Plugin Picks 4: WP Function Reference
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 10 2010 at 6:00 am | 4 Comments »
For those WordPress users who have trouble remembering all the various PHP functions used when coding extensions for the platform, the WP Function Reference WordPress plugin adds a dashboard widget for quick reference.
Around the WordPress Community: CSS3 Tips and Techniques
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 10 2010 at 4:19 am | No Comments »
In this week’s Around the WordPress Community, we look at CSS3 and offer some tips and techniques and examples of what could be coming to a WordPress Theme near you, or that you need to keep in mind as you design or upgrade your next WordPress Theme. You will want to bookmark many of these!
Future of Google Wave in New API Competition?
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 9 2010 at 2:03 pm | No Comments »
A new Google Wave API competition might heat up interest again in the collaborative documentation program. What would you like to see Google Wave do beyond it’s current functionality?
WordCast Conversations 8: Anne Helmond on SEO and Social Media
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 9 2010 at 10:05 am | No Comments »
When it comes to the relationship between blogs and search engines, there’s no comparison to the expertise of Anne Helmond, who’s worked for years researching blog software and how it connects to Google and other search sites. This week, she talks to Kym about her research and how it connects to search engine optimization (SEO), WordPress, blogging, and social media.
Commit: The Story of Writing a WordPress Patch | aaron.jorb.in
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 6 2010 at 4:30 am | 2 Comments »
Ever wonder what it really takes to report a bug in WordPress you know you have the solution to, and how long it takes to make the change permanent in the WordPress core? Aaron Jorb takes us through his experience step-by-step.
WordPress Hack Cloakes Itself to All But Search Engines
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 5 2010 at 1:36 pm | 1 Comment »
A new WordPress hack is making its way around the net, and it has some new tricks up its sleeve. Read our coverage to learn what’s going on, whether or not your WordPress blog could be affected, and what’s being done to solve the problem.
Automattic Hires Theme Developer Ian Stewart, Forms “Theme Team”
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 5 2010 at 9:44 am | No Comments »
Yesterday, highly respected WordPress theme developer Ian Stewart announced on his personal blog that he has been hired by Automattic as a Theme Wrangler. What is interesting is the fact that his blog, ThemeShaper, is also joining the company, as a front-end to what he calls a “theme team” being formed there.
Around the WordPress Community: Dynamic Copyrights, Moving WordPress, Microformats, and Twitter to Blog
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 4 2010 at 4:28 am | 2 Comments »
In this week’s Around the WordPress Community, we dig far and wide to bring you WordPress related tips and techniques on moving your WordPress blog, creating dynamic copyrights, injecting content and custom stuff into your WordPress feed, bringing Twitter to your blog, and some great tips on microformats for WordPress Themes.
WordPress.com Pushes PuSH PubSubHubbub
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 3 2010 at 11:42 am | No Comments »
WordPress and WordPress.com announced PubSubHubbub, a Plugin and new feature for WordPress.com blogs which improves the speed and performance of feed subscription services through a decentralized “hub.”
Learn to Write WordPress Plugins in 20 Minutes (video)
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 3 2010 at 9:08 am | No Comments »
At WordCamp Phoenix 2009, John Hawkins shared with users a simple way to get started with a task that’s daunting to most WordPress users: writing a WordPress plugin. While you probably won’t be making huge developmental masterpieces after watching this video, it might be a good kick-start.