Michael Novotny, who runs QA for 8BIT, launched a new site during his session this weekend at WordCamp Atlanta called WP Test. As Michael explains, WP Test uses “a fantastically exhaustive set of test data to measure the integrity of your plugins and themes.” WP Test will run your themes and plugins though the gauntlet and show you visually where your blog survives and where it breaks. WP test is built off of the WordPress Theme Unit Test Codex as well as 3 years of experience in plugin and theme support, corner cases included.
Your Introduction to Genesis Hooks
The genesis framework is a robust and dynamic WordPress theming framework created by Brian Gardner at StudioPress. Some key features that the Genesis Framework offers is lightning speed, excellent security (audited by Mark Jaquith), and durability. Genesis Hooks one of the most useful features of this framework to extend your theme’s functionality. These hooks make development quicker and much more efficient. A hook is a snippet of code that is written into a theme or plugin that allows the insertion of content into the theme. This allows you to extend the functionality of your website by hooking code into your website […]
Q/A with theMOLITOR: ThemeForest and More
Chris Molitor, in his first official Seattle meetup, sat down in a Q/A session and shares his experience with finding the right “niche” and placement for his themes, or territory as well as getting exposure and growing a successful business in ThemeForest. He’s now one of the more successful theme developers and Envato authors – selling nearly 20,000 sales and ranking well beyond the $250,000 sales goal. He’s most likely on his way to have a “Molitor Day” – when you hit the $1MM mark! It’s well-worth a listen:
Why Personal Projects Matter
There are many things that I have always wanted to do with my life and I am glad I finally found to do something I love and get paid to do it. When it comes to personal projects, those things seem to get put on the back burner for many of us. I have found that those personal projects are more significant to us than any of our regular work. They really push us because we actually care about them. It doesn’t really matter what it is we do, whether we are athletes, engineers, photographers or bloggers, its about being […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 3.17.2013
First, I just want to say thanks to everyone who was able to come to our office during WordCamp Atlanta. It was great seeing all of you and I hope that you all had a safe travel home. Hopefully after learning a little bit more about WordPress for some of you, you may want to check out some new plugins! Here they are:
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