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Marie Dodson

Marie enjoys reading good books, drinking good wine, and traveling to fun places.

Interview with SIDEKICK co-founder, Ben Fox, on sidekick.pro, future initiatives, and more

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February 10, 2015

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In January, SIDEKICK launched its new website sidekick.pro, as well as its new Composer tool — a tool that allows users to create WordPress walkthroughs, for free. The announcement came much later than originally anticipated — but has nonetheless been greeted with open arms. Torque reached out to Ben Fox, co-founder of SIDEKICK, to learn about the reasons for the delay of sidekick.pro, how the company plans to reach new users, its partnership with Go Daddy, and future initiatives. Why the delay Torque: What caused the delay for sidekick.pro? Ben Fox: SIDEKICK is a bootstrapped company, we have no outside investment (yet). This […]

Deadline approaching for Community Hub poll

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January 27, 2015

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There’s only one day left to vote for the features you’d like to see included in the WordPress Community Hub. The poll will close at 00:00 UTC January 29, 2015. In early December, Jenny Wong gave the green light for the Community Hub project — a project that will make it easier to find WordPress user groups all over the world. The announcement also pointed to this as an opportunity to make the hub into so much more: “. . .The community hub can be the WordCamp.org of local user groups/ meet ups. This would mean that user groups who want a localized […]

WordPress Highlights from 2014

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December 31, 2014

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It’s been a great year for Torque Magazine — filled with plugin reviews, business development, WordPress releases, interviews, and more. Let’s take a look at some of Torque’s most popular articles in 2014!  WordPress mobile 2014 was a big year for mobile devices in WordPress land. The year kicked off with a the release of AppPresser — the first mobile application framework for WordPress. The theme of WordPress mobile gained momentum throughout the year. . . Torque even went mobile: You can read about the official app (made with AppPresser’s Reactor service) here. Here are some of the top WordPress mobile articles on Torque in 2014: Yes, you really can use WordPress […]

WordSesh 3: Interview with co-organizer Scott Basgaard

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December 18, 2014

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Let the countdown begin! There’s less than 24 hours left until the third annual WordSesh, a much anticipated online event that live-streams WordPress presentations for 24 consecutive hours. And, best of all, you can watch it free from anywhere in the world. This article broadly discusses the accessibility issue with WordCamps, Meetups, etc., and talks about the future of online conferences and WordSesh, in particular.  Greater accessibility There are various reasons why one may be unable to attend a WordCamp, Meetup, or other WordPress event. WordSesh eliminates many of these barriers, because it is both free and easily accessible, with one basic requirement: an internet connection. You don’t even […]

Interview with Vladimir Prelovac

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December 16, 2014

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The growing number of plugins is part of what makes WordPress so appealing. There’s literally a WordPress plugin for everything; from contact forms, to security, to holiday snow. That being said, entering into the world of WordPress plugins may be challenging, particularly if you haven’t already established yourself as a leading plugin author. Today, Vladimir Prelovac, the brains behind ManageWP, announced the release of the Plugin Discovery Tool on ManageWP.org, a tool that will increase the discoverability of new plugins and plugin authors. Torque reached out to Vladimir Prelovac to learn more about his journey, his new plugin discovery tool, and future initiatives for ManageWP. Torque: […]

Interview with Kiko Doran on Prestige Conference

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November 25, 2014

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The second-ever Prestige Conference — a conference focused solely around business and career development in the digital space — is scheduled for February 27-28, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This article discusses the thought process behind the laser-focused event and sheds light on future plans to offer even more new content and learning.  The inspiration. For Prestige’s Founders Josh Broton and Kiko Doran, the inspiration for the conference came after years of attending, organizing, and speaking at WordCamps. “Both Josh Broton and I have an extensive history with the event circuit, and one thing we heard over and over was that people within the […]

WordPress Community Shares Thoughts on Microsoft’s Open Source News

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November 13, 2014

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On Wednesday, S. Somasegar, the corporate vice president of the developer division at Microsoft, announced that Microsoft is opening up access to .NET and Visual Studio — a move that will lead to universal access of Microsoft’s industry-leading platform and tools. In the coming months Microsoft plans to continue to open source the full server-side .NET Core Stack: ASP.NET 5 down, the Core Runtime, and Framework, Somasegar said. In addition, the open source .NET will be expanded to run on Linux and Mac OS X in addition to Windows. As of Wednesday, several components of the core .NET framework have been released and […]

Interview with Ryan Sullivan on LoopConf

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November 12, 2014

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Over the past month or so, there’s been lots of hype surrounding LoopConf, a niche-Wordpress conference specifically for developers. The conference aims to provide an opportunity for WordPress developers, regardless of their background, to come together to tackle more advanced engineering and development. There are going to be topics that are geared toward enterprise level engineers, but we’ll also have sessions that are great for intermediate or self-taught WordPress developers who are looking to take that next step in their careers, Ryan Sullivan, event organizer indicated in an interview. If you love to code, and love to code on the WordPress […]

Interview with Mark Forrester, Co-Founder of WooThemes

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November 6, 2014

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WooCommerce is the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugin, powering roughly 18%, or more than 380,000, of websites across the Internet. With this growing WooCommerce community in mind, the very first WooConf — a conference focused solely around WooCommerce — was held earlier this week in San Francisco. Just one week after WordCamp San Francisco, WooConf was a success, selling out with more than 300 attendees. In the past year or so WooCommerce has experienced unyielding growth. For some perspective, consider this: there have been more than 1 million downloads since August, and more than 40 thousand downloads in the past three days. During WooConf, […]

Highlights from WordCamp San Francisco 2014

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October 29, 2014

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Over the weekend, more than a thousand WordPress developers, professionals, and enthusiasts came together to attend the much-anticipated WordCamp San Francisco. The WordPress-centric event kicked off to a somewhat alarming start. . . Literally, the early morning talks were interrupted by a fire alarm, which resulted in some impromptu socializing on the sidewalks. The rest of the weekend unfolded quite perfectly, with a jam-packed venue, an exciting afterparty, and lots and lots of swag. Seriously though, I went home with 12 t-shirts. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from WCSF14! WordPress Global Many of the sessions at […]

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