With the recent release of WordPress 3.0 we’re entering a very exciting time.
For the first time in the history of the platform, nobody is working on the next version.
All development outside of essential bug fixing has been stopped… and 3.1 won’t even start development until the beginning of September.
The reason? Well, the core contributors aren’t taking a vacation to Hawaii, in fact they’re doing something much less relaxing: working on the WordPress community.
With virtually any WordPress release (or the release of any open-source software, for that matter), there are bound to be bugs.
In a lot of cases the bugs are minor, and are just annoying. In other cases, these “bugs” can completely disable your site. Kind of like the difference between a mosquito bite and being attacked by a swarm of wasps.
WordPress 3.0 is no different. Almost as soon as the official release came out, reports of bugs starting pouring in. In the vast majority of cases, these bugs had to do with either customizations based on deprecated code or plugins that aren’t yet compatible with 3.0.
And in virtually every case, easy fixes have already been found. Of course, there are also a number of things you can do prior to upgrading to prevent problems. Read on for some tips, and some of the common bugs you might run into. Read more
Kubrick, the default theme for WordPress since 2005, got many Web and open-source enthusiasts through some pretty tough times.
Developers have modified it, bloggers have learned HTML and CSS on it, and designers have made it their go-to template for designing blogs of all sizes for clients.
But let’s face it: five years on the Web is like a hundred years anywhere else, and Kubrick, even according to its creators, is due for an update.
Enter “Twenty Ten” the new default theme for WordPress 3.0, which is scheduled for an imminent release. Not only does it address general changes in Web standards and style guides, it takes into account the clamoring of designers who love WordPress but have had a hard time applying new principles to an older theme. Read more
WordPress 3.0 is, without doubt, one of the most exciting updates to the platform in a very long time.
As well as things that all users will notice such as custom menus, custom backgrounds and a new default theme, there are also massive additions to the code-base such as the ability to run multiple sites from a single install and custom post types.
These things bring WordPress up to speed as an extremely powerful CMS as well as a publishing platform.
Since January of this year I’ve been getting involved with the core WordPress community to contribute back to its ongoing development and today I’d love to tell you a little bit about how that works. Read more
It seems like every time you go looking for a new WordPress theme, you find countless roundups of the same old themes.
And while many of those themes are featured for good reason, they’re also used on countless blogs around the web. We’ve all seen them a hundred times.
But WordPress themes are being released on nearly a daily basis. Not all of them are great, but plenty of them are.
Below are more than 60 of those great themes, none older than October of 2009 and many from as recent as this month.
Have we missed any good ones released recently? Please add them at the end of this article.
This post has been a long time coming. Whether on Twitter or in the blogosphere, the question often arises, and I have been asked numerous times for my opinion on the ExpressionEngine vs. WordPress debate, and why one would choose one content management system (CMS) over the other.
My usual answer is that they cannot be compared. While WordPress had made huge strides in usability, for anything other than a blog it is an apple.
ExpressionEngine, with the release of version 2.0, makes for a lovely platform that is, as we will see, an orange. Read more
WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today. And for good reason.
It’s powerful enough to be a complete CMS, has every feature or function a blogger could dream of (either built in or available via plugins or custom functions), and it’s free and open source.
While WordPress is incredibly powerful and easy to use on its most basic levels, it can also get pretty complicated, pretty quickly.
Below are more than 300 resources to help you master WordPress no matter what your skill level is.
Everything from premium and free themes to plugins to WP hacks and everything in between is included. If it’s possible with WordPress, it’s likely you’ll find it below. Read more
Today, the cool guys over at Obox Design introduced their new line of professional WordPress themes called “The Obox Signature Series”.
Thanks to David and Marc, we will be giving away a total of 10 copies of the “Arcade” and “Left Handed” themes (single user license).
All themes are packaged with OCMX-Live, a powerful add-on to the WordPress backend which allows you to control and customize many of the elements of your theme.
To participate in this great competition, simply follow @oboxthemes and leave a comment below with your Twitter username and anything else you’d like to say about these awesome themes.
[UPDATE] – Congratulations, the winners are: #61, #129, #123, #43, #134, #120, #3, #110, #104, #62. You will be contacted by email to receive your prizes. Thanks to all of you who participated in this giveaway. Read more
If you’re a power blogger, or someone who blogs regularly, across multiple blogs, with detailed, in-depth posts, a desktop blog editor can make your life infinitely easier.
At least when it comes to the blogging aspect of it. There are a lot of blog editors out there.
Some are browser-based, some are standalone. Some work across different platforms while others are only for Windows or Mac OSX. Some are paid while others are free.
The main thing they all have in common, though, is their ability to streamline your blogging process.
Below are more than 20 great desktop blog editors. There are options for every budget and every platform. Some even let you blog without blogging software. Read more
Its seems like the desktop and office style websites have been a popular design idea for a few years now. While many of these design share some of the same elements, it is always interested to see the random extras and nic-nacs that people add to them.
What is even more interesting about this style is how it has crossed over to many other genres of business aside from designers.
You will notice that we included a few websites from other industries that follow the same basic idea of the desktop design. Read more
Content Management Systems have become one the internet’s most powerful web developer tools since PHP.
In a market where websites need to be built faster and easier, many developers are turning to Open Source CMS to get the job done. Unfortunately there are now thousands of CMS’s floating around the web and finding the right one has become somewhat of an ordeal.
This article will discuss how developers can find the right CMS for any occasion and will give a review of some of the best CMS’s I have discovered, as well as recommendations on which CMS to avoid like the plague. Read more
Liveblogging may very well be the future of traditional news media and blogging. Now you can stream information live on the internet and Twitter while an event is happening using nothing more than your laptop and free LiveBlogging software.
People have been doing it on a widespread basis for the past year, thanks to a plethora of free LiveBlogging tools that have sprung up almost overnight.
Whether you are a business striving to build a name and reputation in your industry or you are a web designer or web dev pro building a reputation, you need to be aware of Liveblogging and the tools used to conduct it.
We have moved from the “I’m blogging this” world to the “I’m Liveblogging this” world very quickly. People are no longer satisfied with hearing news after it has happened – they want access to news while it is happening. Read more
We’re currently being featured in the design category at Wordpress.org
If you enjoy the work we’re doing at WDD, and would like to rate us based on our implementation and use of Wordpress which we currently use to power our blog, please head over to Wordpress.org and make your voice count by giving us a good rating.
Thanks in advance for all your support, it’s very much appreciated and they keep the blog going!
Ready for some WordPress development on your Mac? First, you need to be running Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
Although Mac OS X comes with Apache and PHP, you don’t want Apple’s automatic software update to break your development environment by changing your working versions of PHP and Apache. Plus, do you really want to spend time tweaking MySQL?
In this guide, I will show you how to quickly install and configure a working WordPress environment including Apache, PHP, and MySql. Read more
WordPress is a great tool for creating blogs. It works well most of the time, it offers automatic updates, and it offers the numerous benefits of open source software … including the fact that it’s free to use.
WordPress certainly isn’t perfect, though. (Then again, what software package is perfect?) Fortunately, most WordPress problems can be solved with a few tweaks.
Here are nine common WordPress problems and solutions. Read more
Ready to start your own blog or online portfolio? Interested in downloading and incorporating WordPress into it? Or maybe you need to spruce up your current site? Well here are 10 essential WordPress plugins to get your blog started today.
Maintaining a blog requires some work, but with WordPress plugin capabilities it has become a lot more convenient and less time consuming.
Literally take these plugins and dump them into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory, turn them on in your Dashboard and Voila! A fully functional blog with all your vital needs. Read more
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