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Doc Pop News Drop: Michael Clayton Discusses Accessibility

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June 27, 2018

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. While Doc is still traveling through Serbia after WordCamp Europe, we thought it would be great to show this short interview with Michael Clayton, who works as an L2 Support Technician at WP Engine. Michael talks about his experience with various accessibility features in browsers on and on his Mac and how developers can better create sites for visually impaired users. You can follow Michael here https://twitter.com/bassthumpa And follow us too! […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Live Recap from WordCamp Europe 2018

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June 17, 2018

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. After months of talking about it, it was great to finally be at WordCamp Europe in Belgrade, Serbia. We had an amazing time and will be posting a bunch of video interviews here throughout the week. If you would like to know more about Matt’s announcements, check out Emily Schiola’s recap here. Thanks to all of the WordCamp Europe organizers for putting together this fantastic event.

Doc Pop’s News Drop: The Gutenberg Editor

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February 27, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Tired of only having two editing options in WordPress? This week we review the brand new “Gutenberg editor” for WordPress. This is an experimental new block-based editor that may work it’s way into a future version of WordPress. Try the prototype here and let us know which is your favorite version. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. There are currently two editing options for creating […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Do We Need Key Signed Updates?

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February 20, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Open source security expert, Scott Arciszewski, had a lot to say about WordPress’s auto-update feature. So he wrote it up on Medium and got a response, also on Medium, from WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. Last week, on Valentine’s Day, Scott Arciszewski (archie-ziskee) wrote a legthy post on Medium about a possible WordPress vulnerability that could lead to every WordPress […]

Matt Mullenweg Touring the Asia Pacific

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May 27, 2014

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Matt Mullenweg is about to rack up a whole lot of frequent flyer points, as he embarks on a jam-packed tour of the Asia Pacific. As announced on Mullenweg’s blog, he is headed to 7 countries during June 2014. According to a LimeCanvas post about the Australia and New Zealand components of the tour, Mullenweg is touring the Asia Pacific to “help spread the WordPress brand and interact with established communities that support the open source CMS.” Here are the details for the events: Seoul – Sunday, June 1 Jakarta – Monday, June 2 Singapore – Wednesday, June 4 Tokyo – Friday, June 6 […]

The Thriving World Of Open-Source eCommerce

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May 8, 2014

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The success of WordPress is, at least in part, accredited to its adoption of the open-source software model. Quite simply, the term “open source” refers to something that can be freely modified and used under The GNU General Public License, or GPL. For the WordPress community, it’s part of what brings everyone together. It’s what allows anyone to freely use, study, distribute, and develop the WordPress project. Today, I’d like to discuss an important part of the WordPress ecosystem — eCommerce. While WordPress is well known for democratizing publishing, it has also provided a platform for many people to develop their […]

Automattic Raises $160 Million in Venture Funding

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May 5, 2014

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It’s confirmed, Automattic has officially hit the billion dollar mark! The company just raised $160 million in venture funding, placing its new value at $1.16 billion. A blog post by Matt Mullenweg reported that the financing round was led by Deven Parekh of Insight Ventures, with other investors including Chris Sacca, Endurance, Tiger, and Iconiq. Mullenweg indicated that several other investors expressed a high-level of interest, but he focused on finding the best partners. The new funding is further validation of Automattic’s future plans for growth. Mullenweg said: This is obviously a lot of money, especially considering everything we’ve done so far has been built on […]

WordPress 3.9 Is Now Available

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April 16, 2014

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The whopping 267 contributors to WordPress 3.9 have been working hard since Beta 1 was announced on March 11. All the creases have now been ironed out and the much-anticipated release date has arrived! Matt Mullenweg just announced the release of WordPress 3.9, and there’s a slew of new updates to enjoy: Visual editor has been updated to improve speed, accessibility, and mobile support. New image-editing abilities while editing posts. A new drag and drop features allows you to simply drag and drop images in the editor. Gallery previews display a stunning grid of images in the editor. New audio and […]

Automattic’s Newest Addition

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April 10, 2014

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Longreads provides a breath of fresh air for readers, acting as a centralized source for quality-content stories on the web. For 5 years, Longreads has cultivated a strong community of writers, readers, and publishers. It has provided a global haven for publishers and writers to share in-depth stories, naturally establishing itself as trusted source for stories of 1500 characters and longer. Yesterday, Automattic announced their acquisition of Longreads. A practical reason for the acquisition could be the complementary nature of Automattic (and WordPress.com) and Longreads. In a recent blog post, founder of Longreads Mark Armstrong discussed his deep respect for the principles […]

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, […]

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