By Jeffro on December 20, 2011
It was announced yesterday that Matt Mullenweg will be the one to oversee the development of Twenty Twelve, the new default theme for WordPress 3.4. Here is a list of things that the WordPress core team would like to see make it into Twenty Twelve:
- single post/permalink view with post formats is needed
- variable height header image
- mobile version
- default to static front page (will need a function in core to auto-choose)
- editor styles the same as front end.
- avoid clever things that aren’t super-useful (like ephemera widget)
- start with 2011 as base for code (or 2010, which has gotten more updates and had more eyes on it)
- no featured image in header
- by default – no header image
If anything, it looks like Twenty Twelve will be simpler than Twenty Eleven. I wonder if the theme will be blue with rounded corners, just for old times sake?
Posted in Themes | Tagged 2012, default, matt, Themes |
By Jeffro on December 20, 2011
The annual WordPress core team meetup has concluded and thanks to Jane Wells, we are able to read into some of the things that were discussed during the meetup. I highly encourage you to read the first recap post and then read recap number 2. It’s these types of meetings where I wish I could be a fly on the wall. As a fan of the software, I’d love to listen in on a conversation between all of the core team members but, it would be incredibly difficult for me not to interrupt them. One of the things discussed that I took interest in was Plugins.
Morning session: Plugins, plugins, plugins. You name it, we talked about it. Findability in the directory, improving the repo and developer experience, plugin review, encouraging collaboration, 3rd party repos, communication with authors, and more.
One other topic that I’m happy to see discussed was the WordPress.org website as well as the WordPress ecosystem as a whole. While I certainly have my eye on what’s going on with the software itself, I find what is going on with the ecosystem surrounding the software more interesting. I want to see how the team plans on improving the website, ways of communication to the people that need to know, restructuring the website to harness the power of the people, etc.
Posted in WordPress | Tagged meetup, orginization, software |
By Jeffro on December 19, 2011
While browsing for specific plugins today on WordPress.org, I noticed a link at the top of the site that took me to a short survey where the answers will be used to improve the WordPress.org website. Please consider taking part in this survey as the WordPress.org website is one of the weakest links of the project. My opinion of the site and the islands around it is that it’s all one giant messy room that I have to wade through to find what I’m looking for. Hopefully, the responses in this survey give the team the necessary info to completely restructure the content on the website to make it easier to find. The last question in the survey asked me, Do you have any suggestions for how we can make the WordPress.org site better/more useful? My answer is blockquoted below.
Personally, I think the biggest weakness of the current website is the lack of organization of the data that it presents to the public. There is a lot of good information strewn about multiple pages but it takes too many clicks to get to. Also, some information needs be brought out from the depths of the site and made more public facing.
Placing the WordPress software aside, the WordPress.org website is one of the cornerstones of the project that I feel needs to be an awesome public face for the project.
Posted in WordPress | Tagged design, redesign, survey, website |
By Jeffro on December 19, 2011
One of my favorite WordPress plugins of all time WP Ajax Edit Comments, will soon be free again for all to use. According to a recent email sent out by iThemes, as of January 1st, 2012 they will no longer be supporting Ajax Edit Comments as a premium plugin. Instead, the full version will be uploaded to the WordPress.org plugin repository where users will be able to continue using the plugin with free updates. For iThemes customers that have recently purchased the plugin, they’ll have two options. The first is to request a full refund. The second is to receive a six month upgrade to the PluginBuddy Developer Suite which is valued at $100.00.
This is yet another twist for this particular plugin. Over the past few years, it’s gone from a small, free plugin to having a site built specifically for it with paying customers, managed by Ronald Huereca. Soon after, Ajay D’ Souza stepped in as co-developer of the plugin. Then, Ronald joined the team at iThemes which placed Ajax Edit Comments behind their pay wall. Coming back full circle, it will be available again for free.
Posted in Plugins | Tagged comments, commercial, free, plugin |
By Jeffro on December 15, 2011
Shortly after the release of WordPress 3.3, BuddyPress 1.5.2 was released and is simply a compatibility release intended to fix some cosmetic issues with the new WP 3.3 toolbar. If you experience any issues with WordPress 3.3 and BuddyPress 1.5.2, you should participate in the following support thread on the official BuddyPress forum. ∞
Posted in BuddyPress | Tagged BuddyPress, compatibility, wordpress
By Jeffro on December 14, 2011
Huge congratulations goes out to Lorelle VanFossen for being selected to teach at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Lorelle will be teaching an Introduction To WordPress course that will reward students with four college credits. While WordPress in the classroom has become more common across the world, very few are actually awarding students college credits. Here is the information regarding the course:
Beginning January 10 through March 20 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, this 10 week class (20 hours) is from 6-8PM. Registration is through Clark College. Contact the Clark College Computer Technology Office (CTEC), Reesa McAllister at 360-992-2106 for details. You will need the following when you call: Item Number 4538 and Course ID CTEC 280.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet Lorelle in person a few times within my lifespan and the one consistent quality that she has is her enthusiastic ability to teach. She loves teaching people about WordPress and I think she loves seeing that glow in peoples eyes when they Get It. Again, congrats Lorelle. Be sure to tell us about your experience with teaching WordPress at the college level.
Posted in News | Tagged college, school, teaching, wordpress |
By Jeffro on December 14, 2011
DevPress, a team of highly skilled WordPress developers has announced that Tung Do has become to the sole owner of the business. The quote being published all over the place by Tung Do sums up the situation the best:
After months of inconsistent collaboration, DevPress is left with one remaining co-founder, me — Tung Do. Justin Tadlock, Patrick Daly, and Ptah Dunbar are going to pursue personal projects.
No one man to lead the charge with all individuals having an equal share and no personal responsibility for anything were some of the causes listed for this major change in direction.
It’s too bad really. With the talent that DevPress possessed, (Tung Do, Ptah Dunbar, Justin Tadlock, Patrick Daly) they could have turned so many of their cool ideas into awesome parts of the business. However, all of this translates into a second chance for Tung Do as he now holds the reigns of DevPress. I remember when Small Potato (Tung Do) was one of the first to launch a WordPress theme club shortly before the sale of WPDesigner.com. According to him, the DevPress club will continue and not surprisingly, will focus on just themes for the time being. This shouldn’t bother users in the least considering the designing talent that Tung has. Out of all the WordPress designs/themes that I’ve seen in the past few years, Tung Do still has that something extra that makes his designs/themes stand above the rest.
I’m personally wishing you the best of luck Tung Do and hope you take serious advantage of this second chance.
Justin Tadlock has since published his thoughts on his personal site.
Posted in News | Tagged devpress, small potato, Themes |
By Jeffro on December 13, 2011
The time has finally arrived. WordPress 3.3. was released early this morning to the masses. Codenamed ‘Sonny’ which at a glance looks like sorry, 3.3 has a couple of great user oriented features with a ton of polish. While my WordPress upgrade experience went smoothly, I was immediately impressed with the welcome screen which in my opinion, is better at explaining new features in WordPress than most of the official release posts on the WordPress.org blog, minus the ones with published videos. Kudos goes out to all involved for the welcome screen as well as every other improvement that made it into WordPress 3.3. Let me know in the comments what you think of the new user experience polish that made it into this version.
Posted in WordPress | Tagged 3.3, christmas, releases, wordpress |
By Jeffro on December 12, 2011
If you administer a WordPress powered website, you might want to check the directory structure, especially the WP-Content/Upgrade and WP-Content/Uploads to see if you notice a folder called Tall. According to the folks at WPMU.org, one of their co-workers websites became a victim to an attack that involved an entirely new WordPress installation being installed along with an e-commerce system. While Google is reporting a ton of results, most of them appear to be sub-pages within the hacked domains and not individual sites. I’ve checked my own installs and everything seems to be fine. It needs to be stated that this is not known to be an exploit specifically with the WordPress software although the project team is aware of the findings by WPMU.
Posted in WordPress | Tagged hacked, handbags, security |
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WP Ajax Edit Comments To Be Free Again
By Jeffro on December 19, 2011
This is yet another twist for this particular plugin. Over the past few years, it’s gone from a small, free plugin to having a site built specifically for it with paying customers, managed by Ronald Huereca. Soon after, Ajay D’ Souza stepped in as co-developer of the plugin. Then, Ronald joined the team at iThemes which placed Ajax Edit Comments behind their pay wall. Coming back full circle, it will be available again for free.
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