As you know we’ve previously covered more than a handful of CMS solutions, some which also include blogging features. We do this so that we can continue to be present in the much-larger conversation of digital publishing and blogging so that we all can benefit from best practices, innovation, and be spurred on by a little healthy competition. To be sure there are plenty of CMS and blogging applications out there that are looking pretty lame and that aren’t worth covering as they don’t push us or push the technological envelope for all to achieve greater things. But occasionally we’ll […]

Evan Solomon has been busy and his busyness hasn’t been without cause and value. A few months ago he shared a new project with the world, a “helper” with deployment called Scatter. The idea was to create a support mechanism that would help you deploy your code via a custom script for different projects. You can use any system you’d like, by the way, making it easy to access the custom script as you need. It’s basic design is to help keep your deploy and web code separate. In addition, it’ll make it easy to access one or the other […]

Although you may already have some opinions on the new and upcoming yearly theme, Twenty Thirteen, perhaps it was just the color that was the most “dramatic” for you. Well, if you’re not a fan of the orange then Otto has a solution – go blue folks, go blue:

Today’s WPOI is Ben Welch-Bolen, a man who wears many hats.  While today’s interview is specifically about Site5, he is also the co-founder of WebPub and World Wide Web Hosting as well as the President of Bweeb Inc. Be sure to check out his interview after the jump.

Many of us will do whatever it takes to simplify the rote systems and processes that we have to accomplish on any given day – this is why many of us subscribe to different philosophies of GTD and try many of the different and varying mobile and desktop applications that help us accomplish things faster, better, and smarter. It’s those types of applications that I really like coming into our inbox since time wisely-saved is time available for more fruitful endeavors! Chris Chaudruc is a man to be thanked because he’s created the first iteration of a new WordPress-powered serviced […]

Paul Gibbs just shared that 1.7 Beta 2 has been released. Trac shows a number of bug fixes and improvements, mainly around theme compatibility and a few around admin screens. Download it here if you’re feeling curious or brave.

We’ve been working hard over the last few weeks compiling lists of resources that will be a starting point for a much bigger library that we hope to create long-term. The goal of our effort is quite simple – we want to provide as much education as possible through valuable community-curated resources to both existing community members as well as those who have yet to start using WordPress. The hope is to simply create a ton of value for everyone who might pass through our site.

Between Ghost Busters and Ninja Turtles I would used to watch Inspector Gadget – you guys remember that? Go-Go Gadget [fill in the blank]! That stuff was super-legit and still inspires me today. Sure, Shredder and the random assortment of ghosts were scary but was their anything more scary than Dr. Claw? You never got to see his face he was so stinkin’ crazy! Shudder.

Ah, very stoked about this news, for sure, as there is now a new spot for documents, planning materials, and training information for WordPress-related events. They’ve been building the database and finally it’s got it’s own “codex” that’ll house all the templates, content, or even “well written” prose that you’ve got. Drum up those emails and old blog posts that you’d like to contribute to the new codex!

People leave your site for a number of reasons – maybe it’s the color on your blog or because your first image is a meme which offends those that pass through. Who knows. Those things are subjective for the most part. There are some things though that are less subjective and that you may want to take into consideration the next time you design and develop your WordPress-powered site. Take a look at this infographic in a spare moment today and consider some of the improvements you could make – click for larger view: