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We talk about CSS, Flexbox, CS Grids, CSS frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation, Sass and other CSS pre-processors.

Our panel this week:

Alex Denning from https://alexdenning.com/ and https://masterwp.co/

Jackie D'Elia from https://jackiedelia.com/

Sallie Goetsch from https://wpfangirl.com/

Jonathan Denwood from https://www.wp-tonic.com/

John Locke from Lockedown SEO

Episode 138 Table of Contents

0:00 Podcast Intros.

1:49 WordPress New Story #1: The Wix Mobile App, A WordPress Joint

https://ma.tt/2016/10/wix-and-the-gpl/

8:07 WordPress Story #2: Lessons from failing to sell WordPress themes at the start of the gold rush

https://alexdenning.com/lessons-sell-wordpress-themes/

25:08 Main Topic: All About CSS

25:26 What things do you find frustrating about CSS?

27:18 How has CSS changed over the years?

30:16 Flexbox, and the CSS problems it has solved

34:44 The browsers that tend to have browser quirks in 2016/2017

37:02 Do CSS Frameworks make front-end development easier or harder?

42:31 Jackie's workflow with Sass and PostCSS.

50:47 John is still old-school with CSS.

51:48 Sallie's workflow and where she wants to go.

53:40 Email is the final frontier for relatively easy CSS support.

58:47 When will CSS Grid be supported in the majority of browsers?

1:02:39 What are some innovative uses of CSS you have seen this year?

1:07:40 Podcast outros

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Links Mentioned During Episode 138:

A Complete Guide to Flexbox

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/

Using CSS Flexible Boxes

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Flexible_Box_Layout/Using_CSS_flexible_boxes

Flexibility: A JavaScript polyfill for Flexbox

https://github.com/jonathantneal/flexibility

Sass: Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets

http://sass-lang.com/

Grunt: The JavaScript Task Runner

http://gruntjs.com/

Gulp: The streaming build system

http://gulpjs.com/

Animate.css

https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/

A Complete Guide to (CSS) Grid

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/

CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1

https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-css-grid-1-20160929/

Target Safari 7.1 and 8.0 CSS Styles (OSX Yosemite)

https://www.lockedownseo.com/target-safari-7-1-and-8-0-css-styles-osx-yosemite/

Bootstrap

http://getbootstrap.com/

Foundation by Zurb

http://foundation.zurb.com/

High Performance Responsive Design by Tom Barker (O'Reilly Media)

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033103.do

Genesis Framework

http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/

PostCSS: A tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript

http://postcss.org/

node-css-mqpacker

https://github.com/hail2u/node-css-mqpacker

Less

http://lesscss.org/

Codekit

https://codekitapp.com/

PHPStorm IDE

https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

Grid by Example

http://gridbyexample.com/

Perch: The really little content managment system

https://grabaperch.com/

Some Innovative Codepen Examples

http://codepen.io/khadkamhn/pen/amzWKv

http://codepen.io/FelixRilling/pen/vEKGC

Jen Simmons: Revolutionize Your Page: Real Art Direction on the Web

http://jensimmons.com/presentation/revolutionize-your-page-real-art-direction-web

Creating Responsive Shapes With Clip-Path and Breaking Out of the Box

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/05/creating-responsive-shapes-with-clip-path/

CSS Shapes Module Level 1

https://drafts.csswg.org/css-shapes-1/

Carousels Don't Have to be Complicated

http://mediatemple.net/blog/tips/carousels-dont-have-to-be-complicated/

2015.DConstruct.org

http://2015.dconstruct.org/

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WP-Tonic is a both a WordPress maintenance service, and publisher of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

We talk about CSS, Flexbox, CS Grids, CSS frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation, Sass and other CSS pre-processors.

Our panel this week:

Alex Denning from https://alexdenning.com/ and https://masterwp.co/

Jackie D'Elia from https://jackiedelia.com/

Sallie Goetsch from https://wpfangirl.com/

Jonathan Denwood from https://www.wp-tonic.com/

John Locke from https://www.lockedowndesign.com

Episode 138 Table of Contents

0:00 Podcast Intros.

1:49 WordPress New Story #1: The Wix Mobile App, A WordPress Joint

https://ma.tt/2016/10/wix-and-the-gpl/

8:07 WordPress Story #2: Lessons from failing to sell WordPress themes at the start of the gold rush

https://alexdenning.com/lessons-sell-wordpress-themes/

25:08 Main Topic: All About CSS

25:26 What things do you find frustrating about CSS?

27:18 How has CSS changed over the years?

30:16 Flexbox, and the CSS problems it has solved

34:44 The browsers that tend to have browser quirks in 2016/2017

37:02 Do CSS Frameworks make front-end development easier or harder?

42:31 Jackie's workflow with Sass and PostCSS.

50:47 John is still old-school with CSS.

51:48 Sallie's workflow and where she wants to go.

53:40 Email is the final frontier for relatively easy CSS support.

58:47 When will CSS Grid be supported in the majority of browsers?

1:02:39 What are some innovative uses of CSS you have seen this year?

1:07:40 Podcast outros

===================

Links Mentioned During Episode 138:

A Complete Guide to Flexbox

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/

Using CSS Flexible Boxes

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Flexible_Box_Layout/Using_CSS_flexible_boxes

Flexibility: A JavaScript polyfill for Flexbox

https://github.com/jonathantneal/flexibility

Sass: Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets

http://sass-lang.com/

Grunt: The JavaScript Task Runner

http://gruntjs.com/

Gulp: The streaming build system

http://gulpjs.com/

Animate.css

https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/

A Complete Guide to (CSS) Grid

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/

CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1

https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-css-grid-1-20160929/

Target Safari 7.1 and 8.0 CSS Styles (OSX Yosemite)

https://www.lockedowndesign.com/target-safari-7-1-and-8-0-css-styles-osx-yosemite/

Bootstrap

http://getbootstrap.com/

Foundation by Zurb

http://foundation.zurb.com/

High Performance Responsive Design by Tom Barker (O'Reilly Media)

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033103.do

Genesis Framework

http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/

PostCSS: A tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript

http://postcss.org/

node-css-mqpacker

https://github.com/hail2u/node-css-mqpacker

Less

http://lesscss.org/

Codekit

https://codekitapp.com/

PHPStorm IDE

https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

Grid by Example

http://gridbyexample.com/

Perch: The really little content managment system

https://grabaperch.com/

Some Innovative Codepen Examples

http://codepen.io/khadkamhn/pen/amzWKv

http://codepen.io/FelixRilling/pen/vEKGC

Jen Simmons: Revolutionize Your Page: Real Art Direction on the Web

http://jensimmons.com/presentation/revolutionize-your-page-real-art-direction-web

Creating Responsive Shapes With Clip-Path and Breaking Out of the Box

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/05/creating-responsive-shapes-with-clip-path/

CSS Shapes Module Level 1

https://drafts.csswg.org/css-shapes-1/

Carousels Don't Have to be Complicated

http://mediatemple.net/blog/tips/carousels-dont-have-to-be-complicated/

2015.DConstruct.org

http://2015.dconstruct.org/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

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WP-Tonic is a both a WordPress maintenance service, and publisher of a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

We put the spotlight on our panelist Sallie Goetsch. Sallie has been involved with the web since it's beginnings in the early 1990s, as well as a career in academia. She talks about these subjects, the WordPress community, living in the UK, and Greek philosophy in this very special episode of WP-Tonic.

Sallie is also the organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup and a valued member of the WordPress community.

http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/

https://www.wpfangirl.com/

Episode 137 Table of Contents

0:00 Intros

1:42 How did Sallie first get into web development?

4:01 Sallie's early experiences with WordPress

5:07 How Sallie got involved with the East Bay WordPress Meetup

6:52 What are the biggest changes Sallie has seen in the web since the early 1990s?

9:27 What Sallie remembers about the Web Standards Movement.

10:05 Are we still addressing the same concerns on the web as we were ten and twenty years ago?

11:18 How is the web community progressing on making accessibility a priority?

12:43 What advice would Sallie give to people just starting out in web development today?

17:16 Some quick pricing advice.

17:35 Is there anything different about WordPress in comparison to other web communities?

20:46 Are there problems in the larger overall web community when it comes to discrimination?

24:25 Why Sallie left academia.

25:51 Differences with living in the UK and the US.

30:51 Sallie's advice on prequalifying clients.

34:18 Does your physical location make a difference in being able to do business?

37:17 Will the San Francisco WordCamp be brought back anytime soon?

38:47 Jonathan and Sallie have stories about travelling in the winter.

40:20 What does Sallie see happening with WordPress?

45:18 Podcast outros

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===================

WP-Tonic is a both a WordPress maintenance service, and publisher of a twice weekly WordPress business podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

We put the spotlight on our panelist Sallie Goetsch. Sallie has been involved with the web since it's beginnings in the early 1990s, as well as a career in academia. She talks about these subjects, the WordPress community, living in the UK, and Greek philosophy in this very special episode of WP-Tonic.

Sallie is also the organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup and a valued member of the WordPress community.

http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/

https://www.wpfangirl.com/

Episode 137 Table of Contents

0:00 Intros

1:42 How did Sallie first get into web development?

4:01 Sallie's early experiences with WordPress

5:07 How Sallie got involved with the East Bay WordPress Meetup

6:52 What are the biggest changes Sallie has seen in the web since the early 1990s?

9:27 What Sallie remembers about the Web Standards Movement.

10:05 Are we still addressing the same concerns on the web as we were ten and twenty years ago?

11:18 How is the web community progressing on making accessibility a priority?

12:43 What advice would Sallie give to people just starting out in web development today?

17:16 Some quick pricing advice.

17:35 Is there anything different about WordPress in comparison to other web communities?

20:46 Are there problems in the larger overall web community when it comes to discrimination?

24:25 Why Sallie left academia.

25:51 Differences with living in the UK and the US.

30:51 Sallie's advice on prequalifying clients.

34:18 Does your physical location make a difference in being able to do business?

37:17 Will the San Francisco WordCamp be brought back anytime soon?

38:47 Jonathan and Sallie have stories about travelling in the winter.

40:20 What does Sallie see happening with WordPress?

45:18 Podcast outros

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===================

WP-Tonic is a both a WordPress maintenance service, and publisher of a twice weekly WordPress business podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

In this episode we discuss WordCamp Sacramento 2016, about half of the normal WP-Tonic round-table panel were presenting at this year’s Sacramento WordCamp event and we all had a great-time. We would like to say that Jennifer Bourn, the organizing team and the weekend’s volunteers did an amazing job!

Everyone on our panel this week was in attendance at WordCamp Sacramento 2016. Sallie, Kim, and Jonathan all gave presentations as speakers, and John was part of the organizing team. Here is our recap of Sacramento WordCamp 2016.



Episode 136 Table of Contents

0:00 Intros

2:01 WordPress News Story #1: 25 Things I Learned as an Organizer of a WordCamp by SanJeev Mishra

https://sanjeevmishra.com/things-learnt-wordcamp-nashik-2016/

14:15 WordPress News Story #2: WP REST API Content Endpoints Officially Approved for Merge into WordPress 4.7

https://wptavern.com/wp-rest-api-officially-approved-for-merge-into-wordpress-4-7

21:04 Main Story: Recap of WordCamp Sacramento 2016

21:28 Sallie's presentation on Flexbox and what other presentations she enjoyed

23:05 Kim's presentation on Learning Management Systems and the hallway track

26:03 What presentations Jonathan enjoyed on Saturday

31:16 Sallie's observations from the Happiness Bar on Sunday

33:49 The presentations John saw during WordCamp weekend

35:34 The surprising thing John and the Beaver Builder team have in common

36:07 The positive reactions everyone had from this WordCamp

38:31 John's interesting takeaways from the Happiness Bar

41:09 Kim's takeaways from WordCamp Sacramento 2016

42:05 Audience reactions to Jonathan's presentation on podcasting with WordPress

44:08 When to expect WordCamp Sacramento 2017

45:17 Podcast outros

===================

Links mentioned during the show:

Sacramento WordCamp 2016

https://2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org/

Tate Barber: My Time At WordCamp Sacramento

https://medium.com/@tatemz/my-time-at-wordcamp-sacramento-490202b587a5#.yazwfp1ov

===================

Find more bonus content for this episode at the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/136-wordcamp-sacramento-2016-review/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===========

WP-Tonic is a WordPress support and maintenance service, and publishers of a twice weekly business-focused WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

 

In this episode we discuss WordCamp Sacramento 2016, about half of the normal WP-Tonic round-table panel were presenting at this year’s Sacramento WordCamp event and we all had a great-time. We would like to say that Jennifer Bourn, the organizing team and the weekend’s volunteers did an amazing job!

Everyone on our panel this week was in attendance at WordCamp Sacramento 2016. Sallie, Kim, and Jonathan all gave presentations as speakers, and John was part of the organizing team. Here is our recap of Sacramento WordCamp 2016.



Episode 136 Table of Contents

0:00 Intros

2:01 WordPress News Story #1: 25 Things I Learned as an Organizer of a WordCamp by SanJeev Mishra

https://sanjeevmishra.com/things-learnt-wordcamp-nashik-2016/

14:15 WordPress News Story #2: WP REST API Content Endpoints Officially Approved for Merge into WordPress 4.7

https://wptavern.com/wp-rest-api-officially-approved-for-merge-into-wordpress-4-7

21:04 Main Story: Recap of WordCamp Sacramento 2016

21:28 Sallie's presentation on Flexbox and what other presentations she enjoyed

23:05 Kim's presentation on Learning Management Systems and the hallway track

26:03 What presentations Jonathan enjoyed on Saturday

31:16 Sallie's observations from the Happiness Bar on Sunday

33:49 The presentations John saw during WordCamp weekend

35:34 The surprising thing John and the Beaver Builder team have in common

36:07 The positive reactions everyone had from this WordCamp

38:31 John's interesting takeaways from the Happiness Bar

41:09 Kim's takeaways from WordCamp Sacramento 2016

42:05 Audience reactions to Jonathan's presentation on podcasting with WordPress

44:08 When to expect WordCamp Sacramento 2017

45:17 Podcast outros

===================

Links mentioned during the show:

Sacramento WordCamp 2016

https://2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org/

Tate Barber: My Time At WordCamp Sacramento

https://medium.com/@tatemz/my-time-at-wordcamp-sacramento-490202b587a5#.yazwfp1ov

===================

Find more bonus content for this episode at the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/136-wordcamp-sacramento-2016-review/

===================

Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

===========

WP-Tonic is a WordPress support and maintenance service, and publishers of a twice weekly business-focused WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

 

What can I say about Beka apart from "cool". She is the lead WooCommerce developer at SkyVerge, who have built a great reputation not only for their work with WooCommerce, but the way they do business. In this interview we cover quite a large landscape of topics however we mostly talk about eCommerce and what Beka has learned about this subject over the past 5 years!

SkyVerge
https://www.skyverge.com/

Sell With WP
https://www.sellwithwp.com/

Episode 135 Table of Contents:

0:00 Intros

1:48 How did Beka first get into web development?

3:17 What were the early days of SkyVerge like? How does it compare to where SkyVerge is now?

4:35 More about how the Jilt app solves cart abandonment and increases revenue.

6:25 How does third-party development factor into the growth of a platform or ecosystem?

8:30 How important is to experience ecommerce as a merchant before you approach it as a developer?

9:47 How did the acquisition of WooCommerce by Automattic affect the WooCommerce development ecosystem?

11:05 Do you see WooCommerce becoming part of WordPress.com at some point?

12:10 Is there a methodology to setting a price for plugins at SkyVerge?

13:39 What is new in WooCommerce Memberships?

17:23 Beka's Real-Life Oregon Trail

19:23 How are the web development cultures different between Shopify and WooCommerce?

25:34 Where do you see ecommerce going overall?

28:27 Does WooCommerce do a disservice by marketing the base-plugin as free?

30:57 How does WooCommerce handle enterprise level traffic? What are the upper limits of continuous orders WooCommerce can actually handle?

34:34 How is the REST API transforming WooCommerce? What things are possible now that were not possible before?

38:24 Podcast Outros

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/135-beka-rice-skyverge/

==============

Subscribe to us on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

=========

Links mentioned during the show:

WooCommerce
https://woocommerce.com/

Shopify
https://www.shopify.com/

Jilt: Abandoned cart recovery for Shopify and WooCommerce
https://jilt.com/

Spreedly
https://www.spreedly.com/

Automattic
https://automattic.com/

WooCommerce Memberships
https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/

The Oregon Trail
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)

WP REST API
http://v2.wp-api.org/

Magento
https://magento.com/

WooCommerce Holiday Selling Tips 2016
https://woocommerce.com/holiday-tips-2016/

MailChimp Holiday Tips
http://mailchimp.com/holiday-tips/

What can I say about Beka apart from "cool". She is the lead WooCommerce developer at SkyVerge, who have built a great reputation not only for their work with WooCommerce, but the way they do business. In this interview we cover quite a large landscape of topics however we mostly talk about eCommerce and what Beka has learned about this subject over the past 5 years!

SkyVerge
https://www.skyverge.com/

Sell With WP
https://www.sellwithwp.com/

Episode 135 Table of Contents:

0:00 Intros

1:48 How did Beka first get into web development?

3:17 What were the early days of SkyVerge like? How does it compare to where SkyVerge is now?

4:35 More about how the Jilt app solves cart abandonment and increases revenue.

6:25 How does third-party development factor into the growth of a platform or ecosystem?

8:30 How important is to experience ecommerce as a merchant before you approach it as a developer?

9:47 How did the acquisition of WooCommerce by Automattic affect the WooCommerce development ecosystem?

11:05 Do you see WooCommerce becoming part of WordPress.com at some point?

12:10 Is there a methodology to setting a price for plugins at SkyVerge?

13:39 What is new in WooCommerce Memberships?

17:23 Beka's Real-Life Oregon Trail

19:23 How are the web development cultures different between Shopify and WooCommerce?

25:34 Where do you see ecommerce going overall?

28:27 Does WooCommerce do a disservice by marketing the base-plugin as free?

30:57 How does WooCommerce handle enterprise level traffic? What are the upper limits of continuous orders WooCommerce can actually handle?

34:34 How is the REST API transforming WooCommerce? What things are possible now that were not possible before?

38:24 Podcast Outros

Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:

https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/135-beka-rice-skyverge/

==============

Subscribe to us on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

=========

Links mentioned during the show:

WooCommerce
https://woocommerce.com/

Shopify
https://www.shopify.com/

Jilt: Abandoned cart recovery for Shopify and WooCommerce
https://jilt.com/

Spreedly
https://www.spreedly.com/

Automattic
https://automattic.com/

WooCommerce Memberships
https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/

The Oregon Trail
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_(video_game)

WP REST API
http://v2.wp-api.org/

Magento
https://magento.com/

WooCommerce Holiday Selling Tips 2016
https://woocommerce.com/holiday-tips-2016/

MailChimp Holiday Tips
http://mailchimp.com/holiday-tips/

This week, our panel examines tools and tips for podcasting With WordPress. We look at why you might consider starting a podcast and the tools and services that you should consider using.

In EP134, we discussed podcasting with WordPress: what you need to know, tools to help you, and tips from our panel members on how to launch a new podcast.

We went over what podcasting equipment you'll need, the best podcasting microphone to get started with, useful podcasting software and storage services, and the best podcasting themes and plugins for WordPress.

Our panel this week:

Brian Lee Jackson of Kinsta.com and Woorkup.com
Sallie Goetch of WPFangirl
Jackie D'Elia of Jackie D'Elia Designs
Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic and the Mail-Right Show
John Locke of Lockedown Design

Episode 134 Table of Contents

0:00 Intros

2:15 WordPress Story #1: GoDaddy's New Primer Theme Approved on WordPress.org in Same Day
http://wpin.me/godaddy-wordpress-theme-approved-same-day

https://wptavern.com/godaddys-new-primer-theme-bypasses-theme-review-queue-highlights-bottlenecks-in-review-process

9:27 WordPress Story #2: Three Articles Addressing the WordPress Community

Goodbye WordPress
http://jamesdalman.com/goodbye-wordpress/

Hey WordPress Community, Stop Being A Fan And Start Doing
https://surefirewebservices.com/hey-wordpress-community-stop-fan-start/

What Does Any of this Fuss Have to do with WordPress?
https://www.wpfangirl.com/2016/what-does-any-of-this-fuss-have-to-do-with-wordpress/

26:59 WordPress Story #3: The Days of Creating Child Themes for Simple CSS Changes May Soon Be Over
https://wptavern.com/the-days-of-creating-child-themes-for-simple-css-changes-may-soon-be-over

40:26 Main Topic: WordPress Podcasting Tools and Tips

40:44 The first things Brian would do if he were starting a podcast. What are the first two items he would figure out?

42:19 What is the business value in podcasting?

44:00 What's a good microphone to start with? What does the panel use?

44:58 Podcasting is hard to do. Expect to spend a lot of time on it.

45:37 The best way to get started with podcasting is to appear on someone else's podcast.

47:15 What Jackie has learned from launching her own podcast.

51:31 What about transcriptions for podcasts? What is a good service for podcast transcriptions?

53:28 Things that Jonathan has learned from doing the WP-Tonic podcast for the last two years.

55:46 Why would you want to use a service like Libsyn to host your audio files?

57:08 There is power in building a podcasting audience.

59:05 What are the things that Brian looks at when considering subscribing to a podcast?

1:02:15  Consistency of schedule is one of the most important factors in growing a podcast.

1:03:09 School of Podcasting and other resources

1:06:43 The last 10% of sound quality will cost you a lot of time and money.

1:09:34 How did Jackie decide what themes or plugins to use for her WordPress podcast website?

1:11:15 Does the length of a podcast affect whether you listen to a podcast or not?

1:14:50 What has regenerated podcasting in the last few years?

1:15:58 You really don't want to host your own audio files on your WordPress site.

1:17:31 The Smart Podcast Player for WordPress (by Pat Flynn)

1:18:51 The Blubrry PowerPress plugin does some pretty cool stuff.

1:21:42 Some more plugins and podcasting themes that we haven't mentioned yet.

===============

Find Additional Bonus Content at:
https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/134-podcasting-with-wordpress/

===============

Links mentioned during the show

The Iceberg of Life by Cory Miller
http://corymiller.com/the-iceberg-of-life/

This Is About The Time I Chose Not To Die by Mike Monteiro
https://medium.com/@monteiro/this-is-about-the-time-i-chose-not-to-die-3c2cc97cf769#.8bbo2uv1a

The Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnN9bBSVbI

Audio Technica ATR2100 Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100-USB-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B004QJOZS4

Rode Podcaster Mirophone
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100-USB-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B004QJOZS4

Rode Shockmount for Podcaster Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WA8KYG/

Rode Swivel Boom Arm for Studio Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D7UYBO/

Rode Wind Shield
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DUVU4/

Blue Yeti Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Silver/dp/B002VA464S

Rethink.fm - The Forward Thinking Podcast About Web Design and Front-End Development in WordPress
http://rethink.fm/

Libsyn
https://www.libsyn.com/

Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/

Blubrry Podcasting Services
https://www.blubrry.com/

How I Built It - A podcast about building things on the web
https://howibuilt.it/

Rev
https://www.rev.com/

Timelines of Success (click the Podcasting Resources link in the sidebar)
http://timelinesofsuccess.com/

5by5 Network
http://5by5.tv/

Back To Work
http://5by5.tv/b2w

Roderick on the Line
http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/

Relay.fm
https://www.relay.fm/

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/

GoodStuff.fm
http://goodstuff.fm/

School of Podcasting
http://schoolofpodcasting.com/

Media Go by Sony
http://mediago.sony.com/enu/download

Multiplicity (IMDB)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117108/

Stitcher
https://www.stitcher.com/

The Audacity to Podcast - A how-to podcast about pocasting and using Audacity
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Smart Podcast Player
https://smartpodcastplayer.com/

Seriously Simple Podcasting
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-podcasting/

Libsyn Podcasting Plugin for WordPress
https://wordpress.org/plugins/libsyn-podcasting/

Appendipity Themes: WordPress podcasting themes
https://www.appendipity.com/

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WP-Tonic is a WordPress support and maintenance service, and publishers of a twice weekly business-focused WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.

This week, our panel examines tools and tips for podcasting With WordPress. We look at why you might consider starting a podcast and the tools and services that you should consider using.

In EP134, we discussed podcasting with WordPress: what you need to know, tools to help you, and tips from our panel members on how to launch a new podcast.

We went over what podcasting equipment you'll need, the best podcasting microphone to get started with, useful podcasting software and storage services, and the best podcasting themes and plugins for WordPress.

Our panel this week:

Brian Lee Jackson of Kinsta.com and Woorkup.com
Sallie Goetch of WPFangirl
Jackie D'Elia of Jackie D'Elia Designs
Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic and the Mail-Right Show
John Locke of Lockedown Design

Episode 134 Table of Contents

0:00 Intros

2:15 WordPress Story #1: GoDaddy's New Primer Theme Approved on WordPress.org in Same Day
http://wpin.me/godaddy-wordpress-theme-approved-same-day

https://wptavern.com/godaddys-new-primer-theme-bypasses-theme-review-queue-highlights-bottlenecks-in-review-process

9:27 WordPress Story #2: Three Articles Addressing the WordPress Community

Goodbye WordPress
http://jamesdalman.com/goodbye-wordpress/

Hey WordPress Community, Stop Being A Fan And Start Doing
https://surefirewebservices.com/hey-wordpress-community-stop-fan-start/

What Does Any of this Fuss Have to do with WordPress?
https://www.wpfangirl.com/2016/what-does-any-of-this-fuss-have-to-do-with-wordpress/

26:59 WordPress Story #3: The Days of Creating Child Themes for Simple CSS Changes May Soon Be Over
https://wptavern.com/the-days-of-creating-child-themes-for-simple-css-changes-may-soon-be-over

40:26 Main Topic: WordPress Podcasting Tools and Tips

40:44 The first things Brian would do if he were starting a podcast. What are the first two items he would figure out?

42:19 What is the business value in podcasting?

44:00 What's a good microphone to start with? What does the panel use?

44:58 Podcasting is hard to do. Expect to spend a lot of time on it.

45:37 The best way to get started with podcasting is to appear on someone else's podcast.

47:15 What Jackie has learned from launching her own podcast.

51:31 What about transcriptions for podcasts? What is a good service for podcast transcriptions?

53:28 Things that Jonathan has learned from doing the WP-Tonic podcast for the last two years.

55:46 Why would you want to use a service like Libsyn to host your audio files?

57:08 There is power in building a podcasting audience.

59:05 What are the things that Brian looks at when considering subscribing to a podcast?

1:02:15  Consistency of schedule is one of the most important factors in growing a podcast.

1:03:09 School of Podcasting and other resources

1:06:43 The last 10% of sound quality will cost you a lot of time and money.

1:09:34 How did Jackie decide what themes or plugins to use for her WordPress podcast website?

1:11:15 Does the length of a podcast affect whether you listen to a podcast or not?

1:14:50 What has regenerated podcasting in the last few years?

1:15:58 You really don't want to host your own audio files on your WordPress site.

1:17:31 The Smart Podcast Player for WordPress (by Pat Flynn)

1:18:51 The Blubrry PowerPress plugin does some pretty cool stuff.

1:21:42 Some more plugins and podcasting themes that we haven't mentioned yet.

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Find Additional Bonus Content at:
https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/134-podcasting-with-wordpress/

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Links mentioned during the show

The Iceberg of Life by Cory Miller
http://corymiller.com/the-iceberg-of-life/

This Is About The Time I Chose Not To Die by Mike Monteiro
https://medium.com/@monteiro/this-is-about-the-time-i-chose-not-to-die-3c2cc97cf769#.8bbo2uv1a

The Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnN9bBSVbI

Audio Technica ATR2100 Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100-USB-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B004QJOZS4

Rode Podcaster Mirophone
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR2100-USB-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B004QJOZS4

Rode Shockmount for Podcaster Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WA8KYG/

Rode Swivel Boom Arm for Studio Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D7UYBO/

Rode Wind Shield
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DUVU4/

Blue Yeti Microphone
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Silver/dp/B002VA464S

Rethink.fm - The Forward Thinking Podcast About Web Design and Front-End Development in WordPress
http://rethink.fm/

Libsyn
https://www.libsyn.com/

Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/

Blubrry Podcasting Services
https://www.blubrry.com/

How I Built It - A podcast about building things on the web
https://howibuilt.it/

Rev
https://www.rev.com/

Timelines of Success (click the Podcasting Resources link in the sidebar)
http://timelinesofsuccess.com/

5by5 Network
http://5by5.tv/

Back To Work
http://5by5.tv/b2w

Roderick on the Line
http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/

Relay.fm
https://www.relay.fm/

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/

GoodStuff.fm
http://goodstuff.fm/

School of Podcasting
http://schoolofpodcasting.com/

Media Go by Sony
http://mediago.sony.com/enu/download

Multiplicity (IMDB)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117108/

Stitcher
https://www.stitcher.com/

The Audacity to Podcast - A how-to podcast about pocasting and using Audacity
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/

Smart Podcast Player
https://smartpodcastplayer.com/

Seriously Simple Podcasting
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-podcasting/

Libsyn Podcasting Plugin for WordPress
https://wordpress.org/plugins/libsyn-podcasting/

Appendipity Themes: WordPress podcasting themes
https://www.appendipity.com/

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Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

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WP-Tonic is a WordPress support and maintenance service, and publishers of a twice weekly business-focused WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.