In our usual fashion we’re collecting and sharing with you guys some of the news that came through our channels (and that darn Submit News button) that we weren’t able to cover in the past week – there are always great stories and great WordPress-centric content that still deserves a bit of attention. Last week there was a lot of feedback about the style of which we present this information – such as removing the pagination and changing the order of images with titles (thanks @ChrisWallace, @Norcross, @Drewapicture and others. Those were great suggestions and so we’ll test it out […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 1.18.2013
It’s Friday, Friday, got to submit on Friday! Everybody’s looking forward to the plugins, plugins. I will spare your ears and not embed the Rebecca Black Friday music video. Does anyone have any plans for the weekend? Anyone still crunching some code, trying to get your latest project done? Well it seems like quite a few people are ending this week on a good note! Here’s the list-o-plugins for today:
Base Theme for WordCamp Updated, SVN and Trac
Brandon Dove has shared news that the SVN repo for the WordCamp Base Theme has been setup! For those curious about what’s powering it all you can now jump in and take a look as well as share your ideas and genius on how to make it even better. You can go there directly via SVN and Trac but make sure you don’t post any tickets quite yet since the WordCamp component isn’t finalized. It’ll be soon though.
A Look at the New American Airlines
There’s been a lot of discussion and talk about American Airlines new brand mark that’s been released and how historic it is for such an iconic organization to make such a significant change that I thought it would be at least of interest to bring it up here and discuss the power of brand and how it evolves over time. I’m not a designer nor am I a brand specialist or anything even remotely close to it – I’m care vastly more about what you do with the company’s products or services in this case, than the overall brand. But […]
Build Your HTML Prototype First, Then Move to WordPress
There are many different ways a website can get made. Ideally, a designer will work alongside a front-developer to get a working prototype ready, and a backend developer will adapt this to a CMS like WordPress. But the nature of our business often dictates that you will be balancing a couple, if not all, of these duties. And clients expect us to move quickly. It is very tempting to just start developing a theme on top of some framework and come out with a finished product. But next time you are in this situation, take a step back. Then create […]
Do Web Designers Need to Know How to Code?
Is it true that web designers must know how to code in order to be taken seriously as a professional services provider? Over the past year or so, I have seen articles and blog posts written that exhort web designers to learn HTML, CSS, and PHP. Some of these articles have even gone as far to say that if you don’t know how to code, you aren’t a true web designer. These opinions do have merit. It would be valuable and beneficial for a designer to have an understanding of the code work necessary to build a website, but in […]
Giveaway: WordPress Development Professional Book
We shared the other day the sweet release of Curtis McHale’s new book and he kindly offered to give a few copies away to our audience here! The guy couldn’t be more awesome! We’ve made it super-easy to enter:
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 1.17.2013
Thursday is my favorite day of the week. It means only one more work day and the weekend is just around the corner. It’s also the night of comedy on NBC and I get reminiscent about when The Office was in its prime. It’s also another day of more plugins! New ones at that! Just a quick house cleaning note before I share the list. If I stumble upon a description that is in gibberish or I can’t understand it, I may get rid of it. I am getting these lists from some RSS feeds that I have set up and if the […]
MemberPress: Just Another Membership Plugin?
Almost every day my inbox announces the arrival of another solution that will earn me a seven digit income passively. All I need to do (right now) is buy their plugin – for only $16. And while these promises are too good to be true, the idea of passive income, of recurring revenue, made off of a WordPress membership site still call out to content producers. Is this just the quest for the almighty dollar? And aren’t their enough membership plugins out there already? Given that demand, and it’s constant growth, you would have thought by now that the market […]
Hello Dolly: Episode 2 – Publishing Platforms, Interns, and Popovers
The team’s been having a lot of fun recording Hello Dolly and we’re stoked about the comments, emails, tweets, and phone calls we’ve been receiving (yes, even the pranks!). In this episode, John, Chris, Jared, and I all sit down to talk about the upcoming WordCamp Atlanta, some of our thoughts on other publishing platforms (such as Tumblr and Svbtle), and take a call from Chris Brogan about pop overs and permission based marketing. For a a more detailed recap, be sure to review the show notes and check out the links we’ve provided; otherwise, listen up, tune in, or do […]
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