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The Economy of WordPress (speaking of that … need work in 2012??)

First, big thanks to WordPress for keeping me busy and in business.  I recently completed a video interview (publish date T.B.A.) where I was asked about the WordPress economy and the commercial ecosystem that has evolved around the WordPress platform.  One of the points I made in my answer was that if it were not for the insane popularity and success of the WordPress software, as well as its open source nature and the GPL, …

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Cheapflights.com on WordPress

Excited to see the sites I recently developed for the London-based Cheapflights (US) and Cheapflights (UK) finally up and live, running WordPress Multisite with custom post types (see  here), custom taxonomies and more custom goodies of the sort.  I’ll need to do a write up on this one, eventually .  I developed this site in partnership with my friends at Convertiv – been doing lots of dev. work for them lately … good peeps!

WordPress For Dummies 4th Edition with BONUS Themes

WordPress For Dummies 4th Edition with 5 BONUS Themes

This summer, I finished writing the 4th Edition of my WordPress For Dummies book (John Wiley & Sons) and it covers up to WordPress version 3.2.  This time around my editor, Amy Fandrei and I decided to do something a little different with this release, to offer my readers a bit more value that what they’ve been used to with previous editions of the book.  This time around – aside from the usual value of …

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WordPress Web Design For Dummies is Available

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I am excited to announce the release of my latest WordPress book, WordPress Web Design For Dummies, which is now available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel and anywhere books are sold, online or at your local brick and mortar bookstore. This is the fourth title that I have written for Wiley Publishing on the topic of WordPress – its gotten to the point where the folks at Wiley are calling me their Franchise author on all things WordPress (no, really – ask Ellen, she’ll tell you all about it!)

E.Webscapes Hiring WordPress Designer/Developer

We are hiring a WordPress designer/developer, or two at E.Webscapes.  Interested –> check it out!