Category: News
A Better WordPress Planet plugin
Earlier this week, Oli Dale 0f WPLift released a plugin that while on the surface may not change the way people use WordPress, does offer a better alternative for uses of the software. You see, A Better Planet is a plugin that inserts itself into your WordPress dashboard and provides you with a feed of [...]
WordCamp Victoria presentation- Deconstructing the Loop
For the second year in a row, I am fortunate enough to be traveling to the west coast to speak at WordCamp Victoria! My talk this year is going to be on a topic that seemed to confuse my students in the Intro to Theme Development class I teach at George Brown College here in [...]
Call For Speakers Open for Toronto WordCamps
Are you a developer with a knack for presenting? A marketer that knows some good WordPress tricks they would like to share? Are you eager to share your WordPress knowledge in general? Then why haven’t you filled out a speaker submission for one of the two WordCamps in Toronto this year? Seriously though, the call [...]
WordPress 3.4 is live!
Just went to WordPress.org and saw this…let the updating begin!! This released is named “Green” in honour of guitarist Grant Green.
WordPress 3.4 Release candidate now available
WordPress.org announced the availability of the first release candidate for version 3.4 yesterday on their website. what this means is WordPress is sending out this version for the public to try out and test before offically releasing the ” finished product” that will be version 3.4. They are confident in this release being close to [...]
‘Radically Simplified’ WordPress on the Horizon
Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress and Automattic has let it be known that the team is working on a ‘radically simplified” version of WordPress designed to work on mobile. Speaking at the PaidContent 2012 conference Wednesday, Matt said he had been hard at work on a new interface that would eliminate some of the [...]
WordPress releases JetPack 1.3- now includes Contact forms!
The Jetpack plugin got an important feature addition this week with the release of contact forms into the suite of plugins provided by WordPress.com. While it’a a pretty basic form, it’s a great addition to those who need just that, a pretty basic form. In addition to the standard text fields you can also add [...]
WordCamp Toronto…times two!!
We’ve been hinting at it and talking about it quietly for a bit now, but we can finally say it…there will be two WordCamps in Toronto this year!! First up will be the “regular” WordCamp on Sept 29-30, which will be geared to end users. That one will be followed by WordCamp:Developers on Nov 3rd and 4th. That one [...]
WordCamp San Francisco speaker poll
Matt is looking for suggestions for speakers for WordCamp San Francisco this year. Seen anyone that you really liked? Take a minute to fill out this quick form. http://mcm.polldaddy.com/s/best-wordcamp-speakers
WordPress Training – Coming Soon!
Over the last few months, I have been approached several times and asked whether I would provide WordPress training either in person or online. Well, after some thought and careful consideration, I’ve decided the answer is “yes!” WPTeach will be launching both in-person and online training in the coming months. And the best part is [...]
