The Torque team ducked out of our workspace for a bit yesterday to attend Telx’s MarketplaceLIVE, a cloud computing conference boasting the tagline “Enhancing Connectivity Through Insight.” With over 600 registered attendees, the event was put on by leading interconnection and data center provider Telx and held at the beautiful Nob Hill Masonic Center. Dozens of exhibitors from all corners of the cloud computing ecosystem came out to share their visions and interact with their community. The first booth we walked up to was that of security company Black Lotus, which had the most striking design (white on black instead of […]
WordSesh is This Weekend!
This weekend, WordPressers from all over the world will be tuning in for WordSesh 2—24 hours of nonstop live presentations. WordSesh 2 is organized by Scott Basgaard, Brad Williams, Dre Armeda, Christopher Cochran and Maria Scarpello. Because travel and time constraints are out of the picture, WordSesh is able to bring together a dream team lineup of speakers! This includes many of Torque’s past contributors including Chris Lema, Brad Williams, Brian Krogsgard, Jason Cosper, Josh Pollock, Matt Medeiros, Pippin Williamson, and Troy Dean. Better yet, it’s free and you can watch from the comfort of your own home. The WordSesh organizers […]
Nervous About Automatic Updates?
There has been some controversy surrounding the inclusion of automatic updates in WordPress 3.7. The biggest question for site owners has been: What if the updates break my site? Well, Andrew Nacin and the WordPress.org team have put together a plugin called Background Update Tester that tests your site for this possibility. After you install the plugin, you can go to Dashboard -> Update Tester and a test will automatically be run, checking your site for its computability with 3.7 updates. It will test the largest blocks to automatic updates like version control, secure communication with WordPress.org, FTP credentials, and that […]
ColorLabs & Company: Versatile Themes With A+ Support
Last week was the premier of #themethursday on Torque and we kicked it off with the first installment of our Premium (but possibly overlooked) WordPress Theme Provider Series. The first theme shop to be reviewed was Theme Furnace, and this week, we’ll be discussing ColorLabs & Company. (re)Introduction To help you better comprehend and assess the merits (or demerits) of each theme provider, I have sub-divided these reviews into sections: Prelude, Theme Features, Pricing, Support, and finally, Verdict. Of course, this series is not going to be your generic “market advice” or “buying guide”—buying a club membership with any theme provider […]
Episode #26: DradCicles in Norway
Show Notes Host The guest host of Episode #26 was Noel Tock. What were they sippin’ on? Noel was sippin’ on a Appenzeller Holzfass Bier Brad a Chub Soda Dre a water with a pink straw How did the Noel get into WordPress? Noel did his first website back in 1995, then went into finance. When building a website for a friend’s pub, he choose WordPress and after his first sale he realized that this was what he wanted to do. He is now a Partner at Human Made, a top tier WordPress agency (and VIP Partner). As Chief Product […]
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