Do you know about SVGs? Here’s your quick primer if you need a refresh: SVG is a language for describing two-dimensional graphics in XML [XML10]. SVG allows for three types of graphic objects: vector graphic shapes (e.g., paths consisting of straight lines and curves), images and text. Graphical objects can be grouped, styled, transformed and composited into previously rendered objects. The feature set includes nested transformations, clipping paths, alpha masks, filter effects and template objects. What happens, in a nutshell, is that you can begin to work with graphics in ways that have been previously difficult or impossible to do. […]

Our websites exist so that we may be able to share a message, a product, or something of value with our readers. our intention is to keep them there as long as possible so that they can fully understand what we’ve created for them and why we’ve invested all that time, money, and resources. But what if you’re actually making them leave your website due to some simple and basic design mistakes? What if you’re actually making them more confused about why they even clicked that link from Twitter in the first place? Take a look at the following infographic […]

Big news today folks: Mojoness, Inc., the company behind the very popular Mojo-Themes.com and Mojo-code.com, has been acquired by Endurance International Group in a press release earlier today. There plans with the acquisition? To integrate the Mojo-based products into their own technology and platform to then sell to their customers. I wasn’t aware of who EIG was but a quick search is revealing – they are a large cloud-based provider of services to small and medium-sized businesses, including hosting solutions. So what this means, I gather, is that Mojo themes will be “integrated” or offered as value-adds to their existing product […]

The other day we received an invitation to be Beta testers for a new plugin called CoSchedule by Todaymade. We’re always excited to give new technology a test drive so we hopped on the opportunity, especially if it has the potential to serious up our content development, organization, and automation. Heck, we have a hard enough time managing all the content that we’ve got going on – we’ll take a stab at anything that might level us up! But is it ready for prime time?

TechCrunch shared some news that made me crack a big smile as I read it: In the past 30 days alone, 15 million posts have been imported into the platform [WordPress.com]. The top two services that tend to migrate to WordPress are Blogger and Tumblr, Mullenweg tells me. And then there is Posterous. It’s neat to see how many people are finding WordPress as a go-to solution for their blogging needs and yet how many try another service first, either out of ignorance of WordPress’ existence or because they didn’t feel like it “solved” their felt needs. But I wish more […]

Last night the hosts of DradCast had Matt Mullenweg on for 71 minutes of discussion around interfaces, evolution, and the future of WordPress. Tuning in from one of the “best” internet connections via South Africa Matt spent some time discussing many things at length as well as answering community questions. He even mentioned the 8 year anniversary of Automattic, incorporated March 28, 2005! If you’ve got the time it’s well worth it:

Now this is probably the best news that I’ve seen all day – Draft.in, an incredibly simple collaborative writing application that we covered extensively, has announced that they now have the ability to publish directly to WordPress. Getting there is quite simple – head to your settings tab and hit the Places to Publish button. Add your credentials and you’re good to go. Adding the blog was quick and easy; no problems here!

Have you signed up for the 2013 VIP Workshop in a month and a half? This might be the perfect place for you to seriously up your skills with WordPress as you’ll be able to network and learn from some of the very best and brightest. It’s not for the faint of heart and is for the serious developer for sure: Do you run a large-scale WordPress site with millions of pageviews per month? Are you interested in optimizing and scaling up your enterprise site, and utilizing the latest WordPress features for your content? Do you want to share best […]

Have you started on your mobile version yet? Why not? Making a mobile-ready version of your website is something that every company should be actively thinking about if not actually building at this very moment. Sure, there are cases where a mobile version or even a responsive design doesn’t make sense but it has to be a part of the strategic conversations that are floating around the office as there’s a lot of reason and justification for the time and financial investment. The simple fact is that there is no stopping the growth pattern of mobile adoption – so jump […]

You already know that we’re a bunch of nerds who are faking their way into a real business so there’s no real shame in sharing a few things that cross our paths that we really get high over. Or perhaps that’s just me (hopefully my team will back me up on this). Someone shared via Twitter some killer retro game cartridge pillows and I had to have them. So, I bought them – they’ll be here shortly. Take a look at these and tell me you aren’t tempted to throw your wallet out and scream: Shut up and take my money! Right?