Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US. It’s a time of reflection and an opportunity to express gratitude for the good things in life. In episode 143 of the KitchensinkWP podcast, host Adam Silver asked his two sons why they’re grateful for WordPress. “I am thankful for WordPress because it gives you a job for the household that we live in …
John James Jacoby Publishes 35 Part Tweetstorm on WordPress Leadership, Community, and Economics
John James Jacoby, lead developer of bbPress and BuddyPress, published a 35 part tweetstorm sharing his thoughts on leadership in the WordPress project, the community, and the WordPress economy. A tweetstorm is a series of tweets linked together in chronological order around a particular topic. There are a number of useful nuggets of wisdom in his tweets that I think …
WordPress Multisite Masterclass: Creating a Community
A WordPress Multisite network can be more than the sum of its parts – it can also be a community. As well as providing your users with a great way to create their own sites and content, you can also bring them closer together. Vast Multisite networks like WordPress.com and Edublogs help their users to find great new content and communicate with …
17 WordPress, Design and Development Email Newsletters You Want in Your Inbox
I read a lot of email newsletters. So many, in fact, that I’m resigned to the fact I’ll never reach inbox zero, and I’m totally fine with that. Why? Because newsletters are awesome, they really are, and I sign up for new ones all the time. I can’t get enough of them. What’s not to like about a curated collection …
Building a Community-Powered Website with WordPress
Community-powered websites encompass everything from Facebook to Twitter to Reddit. And if you’re thinking about setting up your own online community, WordPress is the perfect platform for creating and engaging with your own custom audience. The advantages of building your own community-powered website are numerous: increased traffic to your site, the “passive” creation of SEO content, and direct access to your …