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Thoughts on Pricing WordPress Plugins

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August 28, 2013

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We all think we’re pretty good about assessing value, but we’re not. In fact, we’re all so bad, that one of the longest running game shows (since 1956) has been “The Price is Right.” Pricing is tough. There’s no two ways about it. And if you’ve heard me talk about pricing, I almost always use the same example to highlight my point. Predicting Value is Tough If I were to ask you if $40 for 80 oz of M&Ms was a good deal, how many of you would know? If you’re like audiences I speak to, few of you would […]

Episode #23: Smitten with the Mitten

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August 22, 2013

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Show Notes Host The guest host of Episode #23 was Brian Richards. What were they sippin’ on? Brian and Dre were drinking water. Brad was drinking a chub soda. How did the host get into WordPress? Brian has been working with WordPress since 2007 (version 2.3) and has done a lot of fun and interesting things with it since then. In 2010, he shared his starter theme framework, StartBox, with the world. In 2012, he joined the ranks of WebDevStudios, where he had the privilege of working on many cool projects. In 2013, he launched WPSessions.com, a site focused on […]

What is WordPress Lacking? A Template Language

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August 21, 2013

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Django, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Laravel, Drupal—what do these platforms have that WordPress lacks? A template language. This is where the “boo”s usually start. I’ve talked to many top people in the WordPress community who believe that the current PHP-based templating system is fine. Hard to disagree with them when WordPress powers nearly 20% of the web. But I’ve talked to just as many WordPress people who believe that there’s a major opportunity here. Theme code quickly turns to spaghetti because the PHP-based templating doesn’t have the guardrails to enforce structure or patterns. This makes it hard for most themes […]

Finely Tuned Consultant: Carrie Dils

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August 21, 2013

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Howdy, I make websites for people using WordPress and the Genesis Framework. When I’m not working, you can find me sniffing books, swimming in the neighbor’s pool, or watching crime dramas. My husband, Dave, and I are parents to two rescue labrador retrievers, one black and one yellow. We embrace diversity. Meet Carrie Dils, one of the top-notch developers coming right out of the Lone Star State. She specializes in Genesis sites, and has been building things with WordPress for several years, and working with computers since as long as she can remember. Her dad was a computer scientist who […]

Episode #22: Three Degrees of Dradnado

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August 16, 2013

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Show Notes Host Matt Medeiros, creator of the Matt Report. Matt can be found at @mattreport How the Matt got started in WordPress Matt was a product manager for a local ISP. They purchased a WebDev company that was a Drupal shop. He took over the support team. Commandeered the Drupal team. They moved into WordPress. Matt left the company and started a company with my father. What they are sipping? Brad – Chub soda, cherry vodka and club soda Dre – Big ole’ bucket of water Matt – Linenkugle summer shandy Pressing Topics WordPress.com introduces WordPress.com Connect. Allows users to […]

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