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Filter to Disable the Customizer Shot Down on WordPress Trac
WordPress 4.3 will introduce menu management via the customizer, providing live previews on the frontend for adding, deleting, and ordering menu items. Although users still have the option to manag…
The Future of JavaScript: ECMAScript 6 and You
Today, JavaScript fills every aspect of our online lives: it checks your e-mail in the background, it guides your online shopping cart, and it even autosaves your blog post as you write. From the client to the server, JavaScript is everywhere. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that this wasn’t always the case.
Informal VIP client survey: how do you commit to SVN?
I am currently a single point of failure for getting code from our Github repo to WordPress.com VIP SVN. As such, we ( Fusion) are exploring a project to auto-deploy our Github repository to VIP SVN through post-CI middleware. But, before we dive into development, we want to make sure we’ve exhausted all lower-effort options.
How to Decide if Your Business Idea Sucks
My guest today is the founder and CEO of multiple successful businesses, including StickeJunkie.com and Delinquent Distribution. Most recently, and alongside Dan “Punkass” Caldwell (the founder of Tapout clothing), she has created Lessons.biz, which offers a 6-week course on how to run a successful t-shirt business.
#32845 (Introduce wp_include()) – WordPress Trac
That said, the multitude of filters applied during template loading process already suffer similar consequences for the sake of flexibility. My thinking is, that it would be really great of the rest of WordPress were just as flexible.
Everybody say Love!
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/614435467120001024 This past friday the United States of America Supreme Court ruled in favor of Love, a decision that has brought tears to my eyes, a shared reaction with some people while attending WordCamp Europe in Seville, Spain. Earlier this month I had the pleasure of designing some WordPress Pride t-shirts and tank-tops for the WordPress…
Potential new class of cancer drugs developed in lab: Drug takes aim at cancer metabolism, stops most kinds of cancer
In research published in Cancer Cell, Thomas Burris, Ph.D., chair of pharmacology and physiology at Saint Louis University, has, for the first time, found a way to stop cancer cell growth by targeting the Warburg Effect, a trait of cancer cell metabolism that scientists have been eager to exploit.
#LoveWins! LGBTQ Bloggers Make Their Voices Heard
You might have noticed the rainbow banner across the top of WordPress.com over the weekend – our way of marking Pride month, celebrated by cities across the globe in June, as well as the US Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across all states.
UpThemes Adds Managed WordPress Hosting to Theme Club Business
After five years of selling themes and support, UpThemes is branching out into the managed WordPress hosting business. Last week the company announced the new hosting venture and partnership with Aesop Interactive: We are excited to announce UpThemes Hosting, a managed WordPress hosting solution that includes 40+ premium WordPress themes including our entire theme library, all themes from the collection of Aesop Interactive (makers of Aesop Story Engine), as well as a curated selection of beautifully-designed themes from WordPress.org.
Rob Scallon on Twitter
@Pantera on ukulele… The internet made me do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDgqTqLsXK8 …
Chris Christie Announces Run, Pledging ‘Truth’ About Nation’s Woes
LIVINGSTON, N.J. – Gov. Chris Christie declared his candidacy for president here on Tuesday in a 20-minute speech full of New Jersey-style swagger, unwavering self-regard and a barrage of bromides, vowing that as president, “there is one thing you will know for sure. I say what I mean and I mean what I say.”
Last Week Tonight – Spend Your Leap Second Here!
On June 30th at 11:59PM, the atomic clocks will add an extra second to the day. Waste that time here.
Greeks are rushing to Bitcoin
The world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges tell CNNMoney they’ve seen a surge of business from Greece. Ten times as many Greeks are registering to trade bitcoins on the German marketplace Bitcoin.de than usual, according to CEO Oliver Flaskaemper. Bitcoin trades from Greece have shot up 79% from their ten-week average on Bitstamp, the world’s third-largest exchange.
WordPress › Theme Directory ” Free WordPress Themes
A custom responsive HTML5 WordPress starter theme, built from the ground up for accessibility (as part of of the Cities suite), SEO, simplicity, and elegance. It includes page templates and customizable menus, header image, widgets and background.
Pippin Williamson | 2015 PedalFest | myHeartspring
I ride because I know I can make a difference in children’s lives. PedalFest raises funds to support Heartspring’s Pediatric Services Financial Assistance Fund, which provides financial support to local children with special needs and their families who receive services at Heartspring’s Pediatric Services.
Steal This Trick: What Confident Content Marketers All Have in Common – Copyblogger
Start your digital business with this insider trick, when you’re figuring out what type of content you want to produce …
800-track playlist of 90s alt/indie hits in chronological order
Behold, 55 hours of music from the 90s, focused on alt-indie music, organized in chronological order. For logistical reasons, it’s split up into three playlists: Here are some notes on the list’s construction as well as links for the Spotify versions.
Safari is the new IE
Last weekend I attended EdgeConf, a conference populated by many of the leading lights in the web industry. It featured panel talks and breakout sessions with a focus on technologies that are just now starting to emerge in browsers, so there was a lot of lively discussion around Service Worker, Web Components, Shadow DOM, Web…
EU ‘Cookie Law’ Widget ” WordPress.com Forums
WordPress.com is an easy way to start blogging. Get a blog, check out our features, read the latest announcements, choose from great themes, or learn about the team behind it.
git flow, by Rami Abraham
git flow by Rami Abraham, released 01 November 2015 (Git flow) (Git flow) (Git flow) (Git flow) Running that git flow Now branch from production! Branch from production. You ready? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maintainn the repo, using git flow.
Distraught people, deadly results
Fatal police shooting in Longview, Tex. An officer arrives and addresses Coignard, who appears to show him her palm. The officer struggles with the teen, forcing her into a chair, then down to the ground. She reaches for the knife, and the officer draws his gun.
Chris Coyier’s Favorite CodePen Demos II
Hey everyone! Before we get started, I just want to say it’s damn hard to pick this few favorites on CodePen. Not because, as a co-founder of CodePen, I feel like a dad picking which kid he likes best (RUDE). But because there is just so much damn fine work on CodePen.
Switching Away from Disqus Review – Increased Comments by 304%
We switched away from Disqus about 2 months ago. Many of you noticed this change and asked us to write a Disqus review explaining why did we switch. After using Disqus for about a year, we noticed several drawbacks that forced us to switch back to WordPress comments.
A British Man Has Started A Crowdfunding Campaign To Pay Off Greece’s Debts
1. A British man has set up a crowdfunding campaign to pay off the debt for Greece, which is hours away from a deadline to repay its loan to the International Monetary Fund. 2.
Livecoding.tv – Watch People Code Products, Live.
Livecoding.tv is a livestreaming platform to watch people code products, live. It is all about the social experience of live coding.
I Am Chris Farley Trailer Documentary HD First Look
I Am Chris Farley – a documentary about the beloved comedian who died in 1997 – opens in theaters on July 31, and BuzzFeed has your exclusive first look at the trailer. David Spade, Christina Applegate, Dan Aykroyd, Lorne Michaels, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Molly Shannon, and more reflect on the comedian’s life and legacy in I Am Chris Farley.
The Recommended Hosting Page on WordPress.org Starts Over From Scratch
One of the most difficult tasks for new WordPress users is choosing a good webhost. The process can involve getting recommendations from friends, searching Google for reviews, and taking advantage of trial offers. Since 2005, WordPress.org has had a recommended hosts page featuring companies that meet certain criteria.
Speaker submissions deadline is July 5!
Want to share your knowledge or experiences with the community at WordCamp Vancouver? We’d love to hear from you! Speaker submissions are due by the end of day (PST) on Sunday, July 5, so head over to the Speaker Callout page and fill in the simple form to apply.
Scanning ultrasound removes amyloid-β and restores memory in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model
Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We present a nonpharmacological approach for removing Aβ and restoring memory function in a mouse model of AD in which Aβ is deposited in the brain.
CrazyEgg + Pagely | Pagely® WordPress Hosting
As a small business you have a million things to do. Worrying about your hosting should not be one of them. The Pagely® Managed WordPress Hosting platform has been uniquely crafted to handle much of the technical tasks for you, allowing you to focus on your business.
Introducing WordPress Multitenancy – WPSessions.com
Each of our sessions are digitally broadcast live and feature world-class speakers. Each presentation typically has 30-40 minutes set aside for instruction followed by another 15 minutes or so for Questions & Answers at the end. Join us LIVE on .
WP Engine | WP Engine Launches Automated Migration Solution
LONDON, UK – June, 29, 2015 – WP Engine, a leading SaaS content management platform for websites and applications built on WordPress, today announced WP Engine Automated Migration solution, a new solution that enables simple and seamless migrations of WordPress websites to WP Engine’s managed WordPress hosting platform
VaultPress Comes Out on Top in Recent Survey of WordPress Backup Tools
Steven Gliebe asked 21 WordPress professionals what they use to generate backups for their personal sites and published the results on the Pro Plugin Directory blog. The results are split into two groups of people – writers and developers. All of the writers mentioned VaultPress as their go-to backup solution.
Custom Post Type Parents
This plugin is meant to solve the problem of highlighting “parent” pages for Custom Post Types in the menu and lists of pages. It integrates with custom menu output as well as output for any functions like wp_list_pages() that utilize the page_css_class or nav_menu_css_class filters.
Theme Hybrid Experiments with Free Signups for Club Membership
Justin Tadlock, creator of Theme Hybrid, announced today that the seven year old theme club is experimenting with a radical change in club pricing. Club membership is now free for anyone who wants to sign up. Although Theme Hybrid’s plugins and themes have always been free, standard club membership (which includes access to the support forums), was previously $25/year.
Andrea Rennick: Genesis Mini-Workshop (Part 1)
So you’ve heard about Genesis but haven’t had a chance to dive in? Andrea works at Studiopress directly with Genesis every single day. She will walk you through setup and common settings, so you can get a feel for how Genesis works and the most common tasks site owners use to customize their sites.
Jesse Petersen: Genesis Mini-Workshop (Part 2)
This talk covers How to pick a Genesis child theme for a project, How to properly setup front-page.php and home.php, When to add a function.php snippet vs adding a snippet to a function plugin, What is a mobile-first stylesheet? and How to Sass-ify a Genesis theme.
Gravity Forms ActiveCampaign Add-On v1.2 Released – Gravity Forms Support
Gravity Forms ActiveCampaign Add-On v1.2 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On Downloads page. This is a maintenance and minor feature release. ActiveCampaign contact tags support has been enhanced to support merge tags, and new hooks have been added for developers to further enhance the integration.
Gravity Forms Help Scout Add-On v1.2 Released – Gravity Forms Support
Gravity Forms Help Scout Add-On v1.2 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On Downloads page. This is a maintenance and minor feature release that also adds new developer hooks. Note: The Help Scout Add-On is only available to Gravity Forms Developer license customers. Added support for auto replies when conversation is created.
BBC Subtitle Writer Gave Up On Life During Kanye’s Glastonbury Set | Fashion Magazine | News. Fashion. Beauty. Music. | oystermag.com
Some absolute legend over at the BBC could not deal with their appointed task of live subtitling Kanye’s Glastonbury performance. The secret comedic genius gave up on attempting to make Kanye’s expletive-heavy lyrics SFW a little way into the performance, eventually resorting to: “HE RAPS” after creating fantastic new words such as “motherducker” and “ligga”.Those who happened to turn on their subtitles at home experienced the performance on a whole ‘nother level.
The Four Lies of Storytelling
Recently on The Gist podcast novelist and storytelling coach Matthew Dicks offered his four useful lies of telling true stories. He believes that these careful manipulations of the truth work in the service of the audience. Dicks offered that “All the lies I tell on stage are never told for my benefit, or for the story’s benefit, but for the clarity of the audience”.
PressNomics: The Economics of WordPress Conference
There is a diverse group of passionate and very successful entrepreneurs creating the products and services that drive the WordPress economy. PressNomics is a 3 day event for these folks to collaborate, learn, and relax.
July in Blogging U.: Blogging 101 and 201
Note: Blogging 101 and Blogging 201 cover the same content each time they are offered. Have you just started blogging (welcome!), or are you looking to breathe new life into a blogging habit that’s fallen by the wayside? Blogging U. is a great way to get on track, with bite-size assignments, a supportive community, and staff to support you.
Vienna, Austria to Host WordCamp Europe 2016
The local WordPress community in Seville welcomed a diverse group of attendees to WordCamp Europe 2015 over the weekend. WordPress enthusiasts and professionals from Europe and beyond made strategic connections, contributed, found jobs and employees, and enjoyed presentations from a selection of world class speakers.
Why Confidence is the Key to a Simple Life
So often I worry the things I make and the things I do aren’t quite good enough. I compare myself to someone else who does things better, or bigger, or more completely than I do, and I think I don’t measure up.
WordCamp Europe 2015 – Multilingual Discussion
Discussers: Drupal Multilingual Overview Christian López Espínola is a Drupal contributor to the multi-language features in that project, and gave us this overview of the multi-language features in Drupal 7 and upcoming in Drupal 8: In Drupal we have different modules bundled with core.
Steering the ship back home
When I first laid the groundwork for Theme Hybrid, or Project M as it was originally called, 7 awesome years ago, the idea was to face off against “premium” theme authors. I wanted to provide a free alternative to the marketplace and show that it could work.
