8026 readersYou’ve surely experienced the letdown of registering for a conference, only to find that it costs $1,000 (or more) to attend (not including travel expenses). Isn’t that a bit extreme for two days worth of training? Then again, is that the only way the conference organizers can cover the high cost of planning such an
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3855 readersIf you’ve ever heard Matt Mullenweg talk about the early days of WordPress, the South by Southwest (SxSW) Interactive festival that takes place each spring in Austin, TX usually crops up in the story. South by Southwest is in full swing right now, and WordPress has been all over the place. On Friday the 11th,
4630 readersSupportPress, an application style theme is designed to create a clean and simple, yet powerful help desk using WordPress core functionality. Customers can submit support requests but are encouraged to check an intuitive knowledgebase to learn if their issues have already been resolved. Agents (your staff) administrate tickets by setting priorities and delegating tasks to
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3479 readersThe WordPress core team is pulling out all the stops this year and shooting for a big summit to be attended by prominent contributors and community members.
Instead of the traditional meet up, which is typically attended by only the core developers and their chosen guests, the core team is now looking for your nominations to decide
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4008 readersEach year, the WordPress core development team meets in person for a week to work together and discuss the vision for WordPress in the coming year. As annual events go, it’s easily my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I love attending WordCamps and local WordPress meetups (which are awesome and you should try to attend
5225 readersToday at WordCamp New York (about 30 minutes ago in fact) I had the privilege of introducing Boone B. Gorges and Paul Gibbs as new core committers to the BuddyPress project.
In recent months both Boone and Paul have been heavily involved in team meetings, forum moderation, and producing outstanding core code patches. If you spend
20438 readersLive Now at WORD11 LIVESTREAM At noon PST/3PM EST Wednesday, July 27, 2011 (tomorrow), I will be presenting UX: Developing Content to Enhance the User Experience in a livestream audiocast for the Word11 Pre-Event: Prefix. It’s free and open to all, especially those interested in web publishing, blogging, and social media. I will be discussing
1108 readersFair warning…the monster Anniversary Sale at WebDesign.com (a whole year of training for 50% off) ends Wednesday night at midnight (Central time). That means if you’ve been on the fence, now would be a good time to make a decision.
Check out the details of WebDesign.com annual training membership
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5434 readersIt’s almost that time again, when the WordPress core development team gets together in person to review the year’s progress and talk about priorities for the coming year. Next week Matt Mullenweg, Mark Jaquith, Peter Westwood, Andrew Ozz, Andrew Nacin, Dion Hulse, Daryl Koopersmith, Jon Cave, and I will meet at Tybee Island, GA, the
7006 readersVoyage is a versatile premium WordPress travel theme from WPZOOM. The theme could be used for a wide variety of travel oriented websites including travel agencies, city guides, travel blogs as well as portfolio and small business websites. Features include the WPZOOM options panel framework for easy customisation, featured content slider on the homepage, 5