Posted 27/7/08 - Filed under Announcements - 22 comments
Hey everyone
The site has been online for about a month now and I’m considering expanding it! I’ve been playing with the idea to set up forums, so you could simply post there whenever you’d need help. I’d also add a marketplace since I know some people would find these useful.
I know the WordPress forums exist, but I thought it might be a fun addition to the site. What’s your opinion? Post in the comments and if I get sufficient response, I’ll set up the forums.
I’m also looking for a couple of (guest) writers. I love writing about WordPress but unfortunately, my time is limited, so I can’t give you daily updates. I’d be happy if some people could send in some articles. Obviously, I’d compensate them for their time spent on the articles.
Other than that, I’m working on various other smaller things who will hopefully make this place even more interesting.
Stay tuned and don’t forget to voice your opinion!
Posted 8/7/08 - Filed under Announcements - 8 comments
Hey,
first of all, I’d like to thank everyone who posted a comment suggesting ideas for upcoming articles. It’s definately given me ideas for a couple of articles. Expect to see more of this in the future, hopefully with bigger prices, so I can keep writing the articles you guys want!
I know you’re all very anxious to find out who’s been a lucky winner of our modest contest. Therefor, I won’t be holding you up any longer. The winners are… (more…)
Posted 27/6/08 - Filed under Announcements - 25 comments
Welcome to Dev WP! This is the first post ever on this website, and hopefully the first in a series of many. If you just came here for our mini-contest, head on to the end of the article.
What exactly is it that I’m doing here?
Now, I’m sure at least some of you are wondering what this site is all about. Dev WP’s goal is to educate the entire world wide web with articles, tutorials and guides on how to use WordPress. Not through lengthy, theoretical articles but through practical articles.
Throughout our articles, we will be using a simple but elegant theme, so the various codes we implement will always be consistent. It also gets you a free theme, how about that?
Of course, that’s not all. We’ll be giving you a constant flow of updates on both free and paid themes, must-have plugins and important developments in the WordPress community.
Okay, you’ve got me hooked
but you’ve got one final question? We can guess which one, since we’ve been asked it frequently. Why the simple theme? We decided against a magazine-styled layout since these types of layouts only have their benefits when you have tons of content.
Obviously, we haven’t got such an immense catalog of content, yet, so we decided it would be pretty useless. Like most people say, less is more. We thought we’d implement that for now, but expect changes to the layout as soon as the content might outgrow the theme. Basically, if you’d want a bigger, badder & cooler layout, participate and make this site popular!
We’ll also be launching a submit page where you’ll be able to submit a WordPress tip you simply can’t live without. If we think it’s worth to be put on our site, you’ll even be given a reward!
Are you still reading? Good, because now comes the good stuff.
We need you!
That’s right! Our hope is to get you to keep coming back and for that, we need quality content: articles that address the needs of our visitors. That’s why we’re having a little launch competition.
We won’t be launching any articles until the 7th July. Why not? Because we want to know what articles you want! Simply post a comment stating what you’d like to see on our site. Then we’ll put all the people who made decent suggestions into a jar and pick out 5 lucky people who will receive $10. It’s no shocking amount of money but it might just come in handy for those impulse buys and your WordPress question gets answered.
There are no specific rules, but please keep the suggestions specific. No comments like “I’d love to see articles about WordPress skinning” but “I always wondered how you do alternating row colors“.
Each suggestion counts as one chance to win $10, so you could win $50 if you’re a really lucky guy or girl.
Payment will be via PayPal. If you’ve got any more questions, don’t hesitate to post them! And while I’m at it, don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS feed. You don’t want to miss out on any important updates!
