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Free WordPress Themes Released in January 2014

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January 30, 2014

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Every month, several new WordPress themes are released, both free and premium. This month the trend was no different as numerous wonderful WordPress themes were released. Quite interestingly, however, is the fact that many of the new themes of January 2014 were based on Twitter Bootstrap. 1. TypeFocus TypeFocus is a minimal theme based on Underscores. It features a typography-centric layout meant for personal blogs. Download 2. Bright News Bright News is a magazine layout theme that comes with custom color schemes, custom shortcodes and Google Fonts integration. It is translation ready and fully responsive, and is also available as […]

Developer Plugins I Can’t Live Without

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January 28, 2014

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When you’ve been developing for WordPress for a while, you get into a bit of a flow, and you end up reaching for the same tools again and again. And if you’ve reviewed as many plugins as I have, you probably will come across quite a few useful ones. I’ve found that each time I install WordPress fresh, there are a few plugins I install immediately, no matter what the project. They’ve helped me out quite a bit, and I’m hoping they might help you all too. Here they are, in reverse alphabetical order. WP MigrateDB Pro: $40 – 300 […]

If You Wouldn’t Say It in Person, Would You Say It Online?

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January 27, 2014

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This question is at the center of the recent security breach involving Disqus, a widely used comment hosting service, and Gravatar, a service owned by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg’s company Automattic. Gravatar allows users to maintain a consistent profile picture across websites enabling a Gravatar plugin. Until recently, Disqus enabled Gravatar which uses an MD5 hash, an algorithm designed in 1991, to mask the email addresses associated with each Gravatar account. Gravatar’s MD5 hash has been proven to be easily hackable. In December, a group of investigative journalists at Sweden’s Researchgruppen was able to de-anonymize the identities of thousands of […]

Entrepreneurship Isn’t Easier the 2nd (or 3rd) Time

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January 24, 2014

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You step onto a boat. It feels different—but you expected that, because you’re on the water. And while you enjoy the next few hours (or days) on the boat, you don’t really think about what it will be like when you step onto dry land. When you finally step onto land, it’s apparent you’ve developed “sea legs” because you still feel like you’re moving, even when you’re not. It’s not like you’ve never walked before. It’s not like you don’t know that you’re now on land. You just can’t out-think the reality that your brain and body got used to […]

Episode #30: The Wizard of Oz

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January 23, 2014

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Show Notes Host Michelle Oznowicz is the managing editor of Torquemag.io. She can be found on Twitter at @MichelleOz What they’re sippin’ on: Michelle: Chimay Brad: Captain Morgan Private Stock Dre: Maker’s Mark How Michelle got started in WordPress. After a decade of (mis)adventures in Hollywood, Michelle moved back to San Francisco and started working as an writer and editor for a magazines using WordPress. On July 29th 2013, Torque launched. Michelle came on board as the managing editor of this community-driven publication to help others get involved and have a voice in WordPress media. Not every submission is accepted, […]

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