A free weekly Newsletter with a round-up of WordPress news and articles
Impressions from a Drupal Professional New to WordPress
Josh Koenig is a co-founder of Pantheon, the Drupal hosting platform turned Drupal and WordPress hosting platform. In a recent post on the Pantheon blog, Josh — a ten year veteran of the Drupal community — talked about his experience getting to know the WordPress community so far.
Why WordPress Consultants Should Care About Mobile Apps
You’ve probably already seen the February 2014 data that we are now using mobile apps more than desktops to access the internet in the US. This indicates that those of us who depend on the internet for our livelihood (who doesn’t these days?…) should be thinking seriously about our mobile device presence. Building mobile apps with WordPress is no fringe topic (at least it shouldn’t be).
Visually Direct and Captivate Your Visitors
In the last month Yoast have been speaking at a few conferences with a talk he has dubbed “The Psychology behind Conversion”. In this talk he is trying to explain why everyone who maintains a website should be interested in psychology and how it can help them.
The Importance of Code Review
In the WordPress community, a lot of us are solo freelancers or the single developer at a small company. This might make it feel like it’s more difficult to get advice or a code review- but it’s really not. Learn from Devin's experience regarding this matter.
WordPress in Vietnamese: Now 100% Translated
This month marks a big milestone for WordPress in Vietnamese. It is now 100% translated, thanks in large part to the folks at foobla who volunteered a great deal of time and effort on the final push to finish translating the software into Vietnamese.
Major Internationalization Improvements Planned for WordPress 4.0
Many native English speakers take WordPress’ famous 5-minute installation process for granted. Have you every wondered how much of a hurdle it might be to try to install the software when English is not your first language? Andrew Nacin recently published an extensive plan to tackle this problem and a host of others with internationalization improvements for WordPress 4.0.
VIP Accounts for Nearly 17% of WordPress.com’s “Network” Pageviews
WordPress.com VIP is an interesting beast. It’s not the primary revenue generator at Automattic. It has grown in revenue over the years, but over time it’s become a smaller part of their overall revenue. Check this article to see the current stats.
