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Widget UI Refresh for WordPress Core

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August 19, 2013

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Hold onto your hats, a key component of WordPress is getting a makeover! The goal is to have it included as part of the 3.8 release tentatively scheduled for December, 2013. The target?  Widget management, and the widget user interface—introducing a whole new way of working with widgets. Have you ever been frustrated by the current setup, dragging and dropping widgets to the sidebar, possibly scrolling and “dropping” a widget in the process? Have you learned workarounds to make widgets behave the way you want them to, or added plugins for conditional placement? Maybe you haven’t given widgets much thought […]

Week in WordPress: Episode 9

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August 18, 2013

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Hope everyone is having a relaxing Sunday! If you’re having WordPress news withdrawals, feel free to check out this past week’s episode of Week in WordPress with Matt Medeiros, below. I was lucky enough to be a guest this episode, along with Jason Coleman and Brian Casel. Also, if you look close enough you might be able to spot a Mogwai on my couch. I better not let it get wet…or: But back to the show—we talk about WordPress Connect, gossip vs. news, aggregated vs. curated…and widgets. Enjoy!

Super Handy HTML Cheat Sheet: Take 2

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August 17, 2013

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…An introduction to HTML for beginner Web Editors and Bloggers. QUICK NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Welcome to Take 2 of “Super Handy HTML Cheat Sheet.” As an editor who is not fluent in HTML, I too have gathered most of my quick tips and tricks from simply Googling an issue. This works well for me, and it can work for you too. But as we all know, not everything on the internet is correct, recent, or even true. So take things you Google with a grain of salt and always consider your source, just as you would with anything else. […]

Editor of Torque on Matt Report

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August 17, 2013

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Matt Medieros, WordPress entrepreneur, podcaster, and co-founder of Slocum Studio, was kind enough to have me on his show, Matt Report, this past week. The interview gave me an opportunity to talk about my background, share details of how Torque came to be, and further explain my role as Editor at Torque. We also got to wax poetic about journalism, blogging and entertainment…and discuss our thoughts on the evolving WordPress community and the future of WordPress news. Matt is such a great host and I had a blast being a guest. I hope you enjoy!

Super Handy HTML Cheat Sheet

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August 16, 2013

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…An introduction to HTML for beginner Web Editors and Bloggers. EDITOR’S UPDATE: Although these tips may work, some of them are out of date and not considered to be best practice.  Please reference the Super Handy HTML Cheat Sheet: Take 2 for the most recent and correct informaiton. Thanks! If you’re going to be managing—or regularly contributing to—a WordPress blog, it’s helpful to know some basic HTML. I know it can seem a bit intimidating, but it’s just like anything else in life—it’s not as complicated as it looks. And it’s your friend! It can help you to do amazing […]

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