We’ve mentioned that DradCast was coming and it hasn’t even been two full weeks and they actually have two broadcasts in the can – nice! Using Google Hangouts they’ve recorded two episodes with Cory Miller and John Hawkins which have covered a host of topics, from theme development, GPL, the global economy, design, and more. It would be hard to pin-down exactly what each episode is succinctly about but that doesn’t really bother me at this time – I love the fresh flavor and conversation style of the work so far and how could you possibly go wrong with the world’s longest intro bumper ever? […]
Hooks, In a Glorious Nutshell
Are you familiar with hooks, actions and filters? If not, then this might be your seriously-simple primer. Let me quickly give you some thoughts about hooks, actions and filters. You can probably take it from there.
8 Ways to Give Back To WordPress in 2013
The WordPress ecosystem as we see and love it today is a result of contributions in one way or the other towards making it better. Since WordPress was released in 2003 a lot of changes has happened and it keeps getting better and adding more features and functionality with each major release. You can also remember how I shared my story about my personal journey with WordPress here. No matter your skills set whether you are a designer, developer, or just someone who uses WordPress you can give back to WordPress. Below are some ways you can give back to WordPress in […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 2.20.2013
Happy #humpday everyone! The week is half way over. I hope you have been able to make it a productive stretch and make the rest of the week just as productive. I have an updated theme to share today and a few new plugins as well for today’s roundup. I’ve always been a fan of This Day in History , so the A Year Ago Today plugin seems like fun for those blogs that are at least a year old. Here’s the rest of the bunch:
Jetpack Updates: When Is Too Much, Too Much?
What!?! Another Jetpack update? When Jetpack first came out, I was in love. Such a great bunch of tools in one. This one plugin made many others obsolete and it tied into many of the WordPress.com services that are really slick. I remember first opening it up and seeing the “coming soon” boxes. It was exciting. But when is enough, enough?
5 Characteristics of a Budding Entrepreneur
They say that entrepreneurs are a rare breed, that if everyone could be one then everyone would be one. I understand why people would believe this to be true but I believe that entrepreneurship can actually be taught instead of just inherited like a magic gene or something else as equally cosmic. In fact, besides mentoring and coaching existing entrepreneurs and walking with them through their current projects and ventures I’ve been spending time helping others fully embrace their inner-entrepreneur and teaching them the mechanics of building their own futures and products. But that doesn’t mean it is easy by any stretch […]
Easily Transfer Posterous Blog to WordPress
As someone who has many friends on Posterous I can understand the pain of Posterous closing down. Many people I know have been facing the decision over what platform to switch their blogs over to. Of course, as a self proclaimed WordPress evangelist I have been doing my part in convincing people to switch to WordPress from their original blogs but there is one issue that remains…how can I easily transfer all my blog posts from my Posterous blog to WordPress? If the thought of copying and pasting hundreds of blog posts makes your stomach turn then worry no more because a few years […]
Import Tweets as Posts or Comments?
An interesting discussion is brewing over at Trac about the new Twitter Importer which many users have been looking forward to for their own WordPress-powered properties: This ticket is to track the development of a plugin that can import tweets from a downloaded twitter.com archive. Presumably, such a plugin would be added to the importers list on wp-admin/import.php. The gist of the conversations so far that have interested me is the discussion of whether these should be imported as posts, which is the original proposed implementation, or another view presented by Mike Schinkel:
Episode 2: John Hawkins
Show Notes John Hawkins is a long time web developer, WordPress enthusiast, WordCamp speaker and organizer living on the outskirts of Las Vegas with his wife and two teenage children. In 2009 John co-founded 9seeds, a custom WordPress development company. You can find John on Twitter at @vegasgeek. Sippin’ On Brad– Stoli Raspberry and Club Soda Dre– Miller 64 John– Miller Lite Pressing Topics Twenty Thirteen Theme: Mark Jaquith unveils his new theme, Twenty Thirteen. It is up and running in core ready for you to inspect it. VIP Outage and community backlash to TechCrunch article. WordPress crashed for over 5 minutes, causing […]
4 Tips For A Better About Page
Your “About Me” page is probably one of your site’s most highly trafficked pages. It’s the one page that’s almost universal among blogs (and websites in general). Needless to say, your About page needs to make a great impression. Consider the following four tips that may help you improve what you’ve already got:
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