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John Saddington

Brian Casel Reflects on Bootstrapping Restaurant Engine

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January 24, 2013

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Running a business is a challenge – just ask anyone who’s tried it. Starting one is even more difficult, especially if it’s just yourself, your idea, and a grand vision to make it the best that it can possibly be – if you can survive the first year then you’ve accomplished more than most! That’s what Brian Casel has experienced (and more) in the last since since launching Restaurant Engine, a niche-based product to help restaurant owners get their own food-based business off the ground. His reflection is revealing because it’s not about just the good that he’s experienced and […]

Giveaway: Professional WordPress 2nd Edition

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January 24, 2013

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We love giving free loot away, especially loot that’s of high quality! Well, we’ve got another killer giveaway with Brad William’s new book, Professional WordPress: Design and Development. Brad has generously offered 5 copies of the book in either physical form or electronic per your preference! Rad! It’s super easy to enter:

Haz Time? Join Events Team!

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January 23, 2013

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Andrea Middleton, someone I’ve been in contact with for a bit since I’m helping to organize the local WordCamp Atlanta here in a few months, is looking for a few good men (and women) to join the events team. And you should join. Seriously. She’s looking for help in these three areas: Event Planning Training Materials: If you have great writing and editorial skills, plus expertise in organizing WordCamps and other WP events, you’d be a real asset to this group. WordPress.tv Event Video Management: This team needs a few more intrepid WordCamp video reviewers. WordCamp Base Theme Page Templates: This […]

Post Locks, Revisions, Auto-Saving, Heartbeats…!

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January 23, 2013

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The WordPress teams have been incredibly busy with fresh updates this week about the state of tickets and the advancements of WordPress 3.6. Some highlights recently have been around auto-saving, post locking, and revisions. For example, some of the things that you will start hearing is about this new “heartbeat” API that’s being developed: “WP Heartbeat” API, #23216. This will do polling or long-polling so the server is able to send data and notifications to the browser. The primary use will be for setting, monitoring or taking over a post lock. Additionally it will be used to send autosave data to the server. […]

A Chat with Vid Luther, Founder of ZippyKid

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January 23, 2013

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Some may argue that 2013 is the year of the responsive WordPress design and I can see it from both sides but I can’t imagine that anyone would disagree that this is definitely the year of managed hosting for WordPress. The trend is nothing but up-and-to-the-right as more and more theme shops, individuals, and entrepreneurs are considering adding a hosted layer to their core offering and services. We’re keeping track of all of it here at WP Daily! We’re also trying to reach out to some of the key players and get their perspective on how they’ve seen the market […]

Sergey Biryukov Gets Guest Commit Access, TV Show?

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January 23, 2013

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And that would be cool if we did get a TV show out of a new guest committer, right? Or not. But the news was released yesterday that Sergey has been given access and will help with the squashing of many bugs. Andrew Nacin shares a few words about Sergey’s bug-squashing-skills: Allow me to pass the baton. Sergey’s Trac activity can best be described as omnipresent. He has had many hundreds of contributions, large and small, accepted to WordPress core. His contributions are always thoroughly researched, with links to related tickets and changesets often going back to a previous decade. […]

A House Divided: WordPress.org, Envato, and GPL Battle

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January 22, 2013

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There has been little secret about the issues between WordPress.org proper and Envato and the various and different interpretations to GPL, licensing, and distribution/ownership rights. But the battle is beginning to get heated (and personal) as the WordPress Foundation is now requesting that anyone who sells their products on Envato properties (WordPress Themes and Plugins) not speak at, volunteer for, organize or sponsor WordCamps (Thanks Drew for the clarification!). And when I say it’s getting heated – it’s really getting heated – there hasn’t been this type of online riot since, well, Chris Pearson (remember that big issue?). It’s worth noting that it […]

Behind the Scenes: Finding Focus in a World of Distraction

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January 22, 2013

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Getting stuff done is difficult to begin with especially with all the distractions that exist in both the real life and the digital. Trying to run a successful and growing editorial blog is tough work – I mean, let me be frank, it is really hard. It takes a lot of time, effort, and some guts to do it, especially if you’re trying to (at some point) earn a living through it. As a result, you have to take all the breaks you can get! I’ve got a few quirks and personal preferences but I share must-have strategy for myself to […]

MailChimp Releases Mandrill-Powered Plugin

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January 22, 2013

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I am a super-fan of MailChimp and their Mandrill app already so to hear that they’ve released a free plugin that will help site owners use their mailing architecture for the average consumer I was stoked! In fact, we’ve been using Mandrill here at WP Daily since Day #1 and we’ve been very happy with the service:

Head to Head: WordPress and Joomla

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January 22, 2013

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Sheesh. The last time I used Joomla was… … … oh snap, I can’t even remember. But I do remember using it when it first came out as I was looking for an alternative to Mambo CMS (oh wow, when was the last time you heard Mambo?). But there’s a place for Joomla as many large enterprises and businesses are using it in some clever and useful ways. Here’s a top-level overview infographic to compare to two side-by-side:

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