What a forked WordPress structure could look like

WordPress at 10: Time for a fork?

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WordPress turns 10 years old this month, around the same time version 3.6 is set to release. This 10 year anniversary should be a time for review, revision, and vision for the future. Should WordPress remain a one-size-fits-all CMS grown out of a blogging platform? Or is it time to rethink the structure of the application and modularize it to meet the demands of different user groups? I say it’s time for a fork.

Teaching WordPress on the WP Watercooler

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I dropped by the WPwatercooler today to talk WordPress teaching and learning with the gang. It was a fun experience and I hope I’ll be able to join again some time in the near future. WPwatercooler is a weekly 30 minute Google Hangout where people talk WordPress. Episode page with all the links

Authored Content, Episode 16: Design trends, Windows Phone 8, Facebook Redesign, and content ownership

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Designer and developer Doug Winnie joins the Authored Content crew to talk about design trends, Windows Phone 8 development, Facebook redesign, Google Maps API deprecation, DRM, content ownership on the web and legal responsibility in comments. Relevant links: Jess and Russ (parallax design) Flat design One Page design Windows Phone 8 App sales Star Trek …

WordPress Ecommerce: Easy Digital Downloads - learn how to sell digital products and services online using WordPress and Easy Digital Downloads with Morten Rand-Hendriksen on lynda.com

WordPress Ecommerce: Easy Digital Downloads – new lynda.com course

By Morten Rand-Hendriksen on

Hot on the heels of the release of WordPress Ecommerce: Core Concepts and WordPress Ecommerce: WooCommerce comes my third course in the series: WordPress Ecommerce: Easy Digital Downloads.
While WooCommerce is a full fledged ecommerce platform for WordPress, Easy Digital Downloads (or EDD for short) is built to sell digital products and services only. This means a drastically simplified user interface, no shipping options, and easier tax handling. If you want to sell digital products online Easy Digital Downloads is a great place to start.