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February 25, 2014

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Troy Dean, Torque Contributor and host of the WP Elevation Podcast, has put together a fascinating group of speakers for a live panel that will be talking, in-depth, about the future of WordPress. At 12 noon Pacific, a handful of notable WordPress influencers will be discussing the opportunities and challenges faced by WordPress professionals. WP Think Tank will take place in a live Google Hangout where viewers will be able to interact, chat, and ask questions. Panelists include Matt Mullenweg, Jake Goldman, Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Shane Pearlman, Tom Willmot, Miriam Schwab, and Scott Basgaard. This is sure to be an interesting talk! Tune in […]

The Day WordPress Took Back the Internet, Again

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February 10, 2014

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With each new leak getting consecutively worse, stories of NSA surveillance have caused quite an uproar recently online. We’ve gone from gawking at amateurish PowerPoint presentations explaining the level at which PRISM operates, to hearing about government sponsored Malware convincing the head of Microsoft to refer to the NSA as a serious and persistent threat to internet security. And headlines continue to reach new levels of absurdity with events like the NSA phone-tapping the German Chancellor and creating tools for hacking Cisco, Juniper and Wahwei routers with ease. It’s time, once again, to take action. Tomorrow, on Feb 11, people from all corners of the web (and […]

TouchCast Embed Plugin Allows You to Embed Fully Interactive Videos into Posts

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February 7, 2014

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Video authoring platform TouchCast recently released the beta version of a plugin that will allow you to embed a fully functional TouchCast video into a WordPress post. Rapidly growing since its launch in 2013, TouchCast allows people to create and watch videos that are layered with live web pages, YouTube clips, Twitter streams, and other digital touchpoints that viewers can expand and manipulate with their fingers. The folks at TouchCast call themselves “the next phase of the internet’s evolution.” Their free creative suite makes it easy for anyone—from a first-time blogger to a movie studio—to create multi-layered and hyperinteractive videos. Once […]

Congratulations Kirby!

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February 5, 2014

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Let’s congratulate Kirby Prickett, who will be leaving Torque to join the team at WP Engine. She will now be the editor of WP Engine’s blog. Kirby asked me to pass on her thanks to the contributors she worked with during her short time at Torque, saying: I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Michelle and the many excellent contributing writers that help make Torque such a great resource for the WordPress community. Best wishes to Kirby in her new role! Michelle Oznowicz is the Managing Editor of Torque. Whether it be directing a short film, […]

Torque and DradCast Partner for 2.0 Launch!

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January 18, 2014

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Today we are proud to announce that Torque has partnered with the DradCast for their 2.0 launch, sponsored by https://wpengine.com/WP Engine. We will be providing editorial and production support—such as booking guests, creating show notes, and basically being there for anything else that might come up—as they move forward. As always, the show is brought to you by the two infamous knuckleheads it’s named after, but we’ll be there to support, cheerlead, and help them take it to the next level. So check it out! Tune in to their next episode airing on Wednesday, January 22 at 5pm Pacific . Yours truly (me!) […]

Publisher of Torque, WP Engine, Raises $15 Million from North Bridge Growth Equity

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January 14, 2014

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What’s on the front page of TechCrunch this morning? The news that our publisher, WP Engine, has raised 15 million dollars from North Bridge Growth Equity to invest in product development and accelerate growth. Good news for us! Torque is included in the items that will be benefitting from the funding, so we look forward to innovations just around the corner. We can’t wait to see what this news makes possible and watch the company—and our publication—grow (even more!) over the next year! Read more on the TechCrunch article here. Michelle Oznowicz is the Managing Editor of Torque. Whether it […]

Early Reactions to the Launch of AppPresser

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Suzy Brannon

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January 10, 2014

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On Tuesday, AppPresser shook things up by making mobile app development accessible to everyone by launching the first mobile app development framework for WordPress. Their theme and extensions allow developers to create app-like features for sites and utilize device hardware like the camera, geolocation, push notifications, and contacts. There is also an extension that supports all WooCommerce features for an app. Early reactions on Twitter have been very positive. The more I look at @apppresser, wow, the more I am totally impressed. #WordPress http://t.co/5hxfwbzrsM — BobWP (@bobWP) January 7, 2014 As I work with @phonegap and @WordPress on a regular […]

CSS Hero: A Plugin to Customize WordPress Themes

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Sufyan bin Uzayr

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January 9, 2014

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If you are looking for a powerful and easy to use tool to help you customize WordPress themes, allow me to introduce you to CSS Hero, a creative platform plus WordPress plugin that intends to change the way designers and developers interact with their projects. CSS Hero Simply put, CSS Hero lets you customize your WordPress themes using a point and click approach. You can add special effects such as hover or shadow, edit elements such as margins and padding, experiment with live color and background changes, or even choose fonts directly from Google Fonts. CSS Hero supports responsive themes, […]

Book Release: Responsive Design with WordPress

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Suzy Brannon

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January 8, 2014

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Delivering the best possible experience to your audience across all devices is no longer a nice-to-have, but a must-have. With the release last month of Joe Casabona’s new book Responsive Design with WordPress, there is now a comprehensive resource for developers on how to utilize what WordPress offers to create a responsive site. Creating a responsive site is “not just for design, but for performance,” Joe says. His book not only covers responsive layout, but how to implement responsible responsive design—i.e., delivering features in the most optimized way. His book covers principles as well as implementation, including how to create responsive […]

Core Trac Gets Some Improvements

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Jay Hoffmann

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