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Hack with a Purpose This Weekend: ‘HACKtivation for the Homeless’ in SF

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March 27, 2014

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Are you a web developer or designer located in San Francisco with a desire to give back to the amazing community you call home? If so, this is the event for you. HACKtivation for the Homeless is an opportunity to join partners from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to collaborate on civic issues, and address the issue of homelessness in San Francisco. Join ReAllocate, on March 28 – 30, in partnership with St. Anthony Foundation, Project Homeless Connect, Spotify, Lyft, Innovation Alley, Larkin Street Youth, among others, to help alleviate the stresses of San Francisco’s homeless population. It’s bound to be a memorable […]

Episode 38: Boone in the Hat

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March 27, 2014

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZcOoGHlWk8&feature=share Show Notes Host Boone Gorges is a plugin developer for WordPress. He’s also a lead developer for BuddyPress, and an overseer in the development of the CUNY Academic Commons, Anthologize, and Participad. You can find him on twitter @Boone and on his website. What they’re sippin’ on Boone – Brooklyn Lager Dre – Water Brad – Johnny Walker Black Interview Education sector Boone started out on a track in academia—teaching, studying philosophy, attending graduate school. Boone began utilizing blogs, and WordPress.com in particular, to assign writing assignments in the classes he was teaching. He began to realize the important relationships between a […]

Free WordPress Themes: March 2014 Edition

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March 27, 2014

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March witnessed the release of several free WordPress themes. Most of which were meant for personal bloggers—with a generous variety of magazine and portfolio themes. Another good point worth noting is that almost all of the free WordPress themes that were released this month were fully responsive—with a few odd exceptions. Hopefully, this trend will gain further momentum into next month, to the extent that ‘responsive’ will become a permanent fixture in the list of theme features. So, let’s check out the major free WordPress themes released during the month of March. 1. Imprint Imprint is a responsive WordPress theme […]

WP Curve’s Alex McClafferty Interviewed on Fox Tech Take

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March 27, 2014

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Clayton Morris of Fox Tech Take started out this segment—titled WP Curve takes WordPress to the next level—by asking his viewers this: What percentage of the web do you think is run on WordPress? Ding ding ding! Torque readers all know the answer to this one. As WP Curve‘s Alex McClafferty confirmed, the answer is: over 20% of the entire internet. Strangely, this doesn’t seem to be common knowledge outside of the WordPress ecosystem. In response to the revelation, Clayton Morris exclaimed: So that’s a great business opportunity! It is indeed. As Alex explained in the interview, WordPress has a thriving ecosystem that continues to grow […]

iThemes Security (Formerly Better WP Security) Is Now Available

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March 26, 2014

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Security is an ongoing concern for the millions of users, developers, and enthusiasts who make up the WordPress space. And in recent times people are growing more concerned. Over the past year or so, there has been a heightened number of attacks on WordPress-specific sites. So—as a result—WordPress security developers have been forced to up their game. In the realm of WordPress security, plugins are a viable option for providing protection to WordPress websites and blogs. The #1 WordPress security plugin is Better WP Security. With over 1.7 million downloads—it offers extended protection and customer support to its users. Additionally, […]

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