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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:41:"Alex King: Ghost and Accidental Messaging";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://alexking.org/?p=18996";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:66:"http://alexking.org/blog/2013/12/27/ghost-and-accidental-messaging";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2824:"<p>I investigate pretty much every new publishing system that comes out. I&#8217;m eager to see what features they think are important, and see what might spark new ideas for my own site. I got my invite to try <a href="https://ghost.org/">Ghost</a> a short time ago. I put up a test post, and was a shocked by what I saw in the footer.</p>
<p><img src="http://alexking.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ghost-copyright-510x307.png" alt="Ghost Copyright" width="480" height="288" class="alignnone size-medium-img wp-image-18997" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve circled the footer area, which includes:</p>
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<p>My reaction upon seeing this? <em>Whoah &#8211; &#8220;Copyright Ghost&#8221;? I don&#8217;t think so&#8230;</em></p>
<p>I did a little poking around and found <a href="https://ghost.org/about/terms/">Ghost&#8217;s Terms of Service</a>, which are derived from the <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tos/">WordPress.com TOS</a> and are released under a Creative Common 3.0 license. That was more like what I expected and didn&#8217;t seem to jive with what I was seeing in the footer.</p>
<p>So I did a little more searching. Pretty soon I found this:</p>
<p><img src="http://alexking.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ghost-template-510x68.png" alt="Template File" width="480" height="64" class="alignnone size-medium-img wp-image-19000" /></p>
<p>In the search results, I could see that the line that was bothering me is actually a pretty reasonable bit of template language:</p>
<blockquote><p><code>All content copyright {{@blog.title}} &copy; 2013 [&hellip;]</code></p></blockquote>
<p>This was a simple matter of defaults causing accidental messaging. See when you create a blog on Ghost, the default name of the blog is &#8220;Ghost&#8221;. Then the footer is outputting the blog name (Ghost) as the copyright holder.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup> If I had taken the time to set my blog name to &#8220;Alex King&#8221;, then the footer message would have read &#8220;copyright Alex King&#8221;. This is a case of several things coming together to say something they didn&#8217;t mean.</p>
<p>Be careful with your defaults! Your messaging is important and if you&#8217;re not careful it can say something you didn&#8217;t intend.</p>
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I&#8217;m not a lawyer, but I believe this really isn&#8217;t an accurate copyright statement. Copyright is owned by a person or entity; the name of a blog isn&#8217;t something that can own copyright (unless it is also the name of a person or entity).&#160;<a href="http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fnref:1" rev="footnote">&#8617;</a>
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<p>For the abridged version, we&#8217;ve prepared a nifty infographic illustrating the year that was:</p>
<p><a href="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/2013-year-in-review.png"><img class="size-large wp-image-1186 aligncenter" alt="Akismet 2013 Year In Review Infographic" src="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/2013-year-in-review.png?w=468&h=1024" /></a></p>
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<p>We reached an incredible milestone this year in catching our <strong>100-billionth</strong> spam comment. And we&#8217;re already fast approaching our 115-billionth.</p>
<p>The levels of spam we&#8217;re seeing and catching have increased dramatically over the past year. In fact, when compared with 2012 numbers (as seen in <a href="http://blog.akismet.com/2012/12/21/a-spammy-year-in-review/">last year&#8217;s post</a>), each month in 2013 experienced an average year-over-year increase of <strong>more than 70%</strong>, as the following chart shows:</p>
<p><a href="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/akismet-2013-spam-totals.png"><img class="size-large wp-image-1121 aligncenter" alt="Akismet 2013 Spam Totals - Month by Month" src="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/akismet-2013-spam-totals.png?w=600&h=375" width="600" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>On average, we are currently catching around <strong>200 million</strong> spam comments every day, which is about <strong>80 million more</strong> than our daily average this time last year. That&#8217;s over <strong>8,000,000 per hour</strong>, or over <strong>2,000 per second</strong>. For the year, we averaged over <strong>120 million </strong>spam comments per day &#8211; a year-over-year jump of over 50 million. On December 21, we set a new record zapping <strong>245 million</strong> spam comments in just 24 hours.</p>
<p>While spam themes and schemes are always changing, knockoff fashion-goods spam (which we talked about in last year&#8217;s post) dominated 2013. Even more troubling is the rising trend of these spammers using hacked sites to deliver payloads. You may have seen these before, where links point to individual pages that include an extension (like &#8220;.asp&#8221;). We suspect that <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2013/12/the-new-spammer-panic">disenchanted SEO spammers</a> are using this strategy in response to new policies by Google. Instead of simply posting comments with links to their own sites, they&#8217;ve moved to hacking vulnerable sites and launching buffer pages. Since the launch of Google&#8217;s Penguin 2.1 back in October, we have actually seen a significant increase in daily spam averages.</p>
<p>Other themes of comment spam have certainly developed and intensified over the last 12 months (spell casters, anyone?), but these are merely blips on the radar compared to the knockoff-fashion variety. Here are some recent examples of sites that Akismet intercepted:</p>

<a href="http://blog.akismet.com/2013/12/27/2013-in-review/nfl-jerseys-knockoff-spam-site/"><img width="150" height="96" src="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nfl-jerseys-knockoff-spam-site.png?w=150&h=96" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="NFL Jersey Knockoff Spam" /></a>
<a href="http://blog.akismet.com/2013/12/27/2013-in-review/ugg-knockoff-spam-site/"><img width="150" height="86" src="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ugg-knockoff-spam-site.png?w=150&h=86" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Ugg Knockoff Spam" /></a>
<a href="http://blog.akismet.com/2013/12/27/2013-in-review/oakley-knockoff-spam-site/"><img width="150" height="101" src="http://akismet.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/oakley-knockoff-spam-site.png?w=150&h=101" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Oakley Knockoff Spam" /></a>

<p>Beyond our usual spam fighting activities, we have also started reaching out to other UGC services to see where, based on our vast pool of spam data, we can help in identifying spam troubling their own communities. We hope to expand that initiative in the coming year, and include hosts in the conversation as well. In 2014 you can also expect more educational anti-spam projects (including webinars), more frequent and insightful blog content, enhanced support documentation, and an increase in developer-friendly initiatives. And, of course, even stronger spam protection.</p>
<p>A sincere Happy Holidays to you and yours,<br />
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<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve curated a few of my favorites. Thanks to Spotify, one of my favorite services I discovered in 2013, it&#8217;s easy to share them with you. Here&#8217;s my Xmas Jazz playlist, including my favorite holiday arrangement of all time, Duke Ellington&#8217;s version of the Nutcracker Suite.</p>
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<p>Remember: It&#8217;s okay to play holiday music until at least mid-January.</p>
<p>If you have any favorites you&#8217;d like me to add, send them via Spotify messages or in the comments. Merry Christmas everybody!</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:54:15 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:15;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:82:"WPTavern: Admin Color Schemer: The Easiest Way to Customize WordPress Admin Colors";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=13795";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:91:"http://wptavern.com/admin-color-schemer-the-easiest-way-to-customize-wordpress-admin-colors";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3929:"<p>This week on the Tavern we&#8217;ve been following the trend of new plugins popping up for customizing admin color schemes. Since WordPress 3.8 was released, developers have been having fun creating tools that give WordPress users more options beyond the eight default schemes. Yesterday we featured the <a href="http://wptavern.com/create-custom-admin-color-schemes-directly-within-wordpress" target="_blank">HS Custom Admin Theme</a> plugin as one of the first plugins to take a stab at it, but the developer seems to have pulled it from the repo. </p>
<p>In the meantime, Helen Hou-Sandi, in collaboration with Mark Jaquith, released a new plugin today called <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-color-schemer/" target="_blank">Admin Color Schemer</a> that gives you the ability to create and preview color schemes within the WordPress admin. This is by far the smoothest implementation of this feature that I&#8217;ve seen to date.</p>
<p>After you install the plugin, you&#8217;ll find a new &#8220;Admin Colors&#8221; menu under <strong>Tools</strong>. This seems a little difficult to find, but Helen <a href="https://github.com/helenhousandi/admin-color-schemer/issues/12" target="_blank">plans to add an &#8220;Edit&#8221; link</a> to the User profile page in the near future. Here&#8217;s a quick test I performed:</p>
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<p>The color-picker used with this plugin provides a truly pleasant experience for exploring a full range of different hues. </p>
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<p>Clicking the &#8220;Preview&#8221; button will let you see your color scheme live so that you can tweak it as necessary before saving it to use.</p>
<h3>Advanced Options for Editing Admin Color Schemes</h3>
<p>While testing the plugin, I found that if you click on &#8220;Show Advanced Options&#8221;, there are an additional 30 options for editing your admin color scheme. These include the ability to color the buttons, body background, links, menu background, menu current background, checked form controls and so much more. </p>
<p>If you build websites for clients, the Admin Color Schemer provides a great option for customizing the admin to use the colors for your client&#8217;s brand. You could even go all out and try to match the colors to the front-end design. </p>
<p>One thing to note is that this plugin is a tool for the whole admin and does not provide color schemes specific to users or their profiles.  Of course this is just the first iteration and additional features may be added down the line. If you&#8217;d like to collaborate with Helen and Mark to contribute on the project, check out the plugin&#8217;s <a href="https://github.com/helenhousandi/admin-color-schemer" target="_blank">github repo</a>.</p>
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<p>While Brainstorm Media may not be familiar to you, they&#8217;ve been developing websites on top of WordPress for years. Brainstorm&#8217;s team has worked with a number of high profile clients such as Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals and the Wall Street Journal. A few months ago, Sarah Gooding <a title="http://wptavern.com/how-to-install-wordpress-plugins-directly-from-github" href="http://wptavern.com/how-to-install-wordpress-plugins-directly-from-github">profiled a plugin</a> created by Paul Clark called <a title="https://github.com/brainstormmedia/github-plugin-search" href="https://github.com/brainstormmedia/github-plugin-search">Github Plugin Search</a> that enables users to access and install WordPress plugins directly from your dashboard.</p>
<p>However, Paul is most widely known throughout the WordPress community for his presentation on how <a title="http://pdclark.com/wordpress-saves-lives-moves-governments-lightning-talk/" href="http://pdclark.com/wordpress-saves-lives-moves-governments-lightning-talk/">WordPress Saves Lives and Moves Governments</a>. I&#8217;ve been told by those who have attended his sessions that he always receives a standing ovation.</p>
<p>This acquisition is similar to the one we <a title="http://wptavern.com/crowd-favorite-acquired-by-velomedia" href="http://wptavern.com/crowd-favorite-acquired-by-velomedia">reported on</a> in the middle of November when VeloMedia acquired Crowd Favorite. When I spoke with Jake Goldman, President of 10up, and asked him why they acquired the company, he replied:</p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;ve been impressed with Brainstorm since Paul, Taylor, and I met at WordCamp LA more than 2 years ago. Paul is a very unique mix of skilled software engineer, smart business leader, and inspiring speaker. Taylor&#8217;s gravitas and depth &#8211; more than two decades worth &#8211; when it comes to design is very apparent, and I&#8217;m inspired by his genuine values. Our teams share common values around contribution, quality, and work ethic, and our capacity to effectively collaborate was validated with a trial engagement. Everyone at 10up feels very lucky and excited to be joining forces with this team.</p></blockquote>
<h3>WordPress Has A Healthy Ecosystem</h3>
<p>This acquisition is a sign that the WordPress community as a whole is maturing. WordPress companies acquiring other WordPress companies is a signal that the WordPress ecosystem is healthy. Within the next 2-4 years, I think these acquisitions will be common place. The ecosystem is filled with WordPress development agencies that are one to ten person operations. Any of these development agencies that become mildly successful will most likely become an acquisition of talent more than anything else.</p>
<h3>Watch Paul Clark&#8217;s WordCamp Presentation</h3>
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<p><a href="http://www.davidbisset.com/" target="_blank">David Bisset</a> has been organizing <a href="http://2014.miami.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank">WordCamp Miami</a> for the past five years. That&#8217;s a long time in WordPress years! WordCamp Miami will celebrate its five year anniversary May 23-25, 2014. </p>
<p>The first WordCamp Miami was held in 2010, spreading the phenomenon of WordCamps to one of the largest metropolitan areas in the US. Every single year the event has sold out and attendance has steadily increased:</p>
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<li>2010 attendance: 250 people (sold out)</li>
<li>2011 attendance: 340 people (sold out)</li>
<li>2012 attendance: 420 people (sold out)</li>
<li>2013 attendance: 500 people (sold out), 1500 unique visitors via livestream</li>
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<p>This year the team anticipates 600 &#8211; 700 attendees. Now that the official dates have been announced, they&#8217;ve opened the event up for <a href="http://2014.miami.wordcamp.org/call-for-speakers/" target="_blank">speaker submissions</a> and <a href="http://2014.miami.wordcamp.org/become-a-sponsor/" target="_blank">sponsors</a>. They&#8217;ve also put together a <a href="http://miami.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank">photo contest</a> to celebrate the 5th anniversary. Contestants are urged to take a unique WordPress or WCMIA photo and submit for a chance to win prizes from the organizers.</p>
<p>WordCamp Miami is a fantastic example of a WordPress event done right. It&#8217;s not easy to nail down why it&#8217;s been such a successful event, because so many factors come into play. Bisset says that he doesn&#8217;t have a formula for other WordCamps to follow: </p>
<blockquote><p>WordCamps are not all clones of each other, they each have their own mood and personality. For Miami, we&#8217;ve been wild and experimental in what we do to see what works well and what doesn&#8217;t. But we&#8217;ve always held in high regard that WordCamps in general should be about education, the social element, and networking. You don&#8217;t truly appreciate the WordPress community until you&#8217;re literally surrounded by people at a WordCamp or WordPress social event, and it&#8217;s something that you can&#8217;t fully pick up online.</p></blockquote>
<p>Putting together a massive event like WordCamp Miami is quite a feat, but Bisset has help from his local community. The organization committee he works with has different people to help handle various aspects of the event. The team also holds a special relationship with local people from the University of Miami LaunchPad and RefreshMiami, two local tech groups that have also pitched in to help. </p>
<p>I asked Bisset if he&#8217;ll be down for the next five years of organizing WordCamp Miami. He said he&#8217;s taking it one year at a time. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t expecting to be planning a WordCamp for this long. So, yes definitely taking it one year at a time. I think every year I say &#8220;that&#8217;s it&#8221; but that passes after a few months.&#8221; </p>
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<p>The <a title="http://wordpress.org/plugins/edit-flow/changelog/" href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/edit-flow/changelog/">changelog</a> for this release is a mile long but that&#8217;s a good thing. One of the most annoying bugs that has been addressed is that posts, pages, and custom post types can now be previewed correctly. This version also includes a new feature named <strong>Dashboard Notepad</strong>. The new dashboard widget provides an easy way to leave instructions or notes to other administrators or users of the site.</p>
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<p>For those that extensively use the editorial comments functionality within Edit Flow, you&#8217;ll be pleased to know that subscriptions are now saved via AJAX, which means you can add or remove subscribers without hitting &#8220;<strong>Save Post</strong>&#8220;. This release also contains updates to the Japanese and Dutch localizations. Some other notable changes include:</p>
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<li>You can now double-click to create a new post on the calendar or edit details associated with an existing post</li>
<li>Subscribe to a post&#8217;s updates using a quick &#8220;Follow&#8221; link on Manage Posts, the Calendar, or Story Budget</li>
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<li>Modify which filters are used on the calendar and story budget, or add your own</li>
<li>Scheduled publication time is now included in relevant email notifications</li>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:54:"WPTavern: 22 Beautiful Free WordPress Themes From 2013";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=13671";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:64:"http://wptavern.com/22-beautiful-free-wordpress-themes-from-2013";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14619:"<p>2013 was an excellent year for finding beautiful themes in the official <a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/" target="_blank">WordPress Themes Directory</a>. The Theme Review Team has been breaking all kinds of records lately, averaging more than 80 new themes approved per month, <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/2013/11/21/new-wptrt-admin-justin-tadlock/" target="_blank">according to Chip Bennett</a>. With so many themes available, it can be difficult to sort through them all to find the best ones.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve hand-selected a few favorites from those that gained admission to the directory this year. These themes represent some of the most outstanding, well-designed themes created in 2013. Each theme has passed the Theme Review Team&#8217;s rigorous <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/" target="_blank">guidelines</a> for admission to the WordPress.org directory, so you know it&#8217;s safe to install and free from malicious code. Grab a cup of coffee and start bookmarking your favorites.<span id="more-13671"></span></p>
<h2>Snaps</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/snaps.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/snaps.png" alt="Snaps WordPress theme" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13686" /></a></p>
<p>Snaps is a popular portfolio theme created by the folks at <a href="http://graphpaperpress.com/themes/snaps/" target="_blank">Graph Paper Press</a>. The homepage and archives pages have a grid layout that is ideal for showcasing portrait images and galleries.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/snaps" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Ryu</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ryu.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ryu.png" alt="ryu WordPress Theme" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13693" /></a></p>
<p>Ryu is a minimalist blogging theme from Automattic that focuses on large, readable typography. The top panel has a hidden widget area and the background of image posts automatically changes to match the colors of the image.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/ryu" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Hueman</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hueman.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hueman.png" alt="Hueman WordPress Theme" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13695" /></a></p>
<p>Hueman is a magazine style theme that has quickly become a favorite on WordPress.org with more than 50,000 downloads already. On smaller devices the sidebars toggle for a great mobile viewing experience. This theme supports 10 post formats, has unlimited widget areas, social links and much more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/hueman" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>WP Jurist</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpjurist.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpjurist.png" alt="WP Jurist WordPress Theme" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13696" /></a></p>
<p>WP Jurist is a bold, responsive theme designed for law firms. The theme is bundled with a &#8220;People&#8221; plugin for displaying staff profiles.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/wp-jurist" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Untitled</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/untitled.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/untitled.png" alt="untitled" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13705" /></a></p>
<p>The Untitled theme was created by the Theme Team at Automattic and features a full-bleed homepage slider. It was designed to showcase photos and videos. Although Untitled looks best without widgets, the theme does support a right sidebar.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/untitled" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Nictitate-free</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Nictitate-free.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Nictitate-free.png" alt="Nictitate-free" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13710" /></a></p>
<p>Nictitate is a more corporate style WordPress theme. It includes a layout manager for creating custom layout options on each page.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/nictitate-free" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Flounder</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/flounder.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/flounder.png" alt="Flounder WordPress theme" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13712" /></a></p>
<p>Flounder is a flat style blogging theme with support for post formats, including color and icons for each. It&#8217;s based on the <a href="http://underscores.me/" target="_blank">Underscores</a> theme, which is used by the Theme Team at WordPress.com. </p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/flounder" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Celebrate</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/celebrate.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/celebrate.png" alt="celebrate" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13714" /></a></p>
<p>Celebrate is built on top of the Hybrid Core framework. It features a responsive masonry layout, support for post formats and a custom header and background.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/celebrate" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Bearded</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bearded.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bearded.png" alt="bearded" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13716" /></a></p>
<p>Bearded is a unique responsive theme that is well-suited to being used as a portfolio or an agency website. It supports the Custom Content Portfolio plugin to help you showcase your work.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/bearded" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Serene</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/serene.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/serene.png" alt="serene" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13718" /></a></p>
<p>Serene is a beautiful, minimalist blogging theme created by the folks at <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/" target="_blank">Elegant Themes</a>. The theme supports post formats and was designed to be easy on the eyes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/serene" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Gridster-Lite</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gridster.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gridster.png" alt="gridster" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13720" /></a></p>
<p>Created by the folks at <a href="http://themefurnace.com/" target="_blank">Themefurnace</a>, Gridster-lite is a grid-based portfolio theme. The theme sports a left sidebar and is responsive so it looks great on all screen sizes.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/gridster-lite" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Trvl</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/trvl.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/trvl.png" alt="trvl" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13722" /></a></p>
<p>Trvl is a minimalist tumblelog theme with support for eight post formats. This theme was created by Automattic. It includes a custom header, menu and widgets above the footer.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/trvl" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Inkness</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/inkness.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/inkness.png" alt="inkness" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13724" /></a></p>
<p>Inkness is a responsive theme created by <a href="http://inkhive.com/product/inkness/" target="_blank">InkHive</a>. The theme features a three column homepage, multiple page layouts, configurable sidebar locations, footer widgets and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/inkness" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Houston</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/houston.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/houston.png" alt="houston" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13726" /></a></p>
<p>Houston is a child theme for the <a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/p2" target="_blank">P2</a> blogging / collaboration theme. The layout responds nicely to devices and adds a new widget area under the posting box.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/houston" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Writr</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/writr.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/writr.png" alt="writr" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13728" /></a></p>
<p>Writr is a beautiful blogging theme from Automattic. This tumblelog theme includes six different color schemes and support for all post formats.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/writr" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Sublime Press</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sublime.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sublime.png" alt="sublime" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13730" /></a></p>
<p>Sublime is an ultra-minimalist responsive blogging theme designed for writers. This theme has a content-oriented, centered layout and it does not include any widget areas.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/sublime-press" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Mixfolio</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mixfolio.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mixfolio.png" alt="mixfolio" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13732" /></a></p>
<p>Mixfolio is a grid-style portfolio theme developed by Graph Paper Press. The theme is responsive, supports post formats and includes an options panel for customizing details.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/mixfolio" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Stargazer</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stargazer.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stargazer.png" alt="stargazer" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13735" /></a></p>
<p>Stargazer is a parent theme built on the Hybrid Core theme framework created by <a href="http://themehybrid.com/themes/stargazer" target="_blank">Justin Tadlock</a>. It&#8217;s fully responsive, includes a custom background, custom header and more features for customizing the design.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/stargazer" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Asteria Lite</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/asteria.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/asteria.png" alt="asteria" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13739" /></a></p>
<p>Asteria Lite is a responsive theme with an eye catching slider and a narrow/wide optional layout. It includes support for custom fonts, a maintenance mode feature, three page templates, social icons and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/asteria-lite" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Superhero</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/superhero.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/superhero.png" alt="superhero" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13742" /></a></p>
<p>Superhero is another theme from Automattic. It features a sticky/fixed top menu, full-bleed featured Content area and images and subtle CSS3 transitions.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/superhero" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Adamos</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/adamos.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/adamos.png" alt="adamos" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13748" /></a></p>
<p>Adamos is a responsive theme that features a full-width slider. It includes an easy way to add your logo, custom header, featured areas and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/adamos" target="_blank">View Demo &#038; Download</a></p>
<h2>Twenty Fourteen</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/twentyfourteen.png" rel="prettyphoto[13671]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/twentyfourteen.png" alt="twentyfourteen" width="880" height="660" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13752" /></a></p>
<p>Twenty Fourteen is the latest default theme for WordPress. This theme features a magazine style layout with featured content areas arranged in a grid or a slider. Customize the theme with three different widget areas, a full-width page template and a nicely designed contributor page.</p>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/hs-custom-admin-themes/" target="_blank">HS Custom Admin Theme</a> is a new free plugin that lets you create your own admin color schemes in its settings panel via a user-friendly color picker. Up until now, the only way to get alternative color schemes was to <a href="http://wptavern.com/get-more-admin-color-schemes-for-wordpress-3-8" target="_blank">use a plugin</a> or go through the process of <a href="http://mattcromwell.com/create-custom-wordpress-admin-color-scheme/" target="_blank">rolling your own</a>.</p>
<p>The HS Custom Admin Theme plugin makes it easy to design your own color palettes for the WordPress admin area, without knowing any CSS. Here&#8217;s an example of a custom color scheme I created on a test site:</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/customcolors.png" rel="prettyphoto[13646]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/customcolors.png" alt="customcolors" width="900" height="654" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13649" /></a></p>
<p>The plugin records all of the color schemes you create and test so that you can always return to one made previously. You can essentially create a library of your favorite color palettes and change the admin according to your mood. </p>
<h3>A few suggestions</h3>
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<p><strong>Listen To Episode #132:</strong><br />
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<p>We&#8217;re entering the time of year when everyone opens their calendars and starts planning for the new year. The dates for WordCamp San Francisco 2014 were just announced this week to be set for October 25-26. The dates and times for pre and post-WordCamp events have not yet been decided, so the organizers urge you to hold off booking non-refundable travel until the full schedule is announced. Follow  <a href="http://twitter.com/wordcampsf" target="_blank">@wordcampsf</a> on Twitter for all the latest updates on the event.</p>
<h3>The List of Upcoming WordCamps is Growing</h3>
<p>In addition to WordCamp San Francisco, Andrea Middleton <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/12/19/wordcamps-update-december-19-2013/" target="_blank">posted</a> on the make.wordpress.org Community blog that dates have been published for seven upcoming WordCamps, including Dayton, Asheville, Miami, Atlanta, Norway, Prague, and St. Louis.  These dates for <a href="http://central.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank">upcoming events</a> can be found on the <a href="http://central.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank">WordCamp Central</a> site, along with links to the websites for each event. Middleton also noted that five WordCamps have now been added to the pre-planning list: Connecticut, Nashville, Hamburg, Netherlands, and Slovakia. Hopefully that information will help you to plan your travels, especially if you intend to go to multiple events in 2014.</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t see yourself getting out to a WordCamp this next year, the next best thing is to <a href="http://wptavern.com/monitor-wordcamps-online-with-wp-armchair" target="_blank">monitor the camps online with WP Armchair</a> or catch up on presentations via <a href="http://wordpress.tv/" target="_blank">WordPress.tv</a>. 151 WordCamp presentation videos have recently been published to the site, which is quickly becoming a massive library of WordPress-related videos. </p>
<h3>Buy Tickets Early</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re a WordPress fan who has never been to a WordCamp, here&#8217;s a bit of advice: Buy tickets to the event as soon as you commit to go. During 2013 many WordCamps sold out far in advance of the event. If you&#8217;re intent on attending a certain event, grab those tickets and plan your travel early. Expect to get addicted. Connecting with other WordPress fans is an exciting experience that never gets old. </p>
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<h3>Go ahead and paint the walls</h3>
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<p>The fact that you can do anything you want to customize the frontend and the backend is why so many people enjoy WordPress in the first place. So if you want to make a plugin that removes the new admin design or changes it in some way to suit your needs, by all means, go for it! Add <a href="http://wptavern.com/get-more-admin-color-schemes-for-wordpress-3-8" target="_blank">more color schemes</a> to WordPress 3.8, <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/" target="_blank">make the admin 50 shades of grey</a>, or <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-admin-classic/" target="_blank">nuke it</a> entirely and go back to the old admin design. If a different style of backend inspires you to publish great content, do whatever it takes. </p>
<h3>Avenue Factory&#8217;s Alternative Admin Interface</h3>
<p>WordPress designer and developer <a href="http://www.avenuefactory.com/" target="_blank">Haseeb Qureshi</a> created a plugin  called <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-interface-by-avenue-factory/" target="_blank">Admin Interface by Avenue Factory</a> that he claims <strong>&#8220;restores visual balance and tactility to WordPress 3.8.&#8221;</strong> Although he sees the admin design as a giant leap forward, Quereshi says, &#8220;It appears to be chaotic and with no balance, right out of the box.&#8221;</p>
<p>His plugin loads a <a href="http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/admin-interface-by-avenue-factory/trunk/av-assets/av-admin-interface.css" target="_blank">CSS file</a> to override some of the styles in the new WordPress admin. Qureshi&#8217;s changes address his main concern: &#8220;Looking at WordPress 3.8 now, it just seems that the sidebar, widefat table elements, and the general type size are fighting for attention.&#8221; </p>
<p>Can you spot the differences in the screenshot below? The plugin adds a more tactile view to the sidebar and makes some subtle changes in typography and spacing. </p>
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<p>His plugin also makes some broad stroke changes to the <em>.widefat</em> class, as you can see on the posts screen:</p>
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<p>If you&#8217;ve had similar thoughts about the new admin design, the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-interface-by-avenue-factory/" target="_blank">Admin Interface by Avenue Factory</a> might be an option to explore for housing some of your own custom tweaks. </p>
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<p>A few days ago, Jeff wrote a <a href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-plugin-authors-be-up-front-and-honest-with-users-about-tracking" target="_blank">post</a> encouraging WordPress plugin developers to be more transparent about trackers they apply to your website via their extensions. He referenced Pooria Asteraky&#8217;s <a href="http://pooriast.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/trackers-wordpress-plugin/" target="_blank">discovery</a> that a social sharing plugin had applied 13 trackers on a vanilla installation. This is no surprise, really, as a site owner installs social sharing plugins with the express purpose of sending information out from the website via Javascript or some other means.</p>
<p>Otto left a <a href="http://pooriast.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/trackers-wordpress-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-1384" target="_blank">comment</a> on the original post, clarifying which trackers might indeed be harmful or unwanted. He said, <span class="pullquote alignleft">&#8220;Our primary concern in this regard would be plugins that do things without the consent or without the knowledge of the website owner.&#8221;</span> This is an important distinction to make, as many trackers perform a welcome and valuable service, such as Jetpack stats, Gravatar or Google Analytics. The trackers you want to hunt down are those that collect information about users or activities on the site without consent.<span id="more-13386"></span></p>
<h3>Let&#8217;s hunt trackers!</h3>
<p>Since plugin authors may not always be transparent about what kinds of trackers their plugins install, especially if they&#8217;re not hosted on WordPress.org, site owners need some way to sniff these out. That&#8217;s where a free tool like <a href="http://www.ghostery.com/" target="_blank">Ghostery</a> comes in handy for finding out what services might be communicating to and from a website. It operates as a browser extension and there are versions available for Firefox, Opera, Safari, IE, iOS and Firefox for Android.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example of what it looks like when I installed it to Chrome, which was painless and instant.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ghostery-chrome.png" rel="prettyphoto[13386]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ghostery-chrome.png" alt="ghostery-chrome" width="453" height="202" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13499" /></a></p>
<p>Once installed, the extension looks for third-party page elements (or &#8220;trackers&#8221;) on the web pages you visit and displays them in the corner of your browser. It verifies these trackers against Ghostery&#8217;s extensive library of more than  1,700 trackers and 3,400 tracking patterns, including beacons, advertisements, analytics services, page widgets, and other third-party page elements.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ghostery-in-action.png" rel="prettyphoto[13386]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ghostery-in-action.png" alt="ghostery-in-action" width="594" height="193" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13501" /></a></p>
<h3>Get the Details Behind the Trackers</h3>
<p>If you suspect that a plugin might be &#8220;phoning home&#8221; from your website, inserting ads or invisible pixels for tracking, Ghostery gives you a quick way to track down the tracker and find out who is behind it. It&#8217;s not just for use on your own website &#8211; you can check out other sites as well. Here&#8217;s a quick example run on a WordPress.org plugin page:</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/trackers1.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13386]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/trackers1.jpg" alt="trackers" width="682" height="499" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13557" /></a></p>
<p>You can click on each individual tracker to see the URL and find out more information. For the most part, you&#8217;ll see a harmless list like the one above. The Ghostery tool comes in handy if you feel that you may have been hacked or have noticed some suspicious activity on your site. The information Ghostery provides will help you to investigate your plugins and/or themes to find the culprit. It&#8217;s also useful for inspecting other sites for a small window into their third-party connections.</p>
<h3>Block Unwanted Trackers</h3>
<p>Ghostery also lets visitors block trackers based on the type of function they perform or on an individual basis. This is particularly useful if you want to block trackers that violate your privacy by collecting your behavioral data.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/block.png" rel="prettyphoto[13386]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/block.png" alt="block" width="787" height="434" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13505" /></a></p>
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<p><a title="http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-customizer/" href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-customizer/">Post Customizer</a>, developed by <a title="http://profiles.wordpress.org/10up/" href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/10up/">10up</a> continues the trend of taking a different approach to solving the problem of live editing. Post Customizer works in a similar fashion to the theme customizer. When a user previews a page or a post, an interface is loaded that looks just like the theme customizer. From this interface, you can edit the post excerpt, post thumbnail, save changes to the post or close the interface without saving. Selecting text within the post displays a simple editor that makes it easy to style words, apply unordered lists etc.</p>
<div id="attachment_13538" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PostCustomizer.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13533]" rel="thumbnail"><img class="size-large wp-image-13538" alt="Customizing a post" src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PostCustomizer-500x166.jpg" width="500" height="166" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Simple editor to edit posts</p></div>
<h3>Idea Turned Into Reality</h3>
<p>I got in touch with John James Jacoby, one of several developers for the plugin (along with Carl Danley, John Bloch, Taylor Lovett, and Drew Jaynes). I found out why the plugin was created, the decision to use the customizer interface and whether or not this is just a prototype or something they want people to use on a routine basis.</p>
<p><strong>Tavern</strong> &#8211; <em>Is this plugin a prototype of an idea to edit posts or does 10up plan on improving the plugin? Does 10up want people to use it?</em></p>
<p><strong>JJJ</strong> &#8211; Both! It was an idea I&#8217;ve had in my head for a while, and we threw it together at our company meetup and then it sat mostly unloved for a few months. We spent a few hours getting it to a workable state, and open sourced it for improvements and feedback. We actually built the majority of it over the course of two evenings, just hacking together and rapidly prototyping.</p>
<p><strong>Tavern</strong> &#8211; <em>When it comes to the post customizer, does it not make sense to be able to have the category and tags be editable from within the customizer? At that point, you&#8217;re sort of substituting the post writing screen although you don&#8217;t see the customizing interface until after you hit preview.</em></p>
<p><strong>JJJ</strong> &#8211; Sure. Pretty much any metabox is game for inclusion. We specifically wanted to provide an interface for editing post content after the original post was written. We’d like to work <strong>Revisions</strong> into the sidebar, so authors can scroll through updates live.</p>
<h3>Nice Idea But Needs A Lot Of Elbow Grease</h3>
<p>While the idea is great, the implementation and experience needs to be improved before users can feel comfortable with using this plugin. Here are some things I noticed.</p>
<p><strong>Update Or Save</strong> &#8211; The theme customizer that the interface is based on does not feel natural when editing posts. When editing themes, I realize an update will save the changes I made to the theme. For posts however, I&#8217;m used to clicking a save button. While the update button does the same thing, it just doesn&#8217;t seem right.</p>
<p><strong>Exiting The Interface</strong> &#8211; I&#8217;m used to closing interfaces with an X on the top right portion of the screen. Despite the post customizer using a familiar layout, I keep looking to the right of the screen for a way to close the editing panel. It&#8217;s as simple as clicking the close button but I&#8217;m always looking somewhere else to get out of the editing interface.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PostCustomizerExiting.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13533]" rel="thumbnail"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-13542" alt="Exiting The Post Customizer" src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PostCustomizerExiting-500x189.jpg" width="500" height="189" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s also weird that upon closing the editing panel, I&#8217;m taken back to the WordPress editing screen that&#8217;s missing the right sidebar. It&#8217;s here that I have to click an X to completely close the editing interface. Clicking close and then the X feels redundant. I&#8217;d rather see the close button take the role of doing both tasks and returning me to the normal editing panel without any additional steps.</p>
<p><strong>Editor Toolbar Sticks To The Top Of The Post</strong> &#8211; When the editing toolbar is enabled, it sticks to the top of the page. While I could use keyboard shortcuts, I&#8217;d rather see the editor appear above the text I&#8217;m highlighting so I don&#8217;t have to scroll or move my mouse so much. When the edited text is not highlighted, the toolbar should disappear.</p>
<p><strong>Excerpts Reload The Entire Page</strong> &#8211; The first time you try to edit the excerpt in the sidebar, it reloads the entire page along with the interface. I found this to be a jarring experience and would like to see the excerpt loaded without having to reload the entire page.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PostCustomizerExcerpts.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13533]" rel="thumbnail"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13541" alt="PostCustomizer Excerpts" src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PostCustomizerExcerpts.jpg" width="297" height="305" /></a></p>
<h3>Interesting Take On The Post Editing Idea</h3>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/romangie" target="_blank">Romangie</a> is a new theme in the WordPress Theme Directory and is one of only a handful to support the latest <a href="http://wptavern.com/ http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2013/08/19/bootstrap-3-released/" target="_blank">Bootstrap 3</a> release. The theme is fully responsive and, although it is based on Bootstrap, it&#8217;s not heavy-handed with the styling, nor does it look like your typical Bootstrap site.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/romangie.png" rel="prettyphoto[13312]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/romangie.png" alt="romangie" width="905" height="884" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13516" /></a></p>
<p>Romangie was created to have a simple design with a focus on content and performance. The theme supports all the WordPress post formats out of the box and includes styles for videos, music, chat, logs, quotes, galleries,  etc.<span id="more-13312"></span></p>
<p>In addition to its responsive design, Romangie is also retina ready, which means it will look great on small devices and larger formats, all the way up to 27&#8243; Full HD displays. The theme uses scalable fonts as icons, instead of jpg images, so it won&#8217;t go blurry on high definition displays. </p>
<h4>Romangie features at a glance:</h4>
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<p>View a <a href="http://themes.tobscore.com/romangie/demo/" target="_blank">live demo</a> to see it in action. </p>
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<p>A lot of work has gone into this theme to ensure a modern browsing experience for users on all devices. If you want to combine WordPress with all that Bootstrap 3 has to offer, this theme is a great starting place.</p>
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<p>During the development of WordPress 3.8, I used the <a title="http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/" href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/">WordPress Beta Testing</a> plugin to keep up with changes on my local server. While testing the default theme TwentyFourteen, I noticed a typo within the theme details. I could have reported the typo to a default theme team member and it would have been fixed immediately. However, once I discovered the typo I knew it was an opportunity to contribute to the core and make it on the contributors list.</p>
<h3>Is Fixing A Typo Really A Contribution?</h3>
<p>Before I reported the typo, I thought about whether fixing a typo would classify as a contribution. It was a small change that involved adding one letter to a word. I asked my followers on Twitter what they thought.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>Curiosity question. If I fix a typo in WordPress core, is that enough to get a credit link for a contribution or is that not enough?</p>
<p>&mdash; Jeff (@jeffr0) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffr0/statuses/410575551905030144">December 11, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
<p></p>
<p>What I learned is that some people have contributed to WordPress simply by removing white space from code. Konstantin Obenland contributed to WordPress by adding an underscore where it was appropriate. The moral of the story is that no matter how small the contribution, every little bit counts and helps to improve the software. There is no need to feel guilty or unworthy of being listed as a contributor if all you did was fix a typo.</p>
<h3>Getting My Patch Into Core</h3>
<p>After discovering the typo, I immediately reached out to Konstantin Obenland who was a member of the team responsible for TwentyFourteen. I reported the typo to him and he recommended that I create a new ticket on <a title="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/" href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/">Trac</a>. Bug reports along with their associated patches go through Trac in the form of tickets. Trac is not for the faint of heart. It&#8217;s an intimidating website for those that don&#8217;t frequent it often. Even though I&#8217;ve participated in the WordPress community for years, Trac still rattles my nerves when I create a ticket.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ContributionTicketFor38.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13159]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ContributionTicketFor38-500x205.jpg" alt="The Ticket I Created For WordPress 3.8" width="500" height="205" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-13496" /></a></p>
<p>Using Konstantin as a mentor, he walked me through the process of <a title="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26528" href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26528">creating the ticket</a>. He also created the diff file for me that I uploaded as a patch. I didn&#8217;t know how to create diff files so it was nice of Konstantin to create one for me. Once the patch was uploaded, the ticket was out of my hands. After some edits to the ticket, the right people saw the patch and applied the fix to WordPress 3.8 before it was released.</p>
<h3>WordPress Needs Core Contributor Mentors</h3>
<p>WordPress would benefit from having a list of people that act as mentors for those contributing to WordPress for the first time via Trac. Drupal has gone through great lengths to make core contributing mentorship a priority. They have <a title="http://drupalmentoring.org/" href="http://drupalmentoring.org/">an entire site</a> dedicated to mentoring new contributors. Even if it were not as organized as Drupal, I&#8217;d like to see a list of mentors I could get in touch with to walk me through the process of patching a bug or fixing a typo in core.</p>
<p>A few years ago, WordPress tried to create a core mentorship program but it didn&#8217;t take off. The contributor team was much smaller than it is today and WordPress didn&#8217;t have regular working teams. I asked Jen Mylo if there are any plans to try and create a mentorship program now that there are a lot more people involved with the core development of WordPress. She tells me that she is currently working on a proposal for a formalized mentorship program across all of the contributor teams. </p>
<blockquote><p>We didn&#8217;t really have regular working teams then, and even the core team back then was much smaller active group. We&#8217;re in a much better place now to support formal mentorship programs since we now have regularly meeting teams, team reps posting weekly updates, etc.</p></blockquote>
<p>Jen says the proposal will be posted sometime before the end of the year.</p>
<h3>Contributing Was Awesome</h3>
<p>Despite it only being a typo, contributing to the core of WordPress was exhilarating. For a brief moment, I felt like learning PHP and MySQL to contribute everything I could to WordPress. After the excitement went away, I came back to my senses. Special thanks to Konstantin Obenland for holding my hand during the process of contributing. The last thing I want to do on Trac is make the core WordPress developers job harder by improperly filing tickets. Instead of screwing up, it&#8217;s better to not mess with Trac at all. At least that&#8217;s the way I&#8217;ve approached it.</p>
<p>While there is a <a title="http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/" href="http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/">handbook devoted entirely to contributing to WordPress</a>, it&#8217;s not the same as being guided through the process with an experienced individual. Thankfully, most of the <a title="http://chrislema.com/approachable-wordpress/" href="http://chrislema.com/approachable-wordpress/">WordPress community is approachable</a> and getting help is as easy as tweeting, skypeing, or emailing someone.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/piwik_app.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13440]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/piwik_app.jpg" alt="piwik_app" width="1214" height="726" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13464" /></a></p>
<p>Haven&#8217;t heard of Piwik? That&#8217;s probably due to the fact that Google Analytics thoroughly dominates this space. But there&#8217;s something exceptional that sets Piwik apart from Google Analytics. <strong>Piwik is free and open source, affording you privacy and full control over your data.</strong> Piwik takes about five minutes to install on your server. You can track multiple websites and keep all your data in the same place on your own server, away from prying eyes. </p>
<h3>Piwik: An Open Source Alternative to Google Analytics</h3>
<p>The Piwik dashboard has everything you&#8217;d expect from a comprehensive web analytics platform, including recent visits, keyword information, visitor location map, browser information, referrer information, and real-time visitor stats, and more available via widgets.</p>
<p>I had the chance to chat with Piwik founder and lead developer Matthieu Aubry. Given that Google Analytics is considered the default choice for the vast majority of websites, I asked him what is the number one reason people choose Piwik over its more popular competitor. He replied, &#8220;There are many reasons but <span class="pullquote alignleft">I think the number one reason for many choosing Piwik over Google Analytics is privacy and keeping control over sensitive user data.</span> This is becoming all too important. Another good reason may be that people like the simplicity of the UI and the openness of the platform.&#8221;</p>
<p>Part of that openness is that developers are encouraged to extend the platform using the Piwik APIs and many are already doing some creative things.<strong> &#8220;There are several businesses using the API to provide web analytics to many of their customers&#8217; websites automatically (by creating website users and scheduled reports using the API),&#8221;</strong> Aubry said. &#8220;Others use the API to request data and display it elsewhere. The tracking API is also used to implement custom app usage tracking within Mobile apps. Finally, what we hope to help developers build 3rd party plugins similar to WordPress or other popular open source frameworks. This will be our chance to bring a lot of innovation in analytics!&#8221;</p>
<h3>How to Use Piwik With WordPress</h3>
<p>Piwik is <a href="http://piwik.org/faq/new-to-piwik/#faq_45" target="_blank">licensed under the GPL</a>, just like WordPress. The WP-Piwik plugin integrates Piwik into your WordPress site, adds the tracking code and displays a summary of stats in your admin panel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/piwik_wp.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[13440]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/piwik_wp.jpg" alt="piwik_wp" width="1024" height="596" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13478" /></a></p>
<p>Instructions for setting up WP-Piwik can be found on the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-piwik/" target="_blank">WordPress Integration</a> page and the the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-piwik/" target="_blank">plugin</a> is available in the WordPress repository. </p>
<h3>What&#8217;s New in Piwik 2.0?</h3>
<p>In addition to the new website, Piwik users will enjoy a host of new features with this <a href="http://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-0/" target="_blank">2.0 release</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Launch of the Piwik <a href="http://plugins.piwik.org/" target="_blank">marketplace</a> for plugins and themes</li>
<li>Browse and install plugins and themes directly from within Piwik</li>
<li>New completely redesigned mobile app, allowing users to monitor web traffic on the go</li>
<li>Piwik 2.0 has now been translated by volunteers into 53 different languages</li>
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<p>The team has also launched a new <a href="http://piwik.pro/" target="_blank">Piwik Pro</a> service that will offer professional analytics services for businesses, NGOs and governments, as well as cloud hosting and enterprise deployments. The service also includes custom integrations and support. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re curious about Piwik but would rather try it before installing on your own server, check out the <a href="http://demo.piwik.org/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=7&period=day&date=yesterday#module=Dashboard&action=embeddedIndex&idSite=7&period=day&date=yesterday&idDashboard=1" target="_blank">live demo</a>. Piwik is not just for web analytics &#8211; you can also use it to track e-commerce, server logs and intranet analytics.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:50:"WPTavern: WPTavern Gets Responsive With New Design";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:32:"http://www.wptavern.com/?p=13443";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:60:"http://wptavern.com/wptavern-gets-responsive-with-new-design";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2545:"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since the Tavern has received a new coat of paint. I&#8217;d like to introduce you to the <strong>new WordPress Tavern</strong>. This design is a child theme that we created, based on <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/stargazer-a-free-design-specific-parent-theme-for-wordpress" title="http://www.wptavern.com/stargazer-a-free-design-specific-parent-theme-for-wordpress">Stargazer</a>, a new parent theme from <a href="http://themehybrid.com/" title="http://themehybrid.com/">Theme Hybrid</a>. WPTavern is now responsive and looks good on any mobile device without the need to use a special mobile theme. If the font used for the content looks familiar to you, it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s <a href="http://opensans.com/" title="http://opensans.com/">the same one</a> used within the <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-3-8-parker-released" title="http://www.wptavern.com/wordpress-3-8-parker-released">newly redesigned backend of WordPress</a>. </p>
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<h3>WordPress Coffee Mug</h3>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpcoffeemug.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpcoffeemug.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="wpcoffeemug" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13394" /></a>The new <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/wordpress/products/wp-powered-by-coffee-mug" target="_blank">WordPress coffee mug</a> is available from the WordPress swag store. I gifted one to myself and can say that it&#8217;s just as handsome and shiny as it appears to be in the picture. The back says, &#8220;Proudly Powered by Coffee.&#8221; This cup is the perfect size &#8211; it contains the exact amount of coffee I can drink before it gets cold.<span id="more-12551"></span></p>
<h3>A License to Sublime Text</h3>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sublime.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sublime.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="sublime" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13402" /></a>The <a href="http://www.sublimetext.com/" target="_blank">Sublime Text</a> editor is a best friend to many people who write code. Many developers consider it to be the holy grail of text editing tools. </p>
<p>If you can sneak around and verify that your friend is using an unlicensed copy, a surprise <a href="https://www.sublimetext.com/buy" target="_blank">license</a> given as a gift will delight the socks off of him or her. </p>
<h3>Jetpack Battery Pack</h3>
<p><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jetpack-battery-pack.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jetpack-battery-pack.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="jetpack-battery-pack" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13411" /></a>The <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/wordpress/products/jetpack-battery-pack" target="_blank">Jetpack Battery Pack</a> is a fancy, portable external battery charger. Emblazoned with the Jetpack logo, this unique gift provides a quick charge to cell phones and other mobile devices. The Jetpack Battery Pack is only available from the WordPress Swag Store.</p>
<h3>A Treehouse Membership</h3>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/treehouse.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/treehouse.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="treehouse" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13410" /></a><a href="https://teamtreehouse.com/" target="_blank">Treehouse</a> is a place where the WordPress fan in your life can pick up new skills by enrolling in courses that teach everything from design to mobile development to business skills. Technology enthusiasts love to learn new things and a gift <a href="https://teamtreehouse.com/subscribe/plans?trial=yes" target="_blank">membership</a> might be just the right avenue. Also, Treehouse donates an account to a public school student for every new Gold account purchased. </p>
<h3>BuddyPress Theme Development</h3>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bpthemedev.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bpthemedev.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="bpthemedev" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13417" /></a><a href="http://www.wptavern.com/buddypress-theming-book-now-available-on-amazon" target="_blank">BuddyPress Theme Development</a> is a book that will teach you how to create BuddyPress themes from start to finish. You couldn&#8217;t find a better gift for the BuddyPress designer, developer or enthusiast in your life. BuddyPress Theme Development is <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/BuddyPress-Theme-Development-Tammie-Lister-ebook/dp/B00G395ORG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382456253&sr=8-2&keywords=tammie+lister" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a> in paperback or kindle version.</p>
<h3>Gravity Forms</h3>
<p><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gf.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gf.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="gf" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13415" /></a><a href="http://www.gravityforms.com/" target="_blank">Gravity Forms</a> is the beloved form-builder of choice for many WordPress users. These days Gravity Forms is going far beyond just building forms with their <a href="http://www.wptavern.com/gravityforms-1-8-beta-released-introduces-api" target="_blank">latest release</a> introducing a complete API. The WordPress person in your life may already have a Gravity Forms <a href="http://www.gravityforms.com/purchase-gravity-forms/" target="_blank">license</a>, so you may need to engage in a little bit of creative questioning to find out.</p>
<h3>Professional WordPress Plugin Development</h3>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pwpd.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pwpd.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="pwpd" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13423" /></a>If you&#8217;ve got an aspiring WordPress plugin developer on your gift list, the Professional WordPress Plugin Development book is an excellent choice. There&#8217;s certainly a lot to learn for free online but sometimes it helps to have information in a book to take you through different topics in an organized way. Professional WordPress Plugin Development is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Professional-WordPress-Plugin-Development-Williams/dp/0470916222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387319815&sr=8-1&keywords=professional+wordpress+plugin+development" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a> via paperback or kindle. </p>
<h3>A CodePen Account</h3>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/codepen.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/codepen.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="codepen" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13427" /></a><a href="https://codepen.io/" target="_blank">CodePen</a> is a site where developers can edit HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code in the browser and see instant previews of its output. It&#8217;s a fun place to play with code and share your creations. A <a href="https://codepen.io/signup" target="_blank">CodePen Pro</a> account allows the user unlimited private pens, asset hosting, collaboration mode and more.</p>
<h3>WordPress T-Shirt</h3>
<p><a href="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wptshirt.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wptshirt.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="wptshirt" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13429" /></a>You can never go wrong with a WordPress T-shirt as a gift. T-shirts and hoodies are pretty much the standard uniform of many tech professionals. The <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/wordpress" target="_blank">WordPress Swag Store</a> has a nice assortment of t-shirts and hoodies in both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s fits.</p>
<h3>The Gift of Time</h3>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/time.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[12551]" rel="thumbnail"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/time.jpg?resize=150%2C150" alt="time" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13433" /></a>One of the most common replies I received to my WordPress gifts survey was time. Everyone needs more time in the day. For those who have families, it can be particularly tough to fit in a full-time job, time with the kids and contributions to open source projects. Giving someone the gift of time is nearly impossible, but there are ways to approximate it. Offer to babysit, make a meal, perform some car maintenance or time-consuming chores. Efforts to help your friend or family member free up time could be far more meaningful than any gift you could buy. </p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:02:09 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:49;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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The <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/" target="_blank">Jetpack</a> plugin code is now available on <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/Jetpack" target="_blank">github</a> and the team <a href="https://twitter.com/Viper007Bond/status/412731744962359296" target="_blank">welcomes</a> your pull requests. With the addition of Jetpack, Automattic now has <a href="https://github.com/Automattic" target="_blank">106 public repositories</a> on github. That&#8217;s a lot of shared code! </p>
<p>Jetpack has been downloaded nearly eight million times since its debut on WordPress.org. If you&#8217;ve enjoyed using Jetpack and have some ideas for improving it, github is a great way to contribute back to the plugin. Your code will improve the Jetpack experience on millions of websites. There are also other ways to contribute without writing any code:<span id="more-13357"></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contact-support/" target="_blank">Join</a> the Jetpack Beta Test group</li>
<li>Lend a hand answering questions in the Jetpack <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack" target="_blank">support forum</a></li>
<li>Report bugs, with reproduction steps, or post patches on Jetpack&#8217;s <a href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/newticket?component=jetpack" target="_blank">trac</a></li>
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<h3>Learn the Basics of Contributing to Open Source Software with Jetpack</h3>
<p>Jetpack probably has one of the most organized <a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/" target="_blank">guides to contribution</a> that I have ever seen for an open source plugin project. The team has created contribution opportunities for users and developers at all levels. The guide outlines ways to <a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#contribute" target="_blank">contribute at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels</a>. </p>
<p>What really stands out about the Jetpack contribution guide is that it actually teaches you the basics of contributing to an open source project, including topics such as:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#source" target="_blank">How to check out the source code</a> &#8211; Learn how to install and navigate subversion</li>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#bugs" target="_blank">How to create a great bug report</a> &#8211; Learn the anatomy of a Trac ticket and how to submit tickets</li>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#patch" target="_blank">How to write and submit a patch</a> &#8211; Get step-by-step instructions for submitting a patch</li>
<li><a href="http://jetpack.me/contribute/#practices" target="_blank">Best practices for WordPress development</a> &#8211; Get more information on PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding standards</li>
</ul>
<p>Let&#8217;s face it. Nobody springs from the womb understanding how to create a good bug report or submit a patch. That&#8217;s why guides like this are so important. Getting involved on a smaller project like Jetpack is an opportunity to test your wings in an area where you have an interest. If you have an open source project where you want to attract more contributors, consider creating a detailed, organized guide in the same way Jetpack has outlined contribution opportunities. That little extra effort in documentation might open up the floodgates to contributions. </p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:49:57 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}s:4:"type";i:128;s:7:"headers";a:9:{s:6:"server";s:5:"nginx";s:4:"date";s:29:"Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:16:59 GMT";s:12:"content-type";s:8:"text/xml";s:14:"content-length";s:6:"159844";s:10:"connection";s:5:"close";s:4:"vary";s:15:"Accept-Encoding";s:13:"last-modified";s:29:"Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:00:17 GMT";s:4:"x-nc";s:11:"HIT lax 250";s:13:"accept-ranges";s:5:"bytes";}s:5:"build";s:14:"20130911040210";}