LoopConf, an event geared towards WordPress developers that was supposed to begin October 5th is postponed due to hurricane Matthew. In today’s 11 AM update, the National Hurricane Center issued a Hurricane Watch for Deerfield Beach to the Volusia/Brevard county line which is near the venue. LoopConf organizers are removing property and personnel from the area and cite safety as …
digitale Pracht: A Minimalist Blogging Theme for WordPress
digitale Pracht is a new theme on WordPress.org created by the folks at PALASTHOTEL, a digital products company based in Germany. The name translates to “digital splendor,” which aptly describes the theme’s bright new twist on the traditional blog design. The designers made a few bold choices with the layout, which does not support a top menu or include a …
In Case You Missed It – Issue 16
photo credit: Night Moves – (license) There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. Four Great How-to Videos From Bob Dunn Bob Dunn, founder of …
Twitter Moments Now Open to All Users, WordPress 4.5+ Supports Embedding
Twitter rolled out its Moments feature to the common folk yesterday. Moments, a collection of tweets that tell a story, were originally made available to a select group of high profile accounts. In August, Twitter expanded access to Moments and announced that Moments would soon be open to all users. As of today, anyone can visit the Moments tab on …
WPWeekly Episode 249 – Zerif Lite, Kinsta Scholarship, W3 Total Cache, and My Take on Headway Themes
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss some of the major headlines of the past two weeks. We talk about the unprecedented move by the Theme Review Team to suspend Zerif Lite from the theme directory leaving 300K users without a way to get updates. We share what’s new in Edit Flow 0.8.2 and the troubles …
Tom Auger and Greg Mount of Agency Chat Discuss Headway Themes and Relying on Third-Party Tools
Agency Chat is a weekly 30 minute show hosted by Greg Mount of Pasada Media, Tom Auger from Art & Science, and Andy McIlwain that discusses trends and challenges relevant to digital agencies. On the episode that aired September 14th, Mount and Auger discussed the Headway Themes situation and how integral communication is when it comes to running a digital business. “You can do whatever you want …
Aesop 1.9 Adds Hero Gallery Type, Updates Parallax Component
For the past several months Hyun Supul, new owner of Aesop Interactive LLC, has been diligently improving Aesop Story Engine and today he’s released version 1.9. This release includes a new gallery type by Paul Eiche called Hero. Options for the Hero Gallery Type Users can configure the Hero gallery type to fill the window or container vertically or horizontally. …
php[world] 2016 Conference Expands WordPress Track
The third edition of php[world] will be held in Washington, D.C., November 14-18 and organizers have published the finalized schedule. According to conference co-chair Eli White, the number of people submitting WordPress-related topics caused the organization team to create a double-sized WordPress track for this year’s event. The conference, which aims to bring together the various sub-communities that are linked …
Constant Contact Releases Official Plugin for WordPress
The WordPress Plugin Directory has more than 100 plugins that integrate Constant Contact in different ways for email marketing, such as adding a subscription checkbox to registration or providing an email signup form via a widget. This week the company released its own official plugin on WordPress.org to expand its reach to the WordPress market. Constant Contact Forms was built …
ManageWP Launches Automated Security Scanning
When ManageWP allowed users to perform security scans of websites through the Orion interface in December of 2015, a feature commonly requested by customers was the ability to automate the scans. Nine months after implementing security checks for customers, ManageWP has added automated security scans to its assortment of features. The automated security scans are a premium feature and cost $1 per site. …