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<p>Managed WordPress hosts are popping up all over the web. The platform is now so widely used that mammoth hosting providers such as <a href="http://wptavern.com/godaddy-launches-managed-wordpress-hosting-service" target="_blank">GoDaddy</a> and <a href="http://wptavern.com/mediatemple-launches-wordpress-managed-hosting-package" target="_blank">MediaTemple</a> have added specialized hosting packages dedicated to WordPress customers. WordPress hosting providers that cater to a specific niche are the latest trend.</p>
<p><a href="http://campuspress.com/" target="_blank">CampusPress </a>is a newly branded managed host that specializes in WordPress multisite networks for educational organzations. It&#8217;s actually an offshoot of <a href="http://edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Edublogs</a>, the largest educational blogging host that has been providing multisite hosting since 2005. Due to the high demand for more CMS features, the Edublogs team decided to differentiate the services with CampusPress focused on providing multisite network hosting for schools and universities.</p>
<p>I spoke with Edublogs Director of Operations, Ronnie Burt, to discuss the reasons for launching CampusPress as a separate entity into the managed hosting market. He said that many of the existing Edublogs customers wanted to use the service for more than blogs but were hesitant due to &#8220;blogs&#8221; within the name. &#8220;Since WordPress is all grown up and used for way more than blogging,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re re-branding our Edublogs Campus service and really improving the network infrastructure and features to better support all types of sites.&#8221;</p>
<h3>How Multisite Hosting Works at CampusPress</h3>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/osu.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[18224]"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/osu.jpg" alt="osu" width="400" height="279" class="alignright size-full wp-image-18266" /></a>In addition to providing a hosting environment optimized for multisite networks, CampusPress accounts also include many built-in features specific to white labeling and managing a multisite network for education. A few examples include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Domain mapping</li>
<li>Class and student management tools</li>
<li>Content filtering and moderation</li>
<li>Native apps for iOS and Anroid</li>
<li>LDAP, Google Apps, Shibboleth and LTI authentication options</li>
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<p>I asked Burt if CampusPress is one giant network that manages all the multisite installations. &#8220;It isn&#8217;t technically networks within a network,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Each school has their own totally separate multisite install. We use SVN to manage WordPress core and our default plugins and themes across all of the networks.&#8221; CampusPress also provides a custom SVN folder for customers to submit and manage custom themes.</p>
<p>The multisite hosting is truly managed in that the maintenance is handled professionally behind the scenes and customers do not have any server-level access such as FTP or the database. &#8220;This is how we can guarantee reliability and security,&#8221; Burt said. &#8220;While traditional managed hosting providers may have automated scans and a blacklist of plugins, we manually review line by line each line of code of every plugin and theme added to our networks.&#8221;</p>
<h3>The Challenge of Keeping Pace With WordPress</h3>
<p>Burt says that one of the biggest challenges of hosting multisite networks is performing upgrades. &#8220;Universities and schools often also have their own change management and branding policies and regulations,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They tend to not like upgrades or major changes in the middle of the school year, and they all seam to require different things when it comes to testing, timelines, and rolling out new plugins/tools.&#8221;</p>
<p>For example, WordPress 3.8 introduced major changes to WordPress and many organizations din&#8217;t want to have to re-educate their users in the middle of the school year. &#8220;This is especially a challenge when they get on different versions of WordPress core,&#8221; Burt explained. &#8220;It seems like as soon as we finally get everyone happily upgraded, another version will roll out and we&#8217;ll start the process all over again. We&#8217;d upgrade them all at the same time if they&#8217;d let us.&#8221;</p>
<h3>CampusPress Expands Beyond Educational Blogs</h3>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/thereview.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[18224]"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/thereview-300x245.jpg" alt="thereview" width="300" height="245" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-18269" /></a>With the new CampusPress branding in place, Burt and his team are able to expand beyond providing educational blogs. One of the largest categories includes news/magazine sites like, such as the <a href="http://blogs.du.edu/magazine/" target="_blank">University of Denver Magazine</a>. The other category they serve is faculty/department websites in need of CMS capabilities, such as the <a href="http://polisci.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank">University of Oregon Political Science Department</a> and <a href="http://mediarelations.cornell.edu/" target="_blank">Cornell&#8217;s Media Relations Office</a>.</p>
<p>A few interesting examples of multisite networks already hosted with CampusPress include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blogs.cornell.edu/gateshall/" target="_blank">Bill and Melinda Gates Hall</a></li>
<li><a href="http://emergency.cornell.edu/" target="_blank">Cornell&#8217;s Emergency Site</a></li>
<li><a href="http://udreview.com/" target="_blank">University of Delaware Student Newspaper</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.sjsu.edu/wsq" target="_blank">San Jose State&#8217;s Alumni Magazine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://physics.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank">University of Oregon Department Sites</a></li>
<li><a href="https://u.osu.edu/ohiostatedrumline/" target="_blank">Ohio State&#8217;s Drumline</a></li>
</ul>
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MediaTemple <a title="http://mediatemple.net/blog/news/welcome-to-the-future-of-managed-wordpress-hosting/" href="http://mediatemple.net/blog/news/welcome-to-the-future-of-managed-wordpress-hosting/">has announced</a> they have a new managed WordPress hosting package available dubbed <a title="http://mediatemple.net/webhosting/wordpress/" href="http://mediatemple.net/webhosting/wordpress/">Premium WordPress Hosting</a>. The package has a cost of $29 per month which places it near the top of my price comparison chart. I created this chart a few months ago when GoDaddy announced their managed WordPress hosting package.</p>
<ul>
<li>GoDaddy – <strong>$6.99</strong> / month</li>
<li>Siteground – <strong>$9.95</strong> / month</li>
<li>Flywheel – <strong>$15.00</strong> / month</li>
<li>DreamPress – <strong>$19.95</strong> / month</li>
<li>Page.ly – <strong>$24.00</strong> / month</li>
<li>Pressable – <strong>$25.00</strong> / month</li>
<li>Synthesis – <strong>$27.00</strong> / month</li>
<li>WP Engine – <strong>$29.00</strong> / month</li>
<li>MediaTemple <strong>3 WordPress Installs For $29.00</strong> / month</li>
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<p>MediaTemple is owned by GoDaddy but <a title="http://mediatemple.net/blog/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-godaddy-acquisition/#merging" href="http://mediatemple.net/blog/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-godaddy-acquisition/#merging">both companies operate independently</a> of each other. While I initially thought it was a bad idea for both GoDaddy and MediaTemple to offer managed WordPress hosting since they are in a way, the same company, I&#8217;ve come to the understanding that each one serves a different customer base.</p>
<h3>What MediaTemple Offers</h3>
<p>As is customary with other managed hosting providers, MediaTemple offers a staging environment to work on sites before they go live. Other notable features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Easy-to-use site templating</li>
<li>Automatic updates</li>
<li>Mobile Optimized</li>
<li>Automatic security</li>
<li>Automatic backups</li>
<li>Next-gen cloud infrastructure</li>
</ul>
<p>Perhaps one of the most important features offered is email, something <a href="http://wpengine.com/support/email-recommendations-from-wp-engine/" title="http://wpengine.com/support/email-recommendations-from-wp-engine/">not offered by WP Engine</a>.</p>
<h3>MediaTemple Launches Invite Only WordPress Theme Market</h3>
<p>The market only contains one theme created by their creative directory but the company plans on adding more from talented designers in the future. I asked MediaTemple if there was any additional information they could give me regarding their theme marketplace. Their response:</p>
<blockquote><p>As it is now, the market place is “invite only” with specific designers and organizations building custom themes for (mt) Premium WordPress Hosting customers. The theme market place is an area of this product we’re really excited about. We have very strong partnerships in the creative and development worlds, so this model is likely to change/grow with opportunities and there will definitely be one-off scenarios here. Essentially, the sky is the limit with the market place.</p></blockquote>
<p>Customers are limited to three WordPress installations per account. If you need more, you&#8217;ll need to pay $9/month for each additional site. WordPress Multisite is currently <strong>not</strong> supported.</p>
<p>MediaTemple states they are aiming to push out WordPress updates within 48 hours of their release. Other leading WordPress managed hosting providers can sometimes take up to a week or more to test major versions of WordPress before applying the updates to their customer&#8217;s sites. However, security and or maintenance releases are usually applied the same day. The automatic updates only apply to WordPress, not plugins and themes.</p>
<p>When asked whether customers can initiate updates for WordPress, MediaTemple responded: &#8220;<em>Only (mt) can initiate WordPress updates for sites running on Premium WordPress Hosting</em>&#8220;. As we&#8217;ve <a title="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-host-wp-engine-will-not-support-automatic-background-updates" href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-host-wp-engine-will-not-support-automatic-background-updates">mentioned on WPTavern before</a>, this has become standard procedure.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NoPluginsAllowed.png" rel="prettyphoto[18219]"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-18241" alt="Plugins Not Allowed" src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NoPluginsAllowed-150x150.png" width="150" height="150" /></a>Speaking of plugins, they have their own <a title="https://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/2075/Which+plugins+are+not+allowed+with+my+Premium+WordPress+service%3F#wp" href="https://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/2075/Which+plugins+are+not+allowed+with+my+Premium+WordPress+service%3F#wp">list of plugins not allowed</a> to be used on their managed hosting infrastructure. It&#8217;s important for customers to read through the list in case you&#8217;ve purchased a commercial version of any of the plugins listed. For example, <a title="http://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/" href="http://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/">BackupBuddy</a> is not allowed because it duplicates existing functionality provided by MediaTemple.</p>
<h3></h3>
<h3>Are Managed WordPress Hosting Companies The Unseen Competition For WordPress.com?</h3>
<p>While putting this post together, I thought about how many companies within the past three years have created specially crafted hosting environments to cater to customers using WordPress. Most of the WordPress managed hosting services I know of are extensions of established companies.</p>
<div id="attachment_18234" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/WPorgvsWPcom.png" rel="prettyphoto[18219]"><img class="size-large wp-image-18234" alt="WordPress.com Versus WordPress.org " src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/WPorgvsWPcom-500x239.png" width="500" height="239" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WordPress.com Versus WordPress.org</p></div>
<p>I look at managed WordPress hosting as providing the luxuries of WordPress.com but also allowing customers most of the freedoms associated with self-hosting WordPress. Customers can upload plugins, change themes, edit their themes, and perform tasks that are locked down on WordPress.com or require you to pay an upgrade fee. Plus, they have a team of people ready to help at a moments notice which places them a step above most shared webhosting services.</p>
<h3>Tough To Compete Against Free</h3>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dollarsign.png" rel="prettyphoto[18219]"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1666" alt="dollarsign" src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dollarsign.png" width="102" height="103" /></a>I think the one aspect preventing more WordPress.com users from purchasing a managed hosting account is the price. <strong>$29 per month</strong>, is <strong>$348 per year</strong>. That&#8217;s a lot of money for someone to spend if they just want to publish their thoughts to the web. If you want most of the freedoms self-hosting WordPress provides without having to pay a large sum of money, <a title="http://www.godaddy.com/hosting/wordpress-hosting.aspx?ci=86979" href="http://www.godaddy.com/hosting/wordpress-hosting.aspx?ci=86979">GoDaddy is a nice option</a>.</p>
<p>The price of free is hard to compete against which is why I think WordPress.com has nothing to worry about. They cater to customers who just need a quick and easy way to publish content online. I see managed WordPress hosting companies as the next step for users when they outgrow the constraints of WordPress.com or the total price of upgrades is more than the annual cost of a managed hosting account.</p>
<h3>Ask MediaTemple Anything</h3>
<p>The company is hosting a live <a title="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/114280592660820418185/events/c00ghkimi9a4gehbujli904sv6c" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/114280592660820418185/events/c00ghkimi9a4gehbujli904sv6c">Google+ Hangout</a> on <strong>March 5th, 2014 at 9AM Pacific or Noon Eastern</strong> to answer any questions brought forth by the audience. No question appears to be off-limits.</p>
<p><strong>Are you happy to see MediaTemple enter the WordPress managed hosting space? Is their anything in particular you&#8217;d like to know about their offering before you&#8217;d consider doing business with them?</strong></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, 04 Mar 2014 21:37:24 +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:"Jeff Chandler";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:2;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WordPress&src=hash">#WordPress</a> on Jeopardy, category “Dot Com”. <a href="http://t.co/xXVyKTRvzF">pic.twitter.com/xXVyKTRvzF</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Dougal Campbell (@dougal) <a href="https://twitter.com/dougal/statuses/440647290055708672">March 4, 2014</a></p></blockquote>
<p></p>
<p>The correct response is: <strong>What is a blog?</strong></p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to play a version of Jeopardy dedicated to WordPress, check out <a title="http://www.wpgameshow.com/" href="http://www.wpgameshow.com/">WPGameshow.com</a> created by the organizers of WordCamp Detroit, 2011.</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, 04 Mar 2014 18:01:08 +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:"Jeff Chandler";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:3;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>This year as I surveyed my life there was one thing I kept coming back to as being completely dependent on: my smartphone(s). It&#8217;s only been a few years since the iPhone came out, but it&#8217;s inconceivable to imagine my life today without my calendar, email, Foursquare, Path, Chrome, Tripit, <a href="http://simplenote.com/">Simplenote</a>, WordPress, Tweetbot, Sonos, Uber, Spotify and my iTunes library, and most importantly Google Maps. (On my second screen: SmartThings, Nest, Lociktron, Lutron, 1Password, Calm, Authy, NextDraft, Withings, Circa&#8230;) These apps and everything they represent weave into every aspect of my life, I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m one of those people who looks at their phone <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Smartphones-Phones-Handsets-User-Cell,20645.html">at least 150 times a day</a>. My smartphone is my camera, my flashlight, my connection to the world, and my crutch.</p>
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<p>And now it&#8217;s what I&#8217;m giving up for Lent in 2014, from March 5th until April 17th. (Yes, that includes SxSW.) For safety and business reasons I&#8217;m going to have a makes-phone-calls-only phone, and might hop in a friend&#8217;s Uber, but the idea is there will not be a device on me 24/7 that I&#8217;m tethered to, constantly looking at, and lost and hopeless without. You obviously can&#8217;t turn back the clock on progress, so I don&#8217;t expect this to be a permanent thing, but I&#8217;m curious what I miss the most, how it affects my ability to focus throughout the day, and how it changes my relationships with other people, especially the lack of messaging.</p>
<p>I am in the market for a cool feature phone though, maybe a small one like Zoolander had or a slidey one like in the Matrix. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll leave you with the &#8220;I forgot my phone&#8221; video from last year:</p>
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<h3>Customizable Header</h3>
<p>The homepage design supports a large customizable header image:</p>
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<p>After you upload your own header image, DW Timeline has a few extra options built into WordPress&#8217; native customizer that will help you to achieve an effect similar to what you see in the demo. The theme lets you define two colors for the header mask, as well as a background color for the site title.</p>
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<h3>Timeline Layout for Posts</h3>
<p>Posts are arranged in a timeline format with pagination controls on the right side of the page. Clicking these will scroll you further down to the next set of posts. The number of pages is controlled by the number of posts you select in the Settings > Reading panel.</p>
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<h3>Single Post Design</h3>
<p>Featured images are shown as the header on individual posts. If the image is not large enough, it will be stretched. Therefore, if you&#8217;re using this theme, you&#8217;ll want to select featured images that are large enough to make this work nicely.</p>
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<p>In addition to its unique homepage design, the DW Timeline theme has some nice details baked in that make your site responsive and readable:</p>
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<li>Customize panel for: Header image and background, call to action button</li>
<li>Support for 6 post formats: Standard, Gallery, Video, Image, Quote and Status</li>
<li>Clean code using <a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/theme-wrappers.html" target="_blank">Theme Wrappers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://html5boilerplate.com/" target="_blank">HTML5 Boilerplate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.readability.com/developers/guidelines" target="_blank">Micro-format</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201010/how_to_make_wordpress_urls_root_relative/" target="_blank">Relative URL</a></li>
<li>Multilingual ready</li>
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<p>Of course, it&#8217;s not easy to know what this theme looks like until you try out the <a href="http://demo.designwall.com/dw-timeline/" target="_blank">live demo</a> and test the timeline/pagination controls.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.designwall.com/blog/dw-timeline-pro-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank">Pro version</a> of the theme is available from DesignWall, which includes a more intuitive treatment of navigation on mobile devices, a front-end posting form and an alternative <a href="http://wptavern.com/exploring-wordpress-theme-designers-love-affair-with-mint-green" target="_blank">mint green</a> flat design.</p>
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<p>Developed by <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyswynne/">Rhys Wynne</a>, this fairly new plugin prevents users from forgetting to turn on search engines after migrating their site or changing the blog URL. When the warning is displayed, it won&#8217;t go away until you visit the Check/Set domain visibility settings page. There are other plugins that have similar functionality but this plugin forces the user to check the search engine visibility settings with no alternative way to dismiss the warning box.</p>
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<p>The BuddyPress 2014 Survey results are in and are now <a href="http://mercime.github.io/buddyPress-2014-survey-results/index.html" target="_blank">posted on github</a> with graphs to visually represent the data collected from 338 developers in 52 countries. The survey provided an opportunity for participants to post feature requests as well as identify important areas for improvement.</p>
<p>When prioritizing new development for 2014, the team will be looking at the top 10 categories of BuddyPress feature requests discovered through the survey:</p>
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<li>Group enhancements</li>
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<li>Activity Stream improvements</li>
<li>A BuddyPress theme</li>
<li>Membership add-ons</li>
<li>xProfiles additions</li>
<li>Improved Documentation</li>
<li>Easy configuration of Profile/Group navigations</li>
<li>Performance improvements</li>
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<p>When <a href="http://buddypress.org/2014/03/2014-buddypress-survey-results/" target="_blank">reporting</a> the survey results, <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/mercime/profile/" target="_blank">@mercime</a> confirmed that BuddyPress will be adopting the WordPress <a href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-core-development-goes-to-warp-speed-with-features-as-plugins-model" target="_blank">features-as-plugins</a> model in order to get more people involved in the frontend and backend requirements.</p>
<h3>BuddyPress Media Component and Attachment API</h3>
<p>The first new feature to be developed as a plugin will be the Media Component. BuddyPress core developer Mathieu Viet, better known as <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/imath/" target="_blank">@imath</a>, has begun work on the <a href="https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5429" target="_blank">enhancement</a> and plans to set it up on the <a href="https://github.com/buddypress" target="_blank">BuddyPress github account</a> soon.</p>
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<p><strong>&#8220;The idea is also to build a BuddyPress attachment API so that plugins can use it for their components,&#8221;</strong> Viet said during a recent BuddyPress development <a href="https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=buddypress-dev&day=2014-02-26&sort=asc" target="_blank">meeting</a>. Further down the road, the media component may be used to manage all attachments for other components, i.e. avatars for profiles and groups, files for messages, albums for members, etc. In this case attachments would refer to uploads that have BP metadata attached.</p>
<p>Both John James Jacoby and Boone Gorges agreed that @imath&#8217;s implementation ideas for the component are quite promising and worth moving forward. &#8220;The basic idea is awesome and could be pretty transformative for BuddyPress,&#8221; Gorges commented.</p>
<p>Gorges suggested that this feature would be an ideal candidate for developing a core component as a plugin for the purpose of increasing collaboration. &#8220;Then we could get it in people&#8217;s hands, get them testing in different environments, and we could iterate quickly,&#8221; Gorges said. &#8220;If it looks like it&#8217;ll be a fairly long dev period, we can even do like MP6 and release it as a wordpress.org plugin to get lots of testers.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Users have already <a title="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/29-blocking-posts?replies=15" href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/29-blocking-posts?replies=15">filed multiple reports</a> of the issue. The Jetpack team has already <a title="https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/commit/7cdc9e10580631ca640ed872fcda2f666eb39bcd" href="https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/commit/7cdc9e10580631ca640ed872fcda2f666eb39bcd">applied a patch</a> to fix the problem. George Stephanis, who is part of the Jetpack development team told me the problem &#8220;<em>stems from a change that accounted for WordPress 3.9&#8242;s <a title="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-developers-take-note-tinymce-4-0-merged-into-core" href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-developers-take-note-tinymce-4-0-merged-into-core">pending bump to TinyMCE 4.0</a> and missed a conditional statement.</em>&#8221;</p>
<p>Happiness engineer Brandon Kraft, <a title="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-postnew-posts-with-29?replies=2" href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-postnew-posts-with-29?replies=2">mentioned in a support post</a> the fix might be released later today if internal testing goes well.</p>
<blockquote><p>We are looking to release a fix later today. In the meantime, for most people, switching to the Visual view before publishing works.</p></blockquote>
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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:42:"BuddyPress: 2014 BuddyPress Survey Results";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:31:"http://buddypress.org/?p=179110";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:61:"http://buddypress.org/2014/03/2014-buddypress-survey-results/";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:8536:"<p>This report presents the results from the 2014 BuddyPress Survey held from Jan. 7 – Feb. 10, 2014. Three hundred thirty-eight developers from fifty-two countries completed the survey. Thank you all.</p>
<p><img alt="52 country flags of survey respondents" src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/countries.gif" /></p>
<h3>Goal of Survey</h3>
<p>Guide the direction of BuddyPress plugin development in 2014</p>
<p><strong>Objectives:</strong></p>
<p>1. Discover current and actual BuddyPress usage.<br />
2. Provide users the opportunity to post their feature requests.<br />
3. Identify key areas for improvement.<br />
4. Prioritize areas of BuddyPress development.<br />
5. Set benchmarks to streamline development processes.<br />
6. Identify volunteers who are interested in contributing to BuddyPress development.</p>
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<h3>Background</h3>
<p>The concept of an all-out BuddyPress survey began with <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/djpaul/" rel="nofollow">@djpaul</a>’s suggestion during an IRC devchat to embed a mini-survey in the plugin’s admin “What’s new” panel a week before BP 1.9 was released last December. The idea was to engage users in BP development for version 2.0. </p>
<p>Skype discussions a couple of days later brought about the decision that while the mini-survey was feasible, it would be much better to conduct a full-blown survey. It would be similar to the <a title="”2013" href="http://buddypress.org/2013/09/2013-buddypress-codex-survey-results/”">2013 Codex Survey</a> but with an expanded scope to help guide BP development in 2014. After some testing and reviews, the <a href="http://buddypress.org/2014/01/2014-buddypress-survey/" title="BuddyPress 2014 Survey Launched">survey was launched in the second week of January</a>.</p>
<h3>Survey Method/Design</h3>
<p>I prepared the sample survey questions based on users’ posts at the BP Forums and the tickets at BP Trac during the Christmas holidays for review of the core team. The final 32 questions were re-categorized into four sections: a) You and BuddyPress, b) Themes and Plugins, c) Components and Participation, and d) Opinions and Requests.</p>
<p>The online survey was created using <a>Polldaddy.com</a>. A variety of survey question types were employed to gather the data required: multiple choices, check boxes, a matrix, and open‐ended comments. The last type would also provide a veritable mine of information from responses in stand-alone questions and from “Other” options in multiple choices. </p>
<h3>Key Findings</h3>
<ol>
<ol>
<li><strong>bbPress (2.x)</strong> is the top forums solution for BuddyPress sites<br />
<img alt="bbPress is the forum solution for most BP sites" src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/forums-bbpress.gif" /></li>
<li>More than 50% of BuddyPress sites are on the <strong>latest versions of WordPress and BuddyPress</strong>.</li>
<li>Sixty-two percent of respondents have built 1 to 5 sites each and more than half of those sites are on <strong>Shared Hosting plans</strong>.</li>
<li>Theme Compatibility introduced in BP 1.7 has <strong>expanded the available theme choices</strong> for BuddyPress sites. Per survey, themes used for BuddyPress sites are now almost evenly divided between: a) Free WP themes with or without BP support, b) Commercial WP themes with or without BP support, and c) Own custom themes using BP theme compat or custom themes overriding template parts with BP theme compat disabled.
<p><img alt="BuddyPress themes" src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/themes1.gif" /></li>
<li>The top features wanted in a BuddyPress theme are:<br />
&bull; Compatibility with the latest BP version<br />
&bull; Responsive<br />
&bull; Light and Fresh Design
</li>
<li>The top 12 BP-specific plugins and plugins with BP support activated are:<br />
<img src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/plugins-used.png" alt="Activated plugins in BP sites" width="300" height="auto" class="alignright" /><br />
&bull; bbPress<br />
&bull; BuddyPress Activity Plus<br />
&bull; rtMedia<br />
&bull; BuddyPress Group Email Subscription<br />
&bull; Invite Anyone<br />
&bull; Buddypress Docs<br />
&bull; BuddyPress Activity Privacy<br />
&bull; Buddypress Xprofile Custom Fields Type<br />
&bull; BP Labs<br />
&bull; BuddyPress Custom Profile Menu<br />
&bull; BuddyPress Pending Activations<br />
&bull; s2member
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<li>The majority of users are satisfied with all BuddyPress components except for Site Tracking which can only be activated for multisite installations.
<p><img alt="chart of rated BuddyPress components" src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/components.gif" /></li>
<li><strong>Sixty-five respondents</strong> from 31 countries submitted their email addresses to get involved with BP development. Thank you! We will be contacting you soon.
<p><img alt="country flags of volunteers" src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/volunteers.gif" /></li>
<li>Sixty-seven percent of respondents evaluated other social networking software before choosing BuddyPress.
<p><img alt="social network software evaluated" src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/sn-evaluated1.gif" /></li>
<li>The top 10 categories of BP features requested are:<br />
<img src="http://mercime.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/features.png" alt="Top BP Feature Requests" width="300" height="auto" class="alignright" /><br />
&bull; Group enhancements<br />
&bull; new Media component<br />
&bull; Activity Stream improvements<br />
&bull; a BuddyPress theme<br />
&bull; Membership add-ons<br />
&bull; xProfiles additions<br />
&bull; improved Documentation<br />
&bull; easy configuration of Profile/Group navigations<br />
&bull; Performance improvements<br />
&bull; more Privacy options
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</ol>
<h3>Acknowledgements</h3>
<p>&bull; Survey Preparation: <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/johnjamesjacoby/" rel="nofollow">@johnjamesjacoby</a>, <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/boonebgorges/" rel="nofollow">@boonebgorges</a>, <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/djpaul/" rel="nofollow">@djpaul</a>, <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/r-a-y/" rel="nofollow">@r-a-y</a>, <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/imath/" rel="nofollow">@imath</a>, and <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/hnla/" rel="nofollow">@hnla</a><br />
&bull; Online Survey Solution:  <a href="http://polldaddy.com">Polldaddy.com</a> and <a href="http://automattic.com" title="Automattic">Automattic</a> for the corporate account<br />
&bull; Survey Report: <a href="http://d3js.org/" title="d3js">d3.js</a>, <a href="http://www.chartjs.org/" title="chartjs.org">Chart.js</a>,<a href="https://github.com/" title="github.com"> Github.com</a>, and <a href="http://buddypress.org/community/members/johnjamesjacoby/" rel="nofollow">@johnjamesjacoby</a> for helping me get the report site up and running in gh-pages<br />
&bull; Last but not least, many thanks once again to the survey participants who completed this survey <img src="http://buddypress.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<h3>Moving Forward</h3>
<p>The core team who has been updated regularly since this survey began, has already started discussions on the feature requests along with working on existing Trac tickets and creating new ones based on your responses to this survey. In addition, adopting the WordPress features-as-plugin process, some new BP features will be developed as plugins first to get more people involved in the frontend and backend requirements. </p>
<p>You can keep abreast of latest developments by subscribing to <a href="http://bpdevel.wordpress.com" title="BuddyPress Development blog">http://bpdevel.wordpress.com</a> and joining <a href="http://codex.buddypress.org/participate-and-contribute/#irc-chats">BP devchats at irc.freenode.net</a>.</p>
<p>Finally, please visit the mobile-friendly <a title="BuddyPress 2014 Survey Results page" href="http://mercime.github.io/buddyPress-2014-survey-results/index.html">BuddyPress 2014 Survey Results page</a> to see the graphs and visualizations prepared from your responses to the survey. Cheers.</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:70:"WPTavern: WPWeekly Episode 140 – Dre Armeda And Tony Perez Of Sucuri";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:44:"http://wptavern.com?p=18092&preview_id=18092";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:176:"http://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-140-dre-armeda-and-tony-perez-of-sucuri?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpweekly-episode-140-dre-armeda-and-tony-perez-of-sucuri";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:2681:"<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sucurilogo.png" rel="prettyphoto[18092]"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sucurilogo.png" alt="SucuriLogo" width="100" height="34" class="alignright size-full wp-image-5763" /></a>In this episode of WordPress Weekly, we dived deep into the topic of security, especially at it relates to WordPress. Dre Armeda and Tony Perez of <a href="http://sucuri.net/" title="http://sucuri.net/">Sucuri</a> joined me on the show to talk about the formation of the company, the history behind the name, and provided advice on how to protect your WordPress site. Their passion for security and technology is easily discernible in their voices.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in joining a team interested in making the web a safer place for everyone, <a href="http://sucuri.net/company/employment" title="http://sucuri.net/company/employment">Sucuri is hiring</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EPISODE-140-Dre-Armeda-and-Tony-Perez-of-Sucuri.mp3">EPISODE 140 &#8211; Dre Armeda and Tony Perez of Sucuri</a></p>
<h2>Stories Discussed:</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/jetpack-2-9-introduces-multisite-support-and-related-posts-module" title="http://wptavern.com/jetpack-2-9-introduces-multisite-support-and-related-posts-module">Jetpack 2.9 Introduces Multisite Support and Related Posts Module</a><br />
<a href="http://wptavern.com/theme-foundry-partners-with-typekit-to-add-commerical-fonts-to-wordpress-themes" title="http://wptavern.com/theme-foundry-partners-with-typekit-to-add-commerical-fonts-to-wordpress-themes">Theme Foundry Partners With Typekit to Add Commercial Fonts to WordPress Themes</a><br />
<a href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-accepted-as-a-mentoring-organization-for-google-summer-of-code-2014" title="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-accepted-as-a-mentoring-organization-for-google-summer-of-code-2014">WordPress Accepted As A Mentoring Organization For Google Summer of Code 2014</a></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:70:"WPTavern: Audit WP Exposes Potential SEO Issues With WP Engine Hosting";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=18014";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:184:"http://wptavern.com/audit-wp-exposes-potential-seo-issues-with-wp-engine-hosting?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=audit-wp-exposes-potential-seo-issues-with-wp-engine-hosting";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:12605:"<p>This week Audit WP launched a new SEO consultancy, headed up by SEO strategist Jacob King. The firm&#8217;s first order of business after launching was to publish a <a href="http://auditwp.com/wp-engine-seo-failboat/" target="_blank">post</a> to expose what King perceives to be important SEO and privacy concerns for customers of managed WordPress host <a href="http://wpengine.com/" target="_blank">WP Engine</a>.</p>
<p>Audit WP uncovered more than 1.5 million results of WP Engine subdomains indexed in Google. Through scraping, King was able to acquire <a href="http://auditwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WPengine-User-Blogs.txt" target="_blank">a massive list of indexed subdomains hosted on WP Engine</a> in addition to 2,000+ customer emails, which he did not publicize.</p>
<p>I spoke with WP Engine founder Jason Cohen and asked if they consider this to be a privacy concern for their customers. Cohen said that it doesn&#8217;t constitute a privacy issue, given that the indexed domains are already public. &#8220;Those emails were literally already published on the Internet,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That is, the <em>reason</em> those were available to be scraped, is that they were already public, and scrape-able, by any person or robot.&#8221;</p>
<p>The issue with WP Engine&#8217;s staging sites being indexed was corrected some time ago, however developers will sometimes create other versions of their sites on subdomains, not fully understanding that these sites are public via a Google search. In the case of sites hosted with WP Engine, they are very easy to find, given that they all end in *.wpengine.com. When not properly hidden from search engines, sites in progress are exposed.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/upstatement.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[18014]"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/upstatement-150x150.jpg" alt="upstatement" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-18036" /></a>As demonstrated with one particular high profile example, the staging site for <a href="http://www.harvardlawreview.org/" target="_blank">Harvard Law Review</a> was public. If you&#8217;re curious about what the next iteration might possibly look like, King posted a screenshot in his <a href="http://auditwp.com/wp-engine-seo-failboat/" target="_blank">post</a>. Developers of that site have since made it private, but unfortunately, in the meantime of setting up a new WordPress install, someone got in and created an explicit website, ostensibly to prove a point. I captured a screenshot before it was taken down.</p>
<p>This illustrates the very real danger of having your subdomains public while they are still works in progress. Ultimately, hiding these sites from Google is the responsibility of the developer, but Cohen said that they will be taking some suggestions from the post, as he mentioned in his comment on the post:</p>
<blockquote><p>However, your suggestion that it&#8217;s better to 301 that domain is still *also* very valid. Also, not all search engines are aware of this scenario, and thus one of the take-aways we have from your article is that we should auto-force robots.txt for the XYZ.wpengine.com domains just as we do for the staging domains</p></blockquote>
<h3>The Issue of Duplicate Content</h3>
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<p>You don&#8217;t have to be very technical to know that search engines regard duplicate content as a cardinal sin and will swiftly penalize you for it. Although WP Engine forces a &#8220;deny robots everything&#8221; in the robots.txt file on staging, not all search engines will respect this.</p>
<p>However, Jason Cohen is hanging his hat on personal assurances he received from Matt Cutts regarding the practice:</p>
<blockquote><p>Google maintains a set of root domains that they know are companies that do exactly what we and many other hosting companies do. Included in that list are WordPress.com, SquareSpace, and us. When they detect &#8220;duplicate content&#8221; on subdomains from that list, they know that&#8217;s not actually duplicate content. You can see it in Google Search, but it&#8217;s not counted against you.</p>
<p>We have had a dialog directly with Matt Cutts on this point, so this is not conjecture, but fact.</p></blockquote>
<p>SEO is oftentimes a moving target and there are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j95kNwZw8YY" target="_blank">varying and contradictory opinions</a> about many of the fundamentals, including issues such as duplicate content.</p>
<p>King <a href="http://auditwp.com/wp-engine-seo-failboat/#comment-1263322248" target="_blank">stated</a> that he doesn&#8217;t trust any information from Matt Cutts to be &#8220;fact.&#8221; He replied that they don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s wise to let Google determine which site is a duplicate and that&#8217;s why the post offers step-by-step instructions to help WP Engine customers set up the proper subdomain redirects to prevent indexing.</p>
<h3>A Long Standing Issue with Subdomains</h3>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fallacies.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[18014]"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fallacies-227x300.jpg" alt="fallacies" width="227" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-18034" /></a>The post on Audit WP sent WP Engine into damage control mode and they launched a massive Twitter campaign of replies discrediting the main points of the article. So far they have not tweeted any acknowledgement of the suggestions that they will be implementing.</p>
<p>I spoke with Audit WP&#8217;s founder Jacob King to find out his motivation behind publicizing his findings of the 1.5 million indexed subdomains.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, we were a bit floored upon the initial discovery,&#8221; King said. &#8220;As someone with web scraping experience, the ease of access to WP Engine user names, emails, and other information troubled me greatly.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also felt that it was important to go public with the information given his previous interactions with WP Engine support:</p>
<blockquote><p>I was hosting my personal blog there so I have a good amount of experience with the system. One big issue was my actual monthly human traffic being massively different from the traffic stats WP Engine was recording. A very large difference, analytics showing ~25k monthly visits, yet WP engine was showing well over 100k. I brought it up on Facebook and one day on Twitter as well, I was told it&#8217;s from Bot traffic and search engine spiders.</p></blockquote>
<p>When King commented that he had blocked all common bots and asked for further explanation of his  bot traffic being more than 5 times his human visitors, he received no reply.</p>
<p>&#8220;We never discussed anything specific to the indexation issue,&#8221; King said. &#8220;I went with my gut which told me they wouldn&#8217;t give me the time of day if we didn&#8217;t make it public.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, Audit WP is not the first to publicize problems with WP Engine&#8217;s subdomains. Although, WordPress SEO expert Joost de Valk <a href="http://auditwp.com/wp-engine-seo-failboat/#comment-1263346408" target="_blank">chimed in</a> on the post to condemn King&#8217;s public handling of the situation, he <a href="https://twitter.com/yoast/status/321731494542462976" target="_blank">tweeted</a> last April regarding what he perceived to be an SEO mistake by WP Engine:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>What you get if your WP host makes SEO mistakes? Issues… <a href="http://t.co/P3dTNDL1NC">http://t.co/P3dTNDL1NC</a> vs <a href="http://t.co/oAhwDJrMce">http://t.co/oAhwDJrMce</a> &#8211; that’s… a pity.</p>
<p>&mdash; Joost de Valk (@yoast) <a href="https://twitter.com/yoast/statuses/321731494542462976">April 9, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>WP Engine co-founder Ben Metcalfe responded in a blog <a href="https://ben.wpengine.com/wp-engine-sub-domains-addressable-on-client-installs/" target="_blank">post</a> at that time, clarifying that clients can redirect traffic arriving at the WP Engine subdomain to the primary domain via the .htaccess file or the client portal. He also clarified why this is not done by default: &#8220;We don’t do this by default because it would then prevent us accessing the site via the sub-domain during a support call/etc, should the DNS on the primary domain fail.&#8221;</p>
<p>Joost de Valk replied:</p>
<blockquote><p>If it were truly that common I wouldn’t have tweeted it. It’s an issue, it’s something you’re aware of because there’s a setting for it, but it’s something you could &#038; should prevent from happening altogether. That’s what the “managed” in managed hosting stands for in my eyes.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.wpsitecare.com/" target="_blank">WP Site Care</a> founder Ryan Sullivan, <a href="http://chrislema.com/give-feedback/#comment-11300" target="_blank">reiterated</a> that this issue has been a customer concern for quite some time:</p>
<blockquote><p>I’ve brought this issue up to WP Engine on several different occasions through several different channels. In fact, it was Rob who pointed the issue out to me early last year, and I’ve never once been given a clear answer on plans to solve it. And with the number of sites we host on WP Engine (I give them a lot of money every month), this is a legitimate concern that should have been addressed a long time ago.</p></blockquote>
<p>The post on Audit WP brought attention to an issue that was originally discussed in April of 2013 without a satisfactory response from WP Engine. Metcalfe&#8217;s <a href="https://ben.wpengine.com/wp-engine-sub-domains-addressable-on-client-installs/" target="_blank">post</a> addressing the issue concluded by stating that it&#8217;s a common practice for all web hosts that don’t use <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html" target="_blank">VirtualHosts</a>.</p>
<h3>Forthcoming Changes at WP Engine</h3>
<p>When I spoke with Jason Cohen, he confirmed that the post has spurred them to make some changes at WP Engine.</p>
<p>&#8220;First, we&#8217;re making a change to /robots.txt when served from our canonical domain (i.e. the ABC.wpengine.com style domains) so that spiders won&#8217;t index or crawl those domains.&#8221; Although it is WP Engine&#8217;s official position that there is no SEO penalty for what they are already doing, the company has decided that it&#8217;s a good idea to make this change anyway.</p>
<p>&#8220;Second, the point was made that our customers ought to 301-redirect their ABC.wpengine.com domains to their proper domains,&#8221; Cohen said. &#8220;We agree that&#8217;s a best-practice. While that&#8217;s trivial to do in our User Portal, we do NOT do a good job TELLING customers that this is a good idea.&#8221;</p>
<p>WP Engine is also considering a more push-button approach to suggest that developers make their staging sites private via a plugin of some kind. They are in the process of creating a &#8220;Best Practices&#8221; document which they will include in their public knowledgebase. &#8220;We are going to proactively link to it inside our User Portal for all customers to see,&#8221; Cohen said.  The article will include suggestions with screenshots so that customers will be better-informed.</p>
<p>Cohen said that if they make any sweeping product changes, they will email customers. However, they do not have plans to proactively email the owners of the 1.5 million subdomains that have been indexed by Google, given that some of those are intentionally public.</p>
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<p>The company opted to offer its new online stores via partnerships with three hosted e-commerce providers: <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/ecwid/" target="_blank">Ecwid</a>, <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/shopify/" target="_blank">Shopify</a>, and <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/shoplocket/" target="_blank">ShopLocket</a>. Additional and/or monthly fees are also applicable, depending on the store provider selected.</p>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ecommerce.png" rel="prettyphoto[17767]"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ecommerce.png" alt="ecommerce" width="2424" height="826" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17959" /></a></p>
<h3>WordPress.com E-Commerce Excludes Native WordPress Solutions</h3>
<p>Notably absent from its partners are any native WordPress e-commerce plugins. This isn&#8217;t surprising, given that Automattic has historically favored <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service" target="_blank">SaaS</a> solutions when it comes to WordPress products.</p>
<p>The new offering was not without criticism from those who had hoped to see a few of WordPress&#8217; high quality e-commerce plugins thrown into the mix. Commenting on the <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/wordpress-business-ecommerce/" target="_blank">announcement post</a>, WordPress developer Brent Shepherd <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/wordpress-business-ecommerce/#comment-196231" target="_blank">said</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>It’s incredibly exciting to see WordPress.com offer eCommerce, but a real shame to see the many excellent open-source options snubbed (including those built specifically for WordPress).</p>
<p>I understand the many very good reasons why it makes sense to partner with existing hosted services, but I hope that one day, we’ll see WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) and other open-source eCommerce options alongside these initial launch partners.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is a point of contention for those who would like to see more fluidity for users transitioning between WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress installations. A native WordPress e-commerce option might make it easier to transition stores that have outgrown the hosted solution.</p>
<p>Whereas some have perceived the decision to partner with outside e-commerce providers as an outright snubbing of WordPress&#8217; home grown solutions, the reality is that most WordPress.com users probably don&#8217;t care what&#8217;s under the hood to power their stores. If they did, they would likely be more inclined to go the self-hosted route.</p>
<p>WordPress.com was created to help make the process of setting up and hosting a WordPress blog virtually painless for those who don&#8217;t want to dive into the technical details of setup and maintenance. The e-commerce partners they have selected have a similar audience of sellers who do not wish to be bothered with the technical burden of hosting their own e-commerce installations.</p>
<h3>The Rising Demand for Hosted E-Commerce</h3>
<p>WordPress.com&#8217;s $299/year price point is actually quite tempting for those who simply want to marry a hosted WordPress blog to a hosted store under one domain. This product attracts those who prefer to offload the burden of PCI compliance, SSL certificates, payment gateway maintenance and everything else required for selling online.</p>
<p>Granular control of individual product display is limited to shortcode attributes within the WordPress.com stores, but customers are more than happy to trade deeper level customization for convenience. Aside from slapping a &#8220;Pay Now&#8221; Paypal button on a website, most modern e-commerce implementations require a tech-savvy administrator who isn&#8217;t afraid to tackle a few challenges. A hosted storefront is a more approachable option than the prospect of having to learn everything involved. It&#8217;s also more affordable than hiring a developer.</p>
<p>Last year we featured <a href="http://wptavern.com/cart66-launches-wordpress-managed-hosting-for-e-commerce" target="_blank">Cart66&#8242;s launch</a> as a fully managed WordPress e-commerce platform. With Automattic getting into the game, you know there&#8217;s a clear demand for this. People are looking to seamlessly couple the power of WordPress publishing with an online storefront and they&#8217;re willing to pay for convenience. As more retailers turn to the internet to expand their sales to a global audience, the demand for hosted e-commerce solutions will continue to rise. Any company that can provide a painless experience for customers will take a huge slice of this market.</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:"Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:58:44 +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:29;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<div id="attachment_17937" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BackgroundUpdateNotificationEmailAddress1.png" rel="prettyphoto[17934]"><img class="size-large wp-image-17937" alt="Plugin Header" src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BackgroundUpdateNotificationEmailAddress1-500x139.png" width="500" height="139" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Plugin Header</p></div>
<p>A new WordPress plugin called <a title="http://wordpress.org/plugins/background-update-notification-email-address/" href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/background-update-notification-email-address/">Background Update Notification Email Address</a> developed by <a title="http://profiles.wordpress.org/mustardbees/" href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/mustardbees/">Phil Wylie</a>, <a title="http://profiles.wordpress.org/lauravaq/" href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/lauravaq/">Laura Vaquero</a>, and <a title="http://profiles.wordpress.org/iwebsolutions/" href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/iwebsolutions/">Interactive Web Solutions</a> solves the problem by changing the email address update notifications are sent to when an automatic background update is completed. By only changing the email address for automatic update notifications, clients are able to continue receiving emails related to administering their website.</p>
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<p>After activating the plugin, you&#8217;ll find the notification email address located in <strong>Settings > Update Notifications.</strong> Place the email address where update notifications will go into the field, save the changes and wait for a security or maintenance release of WordPress.</p>
<h3>Filters and Hooks Are A Plugin Authors Best Friend</h3>
<p>I asked Phil, how was he able to redirect update notifications without affecting the other administrative emails generated by WordPress. I also asked him why they created the plugin. His response:</p>
<p><em>In terms of how we redirect only the background update emails, WordPress provides us with a handy filter (<code>auto_core_update_email</code> and <code>auto_core_update_send_email</code>) we hook into in order to replace the email address. The filter only fires during an automatic background update and so all other WordPress emails are unaffected.</p>
<p>Background updates are a valuable feature of WordPress, ensuring sites receive bug/security fixes quickly. There are a number of plugins which control background update behaviour. However, to my knowledge there are no plugins which redirect the email notifications.</em></p>
<p>Phil suggests if a number of client sites are under your control to create a set of email rules to help organize the notifications.</p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;ve got this plugin setup in conjunction with a few email rules. Success notifications are archived and failed updates flagged for manual assessment.</p></blockquote>
<h3>Great Plugin With One Drawback</h3>
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<p>While support for InfiniteWP was removed in 3.6.4, it&#8217;s been restored in 3.6.5 as they have since come up with a satisfactory solution eliminating the security risk. Wiegman goes into detail on each issue on the iThemes blog and assures everyone that as of version 3.6.5, the plugin contains no security vulnerabilities.</p>
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<p><a href="https://thethemefoundry.com/" target="_blank">The Theme Foundr</a>y is one of the first to step outside the box to integrate commercial fonts into their themes, via a partnership with <a href="https://typekit.com/" target="_blank">Typekit</a>. This is the first case of a theme shop selling a self-hosted WordPress theme that includes Typekit fonts right out of the box.</p>
<p>While other themes may offer support for Typekit, none have included it within the purchase price of the theme until now. Theme Foundry&#8217;s <a href="https://thethemefoundry.com/wordpress-themes/oxford/" target="_blank">Oxford</a> theme is their first product to be bundled with Typekit support.</p>
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<p>I spoke with Drew Strojny, founder of Theme Foundry, to find out why they sought a partnership with Typekit. He said that it was essentially a matter of providing convenience for the customer. &#8220;Asking someone to buy a Typekit subscription to get full value out of their theme isn&#8217;t fair,&#8221; Strojny said. &#8220;So we needed to find a different way.&#8221;</p>
<p>Theme Foundry plans to roll out Typekit fonts across their entire collection over the next few weeks. Strojny said that Google Fonts, which they previously used, could no longer meet their design standards. &#8220;<span class="pullquote alignleft">We pride ourselves on world-class design, and not having access to a library of commercial grade fonts was really holding us back</span>,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Adobe Typekit is the de facto standard for commercial fonts, and we really wanted to keep pushing ahead with better typography and better design.&#8221;</p>
<p>Strojny would not disclose the details of the partnership with Typekit but said that it&#8217;s &#8220;pretty straightforward and it’s not based on sales or anything like that. Instead, we’re paying for Typekit fonts on behalf of our customers.&#8221; This removes the burden of the customer having to maintain his own subscription with Typekit. Instead, Theme Foundry keeps them on the hook with a $39 annual service fee that will allow the customer to continue to use the fonts.</p>
<p>The technical challenges of integrating Typekit are invisible to the consumer. &#8220;As a customer, you just authorize using your Theme Foundry account credentials, and your fonts are turned on,&#8221; Strojny explained. &#8220;We&#8217;re using OAuth 2.0 with <a href="https://memberful.com" target="_blank">Memberful</a> and a custom WordPress plugin to handle all the hard stuff.&#8221;  Theme Foundry customers who fail to renew will fall back to a predefined set of defaults.</p>
<p>Theme Foundry is the first to employ a typography service partnership in order to add value to theme club subscriptions. Whereas a customer may not always opt to renew a theme club membership for the sake of support and updates, the notion of preserving the sophistication of the typography used within the themes may be more compelling.</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, 26 Feb 2014 23:19:30 +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:39;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:103:"WPTavern: WordPress Admin Bookmarks: Quickly Access Frequently Edited Pages, Posts or Custom Post Types";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=17841";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:246:"http://wptavern.com/wordpress-admin-bookmarks-quickly-access-frequently-edited-pages-posts-or-custom-post-types?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wordpress-admin-bookmarks-quickly-access-frequently-edited-pages-posts-or-custom-post-types";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:3335:"<p><a title="http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-admin-bookmarks/" href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-admin-bookmarks/">Admin Bookmarks</a> developed by <a title="http://profiles.wordpress.org/bradvin/" href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/bradvin/">Brad Vincent</a>, allows you easily bookmark posts, pages and custom post types. This is especially useful if you find yourself repeatedly editing the same pages or posts.</p>
<p>Upon activation, a new dashicon in the shape of a star will appear next to the title of every <strong>post</strong>, <strong>page</strong>, and <strong>custom post type</strong>. The icon is what&#8217;s used to mark items as favorites. <a title="http://melchoyce.github.io/dashicons/" href="http://melchoyce.github.io/dashicons/">Dashicons</a> became a part of WordPress beginning with 3.8. This explains why WordPress 3.8 or above is required to run Admin Bookmarks.</p>
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<p>When an item is marked as a favorite, a direct link to the item is added to the left hand menu. This helps to quickly find the post instead of having to search for it. By using <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29">AJAX</a>, the entire page doesn&#8217;t have to reload which is an added convenience.</p>
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<p>Direct links to posts only show up in the left hand menu on the administration page for that item. For example, you won&#8217;t see links to favorites on the Appearance page. However, you&#8217;ll see them on the All Posts page or the Posts flyout menu. There&#8217;s also a dashboard widget with Edit and View links to quickly manage favorites.</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:75:"WPTavern: Jetpack 2.9 Introduces Multisite Support and Related Posts Module";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=17820";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:194:"http://wptavern.com/jetpack-2-9-introduces-multisite-support-and-related-posts-module?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jetpack-2-9-introduces-multisite-support-and-related-posts-module";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:3897:"<p>Jetpack 2.9 was <a href="http://jetpack.me/2014/02/26/jetpack-2-9/" target="_blank">released</a> today with the long-awaited Related Posts module, which was <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/related/" target="_blank">introduced on WordPress.com</a> in early November 2013.</p>
<p>Server resource-intensive features such as stats tracking and related posts are very difficult to accomplish in an efficient way. Jetpack&#8217;s new <a href="http://jetpack.me/support/related-posts/" target="_blank">Related Posts</a> module uses WordPress.com resources to do this instead, which is undoubtedly a huge relief to hosting companies who have had to deal with the negative effects of customers using inefficient plugins.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve turned the module on for the Tavern website, as you can see below this post. When you configure the module, you&#8217;ll be presented with the option of using plain text for the related content or a more visually striking display that includes featured images:</p>
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<h3>Customizing Related Posts</h3>
<p>Related content is determined based on the content of the post and any tags or categories applied. The module also supports custom post types in that it defaults to posts of the same post type. This can be changed by using the <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/blob/05dd3d3922ee9d05d23d1c2a52d36af842c675b6/modules/related-posts/jetpack-related-posts.php#L438" target="_blank">&#8216;jetpack_relatedposts_filter_post_type&#8217;</a> filter.</p>
<p>Additionally, you can customize this module by creating your own <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/functionality/" target="_blank">functionality plugin</a>, the preferred method for extending related posts. The Jetpack docs outline several examples for <a href="http://jetpack.me/support/customize-related-posts/" target="_blank">customizing related content</a> using the available filters. This allows you to easily change the number of related posts, modify where they are displayed, exclude specific posts and more.</p>
<h3>New Multisite Support</h3>
<p>Jetpack is now multisite-aware with the added ability to manage all multisite connections in the network admin. Previously, super admins had to manage the connections on an individual site basis, even though Jetpack could be activated network-wide. Network activating Jetpack allows you to administer all your connections from one master account and unlocks a new <strong>Jetpack > Settings</strong> tab in the network admin. This screen allows you to do three things:</p>
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<h3>New Options Added to Single Sign On</h3>
<p>Jetpack 2.9 gives site administrators a new whip to crack in order to ensure a higher level of security. Site admins using the <a href="http://jetpack.me/support/sso/" target="_blank">Single Sign On module</a> now have the option to require users to have two-step authentication enabled on their WordPress.com account before they are allowed to log in.</p>
<p>This release also offers new shortcodes and oEmbed capabilities for Mixcloud and Gist content. For a full list of all the enhancements and bug fixes in 2.9, check out the Jetpack <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/changelog/" target="_blank">changelog</a>.</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, 26 Feb 2014 21:14:32 +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:42;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>I asked Perez to come up with three areas that website owners need to pay particular attention to. He responded with <strong>access control</strong>, <strong>software vulnerabilities</strong>, and <strong>layered defenses</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Access Control</strong> &#8211; There are two key issues in today&#8217;s attack. Access and vulnerabilities. For the everyday website owner, access is by far the most important to me. We are seeing too many attacks exploiting weak credentials, leaving website owners vulnerable to attacks. It&#8217;s why we continue to see a spike in Brute Force attacks.</p>
<p><strong>Software Vulnerabilities</strong> &#8211; This one isn&#8217;t as actionable as access control for most website owners which is why it&#8217;s second to me. Today&#8217;s website owners are not developers, they are your uncles, moms and dads, starting online businesses or learning to write about their daily experiences. Either way, many are not technical, leaving them susceptible to the world of vulnerabilities. Untrusted sources continue to be leveraged, attackers continue to find ways to circumvent systems in place to keep users safe, and this has the potential to be catastrophic for website owners.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time website owners start looking beyond their existing plugin architectures and start leveraging Software as a Service based services that provide them a perimeter defense, or website firewall. Every network has it, every desktop should have one, and every website will require it in the future.</p>
<p><strong>Layered Defenses</strong> &#8211; We have learned from our desktop and network predecessors, and we do this by thinking in the form of layers. Too many website owners are looking for one solution that will cure all its problems, but the problem is too big for that. They have been putting controls and layers in place that keep them in tune with what is going on with their website. Who is logging in? Who is changing what? Are things changing? Should they be? Website owners have to learn how to administer their website again. This idea of &#8220;<em>set and forget</em>&#8221; is harming us as much as it is helping.</p>
<h3>Leave Your Questions In The Comments</h3>
<p>This is a small sample of what we&#8217;ll be discussing this <a href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-weekly" title="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-weekly">Friday at 3P.M. Eastern</a>. If you have any questions about Sucuri or WordPress security in general, leave them in the comments and we&#8217;ll ask them near the end of the show.</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, 26 Feb 2014 19:06:20 +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:"Jeff Chandler";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:43;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>WordPress.org profiles are set to get a revamp in the very near future. Jen Mylo <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/02/25/profiles-how-do-you-use-them-or-want-to/" target="_blank">posted</a> yeseterday, asking for thoughts and ideas about what to incorporate into the new profiles. She will be working with Mel Choyce to design a new UI for the profile data.</p>
<p>Mylo also initiated an <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/02/23/past-wordcamp-organizers-help/" target="_blank">effort</a> to get speaker information from past WordCamp organizers as part of the plan is to bring in data from a user&#8217;s involvement in WordPress activities outside of WordPress.org. One of the biggest challenges, however, is ensuring that the profiles will be attractive for all users, including those with very little activity.</p>
<h3>More User Data to Be Added to the Activity Stream</h3>
<p>The current profiles on WordPress.org track support forum topics, ideas, and various activities related to Trac. The team plans to add the following additions:</p>
<ul>
<li>International Forums – new topic or reply (for poster)</li>
<li>Plugins Directory – released a new plugin (for plugin author)</li>
<li>Themes Directory – released a new theme (for theme author)</li>
<li>Make P2s – newly published post (for post author)</li>
<li>Make P2s – new comment (for commenter)</li>
<li>Trac – new comment (for commenter)</li>
<li>Trac – new props (for user getting prop’d)</li>
<li>WordCamps – new speaker added</li>
<li>WordCamps – new organizer added</li>
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<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-org-profiles-on-track-to-be-totally-revamped/profiles-sketch" rel="attachment wp-att-17789"><img src="http://wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/profiles-sketch-272x300.png" alt="profiles-sketch" width="272" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-17789" /></a>The updated activity stream should be in place soon. Mylo floated <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/02/26/profiles-a-sketch/" target="_blank">a working sketch</a> earlier today to illustrate some of the ideas they&#8217;ve been discussing. She emphasized that the changes to profiles are likely to be added over several iterations.</p>
<p>Ultimately, the team plans to merge the new WordPress.org profiles with the forums profiles, but this will probably be completed further down the road.</p>
<h3>Your WordPress Resume and Dashboard</h3>
<p>The feedback on Mylo&#8217;s <a href="http://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/02/25/profiles-how-do-you-use-them-or-want-to/" target="_blank">post</a> regarding how people use their WordPress.org profiles indicates that contributors want to be able to easily find trac tickets and conversations they&#8217;re involved in. Others commented that contact information and contributions such as plugins and themes are high on the list of items they look for when viewing a person&#8217;s profile.</p>
<p>&#8220;The way I’m looking at profiles from a UX perspective is that for a visitor, the profile serves as someone’s WP resume,&#8221; Mylo said. &#8220;While for the profile owner, it serves as the dashboard for their involvement in the open source project.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the past, many people haven&#8217;t bothered to use or update their WordPress.org profiles, perhaps due to the lack of relevant information displayed about user activities. The planned changes will make WordPress.org profiles the go-to place for finding out about someone&#8217;s interactions and contributions to the WordPress project. If you&#8217;re looking to hire a WordPress professional who has a history of contributing back, the new WordPress.org profiles will soon be the best representation of a person&#8217;s involvement with WordPress.</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, 26 Feb 2014 17:37:03 +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:44;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>This is a brand new plugin so don&#8217;t be surprised if you encounter an issue or two. I discovered a few bugs during testing but they were quickly fixed after reporting them.</p>
<h3>Built-in Keyboard Shortcuts For Comment Moderation</h3>
<p>Starting with <a title="https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7" href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7">2.7</a>, WordPress ships with <a title="https://codex.wordpress.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts" href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts">built-in keyboard shortcuts</a> to moderate comments. In order to use them, you&#8217;ll need to browse to <strong>Users &gt; Your Profile.</strong> Make sure the box for&nbsp; &#8216;<em>Enable keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation.</em>&#8216; is checked.</p>
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<p>At this time, WordPress does not have a standard set of keyboard shortcuts for navigating the rest of the backend.</p>
<h3>Conclusion:</h3>
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