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WPDensity: The Free WordPress Hosting Project

by Sarah Gooding October 30^th, 2012 8 Responses

When I first heard about it, the idea of free WordPress hosting sounded too good to be true. Free hosting has historically been low quality, ad-packed, and unreliable. There always seems to be a catch somewhere. However, this is where the new WPDensity project is truly revolutionary. Backed primarily by NodeKi, a company that offers lifetime WordPress hosting, WPDensity is currently seeking additional funding to support the project as a whole and its potential growth. In order to cover the cost of the hardware and software they have launched a campaign on IndieGoGo with a $15,000 funding goal. All contributions will go directly to the WPDensity project.

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WordPress.org Adds Plugin and Theme Reviews

by Sarah Gooding October 29^th, 2012 2 Responses

The WordPress Community Summit is currently taking place in Tybee Island, GA and the WordPress.org website is getting some attention, as attendees discuss ways to improve WordPress. They’ve launched Make-Meta for collaborating on new features and improvements for WordPress.org.

The most exciting announcement of the day is the addition of a new feature: Reviews for Plugins and Themes. Reviews will now be tied to ratings so that in order to add a rating to a plugin or theme, you will be required to provide a review.

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WPMU’s Best in WordPress: October 20th – 27th

by Craig Grella October 29^th, 2012 Leave a comment

Welcome to the second edition of WPMU’s new Best in WordPress, a weekly series showcasing the best posts from around the web on anything and everything WordPress.

This week we’ve got a developer friendly Best in WordPress; we’re highlighting articles that cover WordPress frameworks, editing and styling the WordPress Dashboard, and best practices for plugin settings pages and theme options pages.
1. Popularity of WordPress Infographic: WPLifeguard

Community, News, Opinion, WPMU DEV

WPMU DEV – Bookings Plus Survey

by Mason October 24^th, 2012 11 Responses

Hiya folks!

Just a few days since our official release of Appointments+ on WPMUDEV but already the feedback has been positive as well as overwhelming. The one thing we keep hearing (after releasing Events+ and Appointments+) is that some of you all are really looking for a dedicated booking software.

Well, good news, that’s what we’re working on now.

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WPMU’s Best in WordPress – October 12th – 19th

by Craig Grella October 22^nd, 2012 Leave a comment

Welcome to WPMU’s new Best in WordPress, a weekly series rounding-up the best posts from across the web covering – you guessed it – WordPress!

But we’re not just listing random posts. This series features articles and posts that really standout: the most highly commented, often shared, and extremely detailed posts on topics of interest to the WordPress user community, including code snippets, tutorials, design tips, theme previews, plugin lists, and more.

This week we’ve highlighted 8 articles that cover WordPress design, security, and social sharing.
1. How to Scan Your Site for Potentially Malicious Code (WP Beginner)

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ServerBeach Deals With DMCA While Pearson Perversely Perseveres

by James Farmer October 17^th, 2012 4 Responses

Wow, well I certainly didn’t think that the story I wrote last week about Edublogs getting whacked for a DMCA complaint was going to take off like that.

It got covered pretty much far and wide, from Boing Boing to Techdirt to ZDNet to the BBC (yes, the BBC!)

And I’d be being disingenuous if I didn’t say that the aim of the post was to get some coverage, so that:

ServerBeach (and hopefully some other hosts) wouldn’t do that to us, or their other customers, again… and so I could (quite literally) get some sleep when the US is awake

We even got coverage from the Beeb, yikes!

News, Themes

New Twenty Twelve Default WordPress Theme Now Available for Download

by Sarah Gooding October 1^st, 2012 4 Responses

The new Twenty Twelve default theme is now available for download from the WordPress Theme Directory. A couple months ago we gave you a Sneak Peek at the Twenty Twelve theme and since then many of our readers have been eagerly awaiting the release of this fully responsive theme.

News, Plugins

Jetpack 1.8 Gives Any WordPress Site a Mobile Theme

by Sarah Gooding September 29^th, 2012 2 Responses

Jetpack has been picking up the pace with its development lately. Version 1.8 introduces a new module that gives any WordPress site a mobile theme. This module provides a quick way to optimize your site for mobile viewing, especially if you’ve opted not to use a responsive WordPress theme.

The design for the mobile theme may look familiar to you, as it is based on the Twenty Eleven default theme.

Configuring the Mobile Theme module is a little more involved than most Jetpack modules, especially if you need to adjust your sidebar ID, but it’s all outlined in the documentation.

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Introducing the Open Source Course Management System for WordPress Lovers

by Seth Czerepak September 27^th, 2012 16 Responses

Want to create multi-media training modules or information products right from your WordPress site? If so, you’re going to absolutely fall in love with this amazing new Course Management System plugin for WordPress.

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5 Best FeedBurner Alternatives For Your WordPress Blog

by Sarah Gooding September 25^th, 2012 9 Responses

In late May 2011 Google announced that they would be shutting down the Feedburner API on Oct. 20, 2012. Google has not announced that it will close down the FeedBurner service, although their recent shudown of the FeedBurner Twitter account has given many cause for concern.

We’re signing off from this account. Thanks for being a loyal follower of @feedburner over the years!— FeedBurner (@FeedBurner) July 26, 2012