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PressTrends
Neat looking plugin for measuring and comparing traffic and engagement with a site.
WordPress  plugins  code  stats 
8 weeks ago by andrewspittle
10 Million hits a day with Wordpress using a $15 server
Neat tutorial that is worth trying on Linode.
WordPress  code  ideas 
8 weeks ago by andrewspittle
QuickLogin Plugin For WordPress
Cool login plugin for WordPress.
WordPress  DanielJalkut  software  plugins 
august 2011 by andrewspittle
The NY Post, the iPad and the web
The thing is this -- the iPad has a perfectly functional web browser. It isn't a "mobile" web browser. It has a full-size screen. It doesn't need any accomodations to be readable, it is readable as-is.
DaveWiner  reading  iPad  Apple  design  WordPress 
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Text to WordPress In One Easy Step
Cool tutorial for setting up a one step publishing workflow from iA's Writer to WordPress. Bonus points for working with WordPress.com and self-hosted installations.
writing  blogging  software  WordPress 
june 2011 by andrewspittle
The Customer Service Happiness Manifesto
John O’Nolan writes about how to approach cus tomer ser vice. Some ter rific advice and details on how to com mu ni cate and cul ti vate happy users.
support  customerservice  WordPress  happiness  from instapaper
may 2011 by andrewspittle
How to set post slugs from within WordPress’ iOS apps
Nifty guide for using a plugin to customize post slugs on a WordPress blog. Just a simple shortcode inside of a post.
blogging  Apple  iPhone  WordPress  plugins 
march 2011 by andrewspittle
theme :mnmlist
Pretty cool totally minimal theme for WordPress.
design  WordPress  minimalism 
march 2011 by andrewspittle
WP-Kickstart
"Small framework for quickly getting started with your wordpress theme development."
WordPress  code 
march 2011 by andrewspittle
Robert Dall: The lower case p from Word ...
"The lower case p from WordPress loves the #dickbar"
Twitter  WordPress 
march 2011 by andrewspittle
Blogging Drift
Blogging has legs and is really just a way to instantaneously publish online.
blogging  MattMullenweg  WordPress  writing 
march 2011 by andrewspittle
Configuring Mint for WordPress
Shaun Inman covers how to set up Mint on a WordPress site.
WordPress  ShaunInman  stats  plugins 
march 2011 by andrewspittle
Extended API
Extends the WordPress XML-RPC API to allow for nearly every WordPress function to be used.
WordPress  plugins  code  software 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Menubar Icon with Drag and Drop Support
Google cache of a tutorial on drag and drop support in a menubar app on Mac OS X.
code  software  WordPress 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
XML-RPC wp
List of API calls for WordPress' XML-RPC code.
WordPress  code  software 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
eczarny/xmlrpc
The Cocoa XML-RPC Framework is a lightweight XML-RPC client framework written in Objective-C for use on Mac OS X and iPhone OS.
code  software  WordPress 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Automattic Makes Premium Themes Available to 17 Million Wordpress.com Blogs
Interesting footnote from Ben Brooks. "I do realize that my personal blog is on Tumblr still. I also still like Tumblr, but I think it is not the platform you should consider if writing is your thing."
BenBrooks  Automattic  WordPress  design  business  code  Tumblr 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
My Prediction: A Great Student Press WordPress Migration
College Publisher's update to their terms of service and pricing plan is going to drive many news organizations to WordPress-based sites.
WordPress  CollegeMediaMatters  CollegePublisher  journalism 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Linking to all image sizes in WordPress
Nifty image hack for WordPress themes from Justin Tadlock.
JustinTadlock  WordPress  code  photography 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Rethinking how news themes work
Great ideas from Justin Tadlock about how a WordPress news theme could and should work.
design  WordPress  code  software  journalism 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
WordPress theme function files
Justin Tadlock covers the basics of writing theme function files in WordPress.
code  WordPress  JustinTadlock  design 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
What I mean by "the open web"
"So to the extent you're locked in, that's the extent you are not on the open web. The perfectly open web has zero lock-in. The silos are totally locked-in and therefore not on the open web."
opensource  DaveWiner  ScriptingNews  RSS  Twitter  Facebook  WordPress 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
5 Ways to Debug WordPress
Andrew Nacin's tips for debugging WordPress development.
WordPress  code  software  webapps  AndrewNacin 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
College Publisher to start charging and supporting WordPress
Lauren's thoughts about the surprising move by College Media Network to support WordPress installations.
LaurenRabaino  WordPress  journalism  CollegePublisher 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Custom post types in WordPress
Justin Tadlock's epic detailing of custom post types in WordPress.
WordPress  code  JustinTadlock 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Dream Job
Andrew Nacin is joining Matt Mullenweg's team of tech ninjas at Audrey Capital. Pretty cool news.
AndrewNacin  MattMullenweg  WordPress  software  code 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Evolution of WordPress Posts
John James Jacoby lays out how WordPress posts have evolved over the years.
wordpress  JohnJamesJacoby  design  blogging  writing 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
WordPress TextMate Bundle
Awesome bundle for WordPress development in TextMate.
code  software  wordpress 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
WordPress Plugin: Introducing Custom Metadata Manager
Mo Jangda releases a new plugin for managing custom metadata.
wordpress  plugins  code 
november 2010 by andrewspittle
The Implications Of Blogging
"Similarly, it's likely that the future of blogging -- and the future spread of knowledge -- will reflect the characteristics of whatever blog platform achieves dominance. Increasingly it appears that the winner will be WordPress."
wordpress  blogging  writing  software  webapps 
november 2010 by andrewspittle
What is a (news) CMS?
Max Cutler's ideas about a new project, and a new way of managing news content.
wordpress  MaxCutler  journalism  webapps  software 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
The Virtual Assignment Desk and The Launch of the Local East Village
Jay Rosen talks about the launch of East Village Local.
jayrosen  danielbachhuber  wordpress  journalism 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Only in New York
A bit of serendipity that could only happen in New York.
NewYork  MattMullenweg  music  wordpress 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Tumblr2WordPress: Export Your Tumblr To WordPress
An export tool to get content from Tumblr into WordPress.
wordpress  tumblr  webapps 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Q&A with Joy Victory, editorial czar at WordPress
A question and answer session about journalism and working at Automattic with Joy Victory.
journalism  writing  Automattic  WordPress 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Leveraging blogs, wikis and other collaborative tools in the classroom
Daniel Bachhuber's ideas for integration many collaborative elements into the CUNY Journalism School classroom.
journalism  DanielBachhuber  software  WordPress  education  knowledgesystems  information 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Change is good, but show your work: Here’s a WordPress revisions plugin
A great WordPress plugin for publicly displaying the revisions of a post. Very cool idea.
WordPress  writing  information  knowledgesystems 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Can Posterous be all things to all people? It's trying
Interesting analysis: "It's far easier to create and extract value from a platform's power users, yet Posterous seems to think that it can do okay by getting other platforms' 'weakest hands' to fold."
Posterous  WordPress  software  webapps  business 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
The Nikon camera of blogging tools?
"Our tool is for serious web writers, the same way Photoshop is for serious graphics people, or a Nikon camera is for serious photographers. It's a truck, you have to learn how to drive it."
davewiner  scriptingnews  blogging  writing  software  Tumblr  WordPress 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
The last 3 years
Andrew Strojny's journey from professional football to WordPress theme development.
business  wordpress  design  football 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
Tweet This WordPress Function
Very cool little function from Noël to add a "Tweet this" button to the end of posts.
wordpress  design  Twitter  code 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
A Guide To Customizing The Thematic Theme Framework
A guide to adding, adjusting, and removing features in a child theme for WordPress.
wordpress  design  code 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
An Open, Webby, Book-Publishing Platform
An interesting project to adapt WordPress to a book publishing platform.
blogging  books  ebooks  wordpress  design 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Goodbye, headaches. Hello, menus!
Justin Tadlock's thorough examination of how to integrate the new custom menus functionality of WordPress 3.0 into a theme.
WordPress  webapps  software  design 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Downtime
Transparency is a good thing. Particularly when you're dealing with millions of blogs.
WordPress  MattMullenweg  webapps  software 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
In praise of continuous deployment: The WordPress.com story
Toni Schneider discusses the mindset behind featured deployment on WordPress.com.
WordPress  webapps  software  ToniSchneider 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
In WordPress, prefix everything
Andrew Nacin's tips on prefixing functions in WordPress.
WordPress  webapps  AndrewNacin  design 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
What's missing in realtime.
"So in summary: I need to be able to isntall my own Twitter and move my presence to my own server, easily. And I need control over the look and feel of my site."
ScriptingNews  DaveWiner  real-time  Twitter  Facebook  WordPress  webapps  dataintegrity 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
We’re in the information business
A very solid piece constructing how news organizations ought to be in the information business and the types of mindsets and tools that thinking requires.
journalism  knowledgesystems  design  WordPress 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Visualizing the WordPress 3.0 contributors
Andrew Nacin's nifty visualization of the contributors to WordPress 3.0.
WordPress  software  webapps  design 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
How Twitter can save itself from Doom.
Dave Winer offers some more thoughts on what Twitter could do to create some excitement in the coming months.
DaveWiner  Twitter  Google  WordPress  webapps 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Bringing Living Stories to Wordpress
"Now anyone who publishes through Wordpress can use the plugin to organize coverage of an ongoing event on a single dynamic page."
WordPress  Google  journalism 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
WordPress › JSON API
A WordPress plugin that allows for a JSON API to be implemented.
WordPress  webapps  design 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Basic Maths
A solid premium WordPress theme with a solid grid and strong emphasis on typography.
WordPress  design  KhoiVinh 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
New Museum Merges Artistic and Tech Brains
A glimpse inside the new "Surprise Me" feature on WordPress.com blogs.
WordPress  software  webapps  art  NYTimes 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Theme Development Checklist on the WordPress Codex
A checklist to run through before completing a WordPress theme.
WordPress  design  code 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Frictionless Publishing: It's Just Text, Except That It's Not
"The problem with these types of statements is this: just as the goaltender who looks at his glove immediately after being scored on, blaming easy-to-use systems like Tumblr is propagating a scapegoat mentality."
WordPress  Tumblr  writing 
april 2010 by andrewspittle

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