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WordSesh Brings a WordPress Event to Your Home

12 April 2013 by Scott Basgaard 2 Comments

WordSesh, an event that’s been creating quite a buzz in the community lately, will be 24 hours of WordPress presentations streamed live and is just a few hours away. If you haven’t heard of the event yet or seen the updated speakers list, make sure to check it out here.

It’s the first event of its type and with names like John James Jacoby, Frederick Townes, Dre Armeda, Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Jake Goldman, Brad Williams, and more! It’s bound to be an incredible event so definitely expect to learn something and have a great time. [Read more…] about WordSesh Brings a WordPress Event to Your Home

Dates and Location for WordCamp Europe announced

5 March 2013 by Zé Fontainhas Leave a Comment

Sooo, what are your autumnal plans for 2013? They should probably include WordCamp Europe, which has just announced the dates for the event.

After months of searching for the perfect venue, we’re really excited to announce that the very first WordCamp Europe will take place on 5th – 7th October in Leiden, The Netherlands!

All the information is now on WordCamp Europe’s official site.

You can keep abreast of all WordCamp Europe news by subscribing to WordPress Europe’s newsletter, or following @WPEurope on Twitter or on Facebook.

Automattic goes head-to-head with happytables

28 November 2012 by Siobhan McKeown 25 Comments

We’ve all noticed Automattic launch its recent sites targeted at verticals such as cities, weddings and music, so it’s no surprise to anyone that they just launched WordPress.com Restaurants. This puts them in direct competition with happytables, the restaurant web app created by our own Noel Tock. WordPress.com restaurants offers menus, maps, and reservations, provides users with a mobile version of the website, as well as all of the usual good stuff from WordPress.com. [Read more…] about Automattic goes head-to-head with happytables

Is There Life Beyond WordPress?

15 November 2012 by Zé Fontainhas 3 Comments

Jason Schuller, of Press75 fame, has posted his thoughts on life beyond WordPress. Two paragraphs that stick out:

For me, WordPress has become what used to be that “tiny cubicle” back in 2007. I feel trapped by something that is heading in a direction that I’m finding harder and harder to align my ideas of what a website solution should be.

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My issues with WordPress stem from how complex and bloated it has become over the last few years. WordPress used to be this “charming” little piece of software that had you at “hello”. Now that all simplicity has been left behind in versions past, WordPress seems to be void of any personality. It no longer has any specific purpose or individuality that sets it apart from the rest, and that’s where I am lost.

It looks to me that if you add Jason’s post to John O’Nolan’s Ghost concept and Tony Perez’s post on WordPress commercialization, we seem to have a trend here.

Ghost: WordPress forked for blogging

5 November 2012 by Remkus de Vries 9 Comments

John O’Nolan, who worked as a Deputy Head of the WordPress UI Group a few years back, has jotted down his concept for a fork of WordPress. One that, in his words, will focus very specifically on blogging again instead of being a full blown CMS like WordPress itself.

I actually like some of the ideas he’s suggested in his post. I think it would be a huge undertaking to do such a fork, but it’s certainly a refreshing approach focussing on just blogging again. So what do you think, is John on the right track?

Now on WordPress: The oldest continuously published magazine in the English language

10 October 2012 by Siobhan McKeown Leave a Comment

Interconnect/IT have launched the latest iteration of The Spectator on WordPress. It looks gorgeous and, most important, it’s on WordPress. Why should anyone care? The Spectator is the oldest running continuous publication in the English language. It’s been in production since 1828. So it’s great to see the oldest running English pubication finally land on the world’s best blogging platform. Go check them out..

Check your server setup easily with phpinfo() for WordPress

4 October 2012 by Zé Fontainhas 2 Comments

We all know that phpinfo() is an easy way to see if a server has what it takes to run WordPress smoothly, but sometimes that is not enough. phpwpinfo provides an equivalent to the phpinfo() function that reports WordPress Requirements information about the PHP/MySQL/Apache environment, and offers suggestions for improvement. This tool allows you to quickly test environment server where you want to install WordPress.

It tests various elements such as : [Read more…] about Check your server setup easily with phpinfo() for WordPress