyone to freely use, study, distribute, and develop the WordPress project. Today, I’d like to discuss an important part of the WordPress ecosystem — eCommerce. While WordPress is well known for democratizing publishing, it has also provided a platform for many people to develop their […]

Is It Time to Retire Your Blog’s Sidebar?

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May 8, 2014

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When it comes to blogging sites, sidebars have been around for many years. Of course, there have always been blogs with special layouts that didn’t include a sidebar, but for the most part, the majority of bloggers have preferred having a sidebar (sometimes, even two). However, after the release of Twenty Thirteen, the WordPress theme that took us “back to the blog,” certain blog designs that didn’t employ the sidebar became available. Then, following the release of Ghost, and its free or premium “content-first look” themes, more and more WordPress themes became available—discarding the use of the sidebar. Question is, […]

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