We’re looking for a WordPress developer!

by Ronnie Burt February 5^th, 2013

Could you be just the WordPress developer that we are looking for?

If you think so, be sure to get in touch!

Incsub - the parent company behind this site and Edublogs - has an opening for an experienced developer with mad WordPress and coding skills to join our team.

We will challenge you to head up the development of new plugins and features on Edublogs that will be used by millions. You’ll be rewarded with flexible conditions (you can work from anywhere), great compensation, and an invite to company meet-ups (next one is in New York City!).

Could you be the perfect fit for our growing team? Let us know if you think so!

Community, WordPress Plugins

Complete Video Guide to MarketPress and e-Commerce with WordPress

by Ronnie Burt January 17^th, 2013 8 Responses

Earlier today we announced some exciting big new features to the MarketPress plugin.

Now we’d like to share this brand new video tutorial series for MarketPress with a complete guide to selling products, downloads, and services with WordPress.

Community

Save big with MightyDeals on WordPress design and development tools

by Ronnie Burt November 15^th, 2012 Leave a comment

As we shared today in our weekly newsletter (subscribe here!), we are big fans of the savings and products to be found over on MightyDeals.com.

For example, check out this crazy deal for 1,200+ royalty free vector images for just $17.

There is also a steal on the Ultimatum WordPress Theme Builder from $35.
Not to mention hundreds of additional images, themes, plugins, fonts, and more.

Use ‘WPMU’ and save an additional 15%
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Use the coupon code WPMU when checking out.
This additional offer won’t last long.

Community

WordPress To Change ‘Posts’ to ‘Blog’ in Next Version?

by Ronnie Burt June 14^th, 2012 15 Responses

We’ve preached about the need to simplify the WordPress dashboard before, and just a few minutes ago one such change was proposed in the WordPress Trac.

This change is simple:

1. Change the ‘Posts’ menu item to ‘Blog’

2. Move the ‘Pages’ and ‘Comments’ menus up above ‘Media’

The idea is that the difference between posts and pages is often confusing for new users and this should help make it more clear.

We are a bit torn on if this really is a good move, so thought it might be worth asking you here.

Community

Major Changes in the Use of WordPress in Education

by Ronnie Burt June 7^th, 2012 1 Response

I was first introduced to the world of WordPress in 2008 when I was looking for a good way to build a website for a math course I was teaching. My school offered an archaic website solution and, though I don’t remember why, I first tried out both Drupal and Joomla.

All I wanted was a quick and easy way to post notes, videos, and assignments for my students – and provide parents and students an easy way to subscribe to new posts by email.

Community

Catch the Live Stream from BlogathonATX NOW!

by Ronnie Burt April 28^th, 2012 4 Responses

Today I’m hanging out a WordCamp-like event in Austin, Texas called BlogathonATX.

The best part is that several of the sessions are being live streamed throughout the day.

Beginning in just a few minutes, check in to the USTREAM channel for the following:

10:30am CST – Branding Yourself Online

1:30pm CST – Long Term Blog Maintenance

4:30pm CST – Blogging for Business

*All times are Central Standard Time which is -06:00 GMT

There are also two WordPress specific sessions that may be streamed during the day, and if so, I’ll update the schedule above. These are WordPress 101 and WordPress Premium Themes.
About Blogathon

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Exclusive Discount For BitNami WordPress Cloud Hosting

by Ronnie Burt April 12^th, 2012 Leave a comment

The good folks over at BitNami have made available an exclusive offer for WPMU.org readers like you.

BitNami provides the easiest way to deploy WordPress – and other open source apps – natively, virtually or in the cloud.

Completely free and pre-configured “BitNami Stacks” are available as native installers, virtual machine images, and AMIs for the Amazon Cloud.

With BitNami Cloud Hosting, you can easily manage WordPress and other BitNami applications on the Amazon Cloud.

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From SXSW: Should Your WordPress Site Seek Funding or Venture Capital?

by Ronnie Burt March 12^th, 2012 Leave a comment

Ever since Twitter first gained popularity at the annual SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas, it has become known as the place for start-ups to try and make a name for themselves.

I’m coming to you from the Blogger Lounge (no relationship with Goolge’s ‘Blogger’ by the way), where one of the ongoing themes that continues to permeate the conversations here is companies raising crazy amounts of money to fund development and launch new products.

Community

Making WordPress More User Friendly – A Usability Audit of Joomla, Drupal, Blogger, Tumblr, and SquareSpace

by Ronnie Burt February 20^th, 2012 11 Responses

It is safe to say that I spend more time with WordPress than I do with my wife :(

And even though WordPress and I have known each other for years, my wife has no real understanding what it is that I do, what WordPress is, or even what blogs really are.

WordPress Multisite, WordPress Plugins, WPMU DEV

Privacy Plugin Update: Easily Password Protect Entire Blog

by Ronnie Burt February 8^th, 2012 14 Responses

Just a quick update about a new feature released in the popular Multisite Privacy plugin.

For years, this plugin has been a must on any Multisite network – giving users more options to choose from when it comes to privacy settings on their blogs.

One of the limitations to making blogs private (important in education, group discussion blogs, etc.) has been that you needed to first create user accounts and add users to a blog. That can be kind of a pain!