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News & Articles
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WordPress 3.8 – The Best Redesign Since Ever? (www.cozmoslabs.com)
WordPress 3.8 is just around the corner and I can honestly say it’s THE most exciting release since ever! With the WordPress 3.8 RC2 available for download, we’re only days away from the excellently polished WordPress 3.8 UI. -
WordPress 3.8 RC2 (wordpress.org)
Release candidate 2 of WordPress 3.8 is now available for download. This is the last pre-release, and we expect it to be effectively identical to what’s officially released to the public on Thursday. -
5 Ways WordPress Makes Running a Business Easier (managewp.com)
Businesses can benefit from all that WordPress offers in unique ways. And the best part is that it doesn’t matter what type of business you run. -
How To Start A Podcast (mattreport.com)
Ever wanted to start your own podcast? The longer you wait, the more disinterested you might become. So stop hiding behind text and tweets — jump into creating your new age media today! -
Create A FAQ Page Or Website With WordPress (wpwebshop.com)
No matter what kind of a website you own, you are going to need a frequently asked questions page to avoid getting repetitive questions from your visitors. This is a page where all the important details are explained so your visitors can easily find the answers to most commonly asked questions.
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Plugin News
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Admin Column View for WordPress (crowdfavorite.com)
Alex King and Crowd Favorite have released a new plugin for WordPress called Admin Column View, available for free on the WordPress repository. The plugin is designed for hierarchical post types that have a lot of posts. It’s a nice alternative way to quickly navigate posts in the admin.
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The New CleanFix is The Easiest and Most Effective Way to Keep Your WordPress Database Clean (wpxtre.me)
For those who don’t know CleanFix already, we may say it’s a WordPress plugin that take cares of all the unnecessary data stored in your databases, like not-so-updated tables, post revisions, spam comments, and the like, and removes all this clutter with one click to make your WordPress website run smoothly.
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wpForGlass: The First WordPress Plugin for Google Glass (torquemag.io)
The workflow for wpForGlass is fairly simple and it’s use case is pretty clear. The plugin uses the Mirror API from Google to allow users to post photos and videos taken with Google Glass and post them on your WordPress blog, using voice recognition to add a caption.
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Plugin Installation Techniques; Activation, Deactivation And Uninstall (mikejolley.com)
In this post we’ll explain techniques you can use to install and remove your data to keep things tidy, should the user decide they no longer want your plugin.
Theme Releases
Theme News
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Authentic Themes: Minimal and Content-Centric Themes (torquemag.io)
In continuation with our smaller-and-possibly-overlooked theme shop review series, today we’ll be taking a look at yet another WordPress premium theme seller: Authentic Themes. -
Modular Procedural Programming The WordPress Theme Customizer (tommcfarlin.com)
It’s also to make sure that the code that we’re writing is easy to follow, well-organized, and can be maintained over time either by ourselves, or by someone else that comes up after us – be it a team or a single developer. -
How I Chose My Theme: Bloggers Chime In (dailypost.wordpress.com)
With 219 themes (and counting) to choose from, you are sure to find the right one for your site, whether you’re looking for a magazine layout, a photography portfolio, or a tumblelog theme. With so much variety, though, bloggers both new and seasoned sometimes find it tough to settle on one. -
5 Themes You’ll Love From The Genesis Community (www.studiopress.com)
Consider this post a belated giving of thanks to a handful of community members who have gone above and beyond to develop visually stunning and useful themes for the Genesis Framework. -
WordPress Theme Builder Shootout: NexusThemes (premium.wpmudev.org)
NexusThemes is not a tool for building a custom theme for your WordPress site.
Rather, it's a tool for making changes to the base theme that comes with it. It's value depends entirely on how close that base theme matches your requirements but your money may well be better spent on a premium theme
Tutorials
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How To Add a Class to a Single Post in WordPress (tommcfarlin.com)
For example, there are times where we want to be able to style a single post, and though there are a number of ways one can go about doing this, we'd like to try to be consistent in how we approach the solutions I implement.
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Using WordPress for Web Application Development: Understanding Events, Actions, and Filters (wp.tutsplus.com)
So in this article, we’re going to take a look at some code that represents some common actions that can be achieved using WordPress hooks, as well as some slightly non-standard functionality.
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Making the Perfect WordPress Theme: Wrapping Everything Up (wp.tutsplus.com)
Making a theme for WordPress is not necessarily hard but making a good theme is. Making a perfect theme? Well, that’s the hardest one and that’s what everybody should aim for, no matter how hard it is!
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Using WordPress for Web Application Development: The Conceptual Model (wp.tutsplus.com)
With people beginning to realize WordPress’ potential as an application foundation rather than just a content management system or a blogging platform, this series is focusing on just how WordPress can be used for such projects.
Podcasts and Videos
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