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Accept Bitcoin Today with The GoCoin WooCommerce Extension

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March 4, 2014

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In the past few weeks, Bitcoin has been a pretty hot subject in the press, with the recent Mt. Gox disaster and the world’s first Bitcoin ATM’s rolling out. But even with all the controversy surrounding Bitcoin, it may be able to help you as a WordPress user. Bitcoin is becoming a currency of choice for a lot of educated consumers, and you may end up with many customers who prefer it. First, the basics: Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency. Let’s break that down. Bitcoin is decentralized, which means–unlike, say the US Dollar which is controlled by the Federal Government—it […]

Welcome Marie!

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March 4, 2014

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Torque has a new editorial assistant, Marie Dodson. Marie recently moved to San Francisco from Honesdale, a small town in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where she worked as an assistant to the editorial director for the popular kids’ magazine, Highlights for Children. After earning her Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Society from Cornell University, she has been following her passion for science writing, and has now branched out to technology writing. She looks forward to learning all about WordPress—platform and community—while covering WordPress news for Torque Magazine. Feel free to welcome Marie yourself at [email protected]! She’s always open to ideas, tips, and […]

WordPress Pakistan: Building A Community of WordPress Users

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March 3, 2014

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Considering the fact that WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) and blogging tool on the planet, a good number of communities, initiatives, and Meetup groups exist, bound together by the simple fact that they all use WordPress. One such initiative, going by the name of WordPress Pakistan, is recently coming to the fore. What is it About? WordPress Pakistan describes itself as: … an initiative to curate a WordPress focused agile & active community of developers, designers, & bloggers in Pakistan. Basically, it aims to bring together a community of WordPress users and lovers—designers, developers, bloggers, everyone—from […]

A Review of WP Think Tank: The Future of WordPress

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February 28, 2014

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On Tuesday, WP Think Tank–hosted by Troy Dean–held an exciting discussion. The talk was orchestrated with the intention of having a long and meaningful discussion about the future of WordPress. The live panel included 8 well-known WordPress professionals who shared what they believe will happen to WordPress over the next 5 years. A live chat–filled with passionate WordPress users–simultaneously occurred with the panel. Chat participants were able to actively engage in the discussion by asking questions and sharing their WordPress knowledge and ideas. The chat provided valuable correspondence and interaction, and is still available for backread. The panel covered a variety of topics, […]

DradCast Episode 34: Nick Haskins

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February 28, 2014

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Show notes Host Nick used to shoot pro photography, then the market started shrinking. This prompted him to start looking into the building of flash websites. He then started to use WordPress after flash started to taper off. On and off he has been developing in the space for about 3 years now. Aesop Stories started off as theme. He decided to pull functionality out of the theme to make a plugin for all themes. Core of project is open source, from day one he wanted it to be free so that everyone could share their stories in a visually […]

Launch Yourself into the World of WordPress Development

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February 26, 2014

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In the WordPress space, educational resources are relatively new; but they are swiftly becoming less sparse. Sites like Lynda.com, Treehouse, WPBeginner, and Tuts+, to name a few, offer WordPress workshops, tutorials, and how-to articles. The sphere has been steadily growing and evolving to offer a variety of conveniences for all levels of WordPress developers and designers. Whether you’re aspiring, intermediate, or seasoned, there is probably a useful online educational option for you. It’s just a matter of finding the right one!  Today we’ll focus on the recently released WordPress Developer Launchpad Bundle being offered by Tuts+. Although there are many online workshops to choose from, like […]

Do You Feel Guilty Using Premium Themes?

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February 26, 2014

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It’s time we have this conversation in public because I’m exhausted from having it in private at WordCamps, Meetups, and in forums. I know there are many WordPress “builders,”or “installers,” or “integrators” who feel the same way, and I think it has more to do with their insecurity about not being a “developer” than anything else. So, when a WordPress “consultant” (as I like to call them) asks me how to price projects when you’re “just” using a premium theme, here’s my usual response: A premium theme, no matter how good it is or what it costs, is not the […]

Why WordPress is More Than Just a Community

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February 24, 2014

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My co-founder Dan has been using WordPress since, well, before it was forked into WordPress. On the other hand, I’m non-technical and can’t code to save my life. Luckily, we’ve got a team of 4 developers to take care of our 24/7 WordPress support service, so I focus on what I’m good at. Strangely, it’s offline where I am most effective. I love making new connections at conferences, events, and meetups. In the last 7 months, I’ve fallen in love with the WordPress ecosystem and community and I want to explain why in this post. Abundance With 70,000,000+ (and growing) […]

Top 5 DOs and DON’Ts When Selecting an Online Password

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February 21, 2014

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In a day and age when the Target and Michael’s credit card fraud incidents are happening, you would think that we would all be on high alert when it comes to protecting our personal information. And yet, let’s take a look at Splashdata.com’s list of the 25 worst passwords of 2013: Seems like far too many people still go the “Spaceballs” approach to security, using the number an idiot might have as a combination on his luggage. You really don’t need to do much phishing here to guess most of this list. So how should you pick your WordPress password and avoid […]

Episode 33: Dreless in Sea.tt.le

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February 20, 2014

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Show Notes Host Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress and the founder of Automattic and Audrey Capital. Matt can be found on Twitter @PhotoMatt and online at Ma.tt. What They’re Sippin’ On: Brad: Pyramid Hefeweizen Dre: Maker’s Mark Matt: Hint Watermelon Water Pressing Topics: Matt takes the role of CEO. He is excited about the day-to-day aspects of running the company, growing it from 200 to 2,000 employees. Matt led development for version 3.8. He said it was fun to work with new people. Last year, Matt purchased WP Tavern because Jeff had incredible knowledge about WordPress, and it allowed […]

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